Institution: Baylor University Project Title: Paleoenvironment reconstruction of the Early Miocene of Rusinga Island, Kenya Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/12  

Institution: Emory University Project Title: Vocal communication in wild bonobos: insights into language evolution Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 12/1/12  

Institution: Boston University Project Title: The midtarsal break and locomotor diversity in early hominins Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 12/1/12  

Institution: University of Cambridge Project Title: CT-scanning of the vertebral column and thorax of Regourdou1 Neandertal Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 12/1/12  

Institution: Washington State University Project Title: Demography, subsistence, and culture of the Shabu hunter-gatherers of SW Ethiopia Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 12/1/12