Institution: Southern Connecticut State University Project Title: Continued investigations into the Oldowan-Acheulian transition at Gona, Ethiopia Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 12/1/12  

Institution: Marder Project Title: Upper Palaeolithic, anatomically modern human and paleoenvironment at Manot Cave, Israel Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/13  

Institution: National Museums of Kenya Project Title: Highland fauna from Kandis fossil site, a new Pliocene site near Nairobi, Kenya Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/13  

Institution: George Washington University Project Title: Growth and life history of wild mountain and western gorillas: Rwanda and Congo Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/13  

Institution: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Project Title: Identifying, dating, and characterizing Olduvai Bed II tuff source volcanoes Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/13