Curious about The Leakey Foundation’s funded research projects and scholarship recipients? Search our grants database to learn more about the human origins research, scholarships, and emergency grants made possible by our generous supporters.
Although we have been awarding grants since 1968, this searchable database only goes back to 2012, giving you more than a decade of information. You can search by program, recipient PhD status, and keywords such as topics, species, and countries. You can also search for specific dates and time periods between 2012 and today!
The search results will show you:
- The recipient’s name
- Institutional affiliation at the time they were awarded their grant or scholarship
- Date and month the award was approved
- Grant or scholarship program
- Project title
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Abigail McClain, George Washington University
Research Grants (December 2024)
Social loss and the behavior and physiology of wild chimpanzees
Audrey Arner, Vanderbilt University
Research Grants (December 2024)
Understanding how rapid environmental change impacts human evolution and adaptation
Bacara Spruit, University of the Witwatersrand
Research Grants (December 2024)
Unravelling human subsistence strategies at Boomplaas Cave during the LGM to LGIT
Decio Muianga, Uppsala University
Research Grants (December 2024)
Technological and human transformation in the biocultural heritage of southern Mozambique
Piotr Rozwalak, Friedrich Schiller University
Research Grants (December 2024)
Uncovering the Neandertal gut virome
Ruth Linsky, Simon Fraser University
Research Grants (December 2024)
Improving orangutan census techniques with thermal drones
Savannah Troha, Arizona State University; Institute of Human Origins
Research Grants (December 2024)
Individual variation in male chimpanzee social phenotype
Silvia Carboni, University of Calgary
Research Grants (December 2024)
Host-microbe ecosystems in the context of reproduction in wild tamarin monkeys
Alessandra Vecino Gazabon, American Museum of Natural History
Research Grants (May 2024)
Identifying hominin locomotor diversity from femoral diaphyseal structure.
Alex Pelissero, Colorado State University (CSU)
Research Grants (May 2024)
The distribution of hominin activities at Olduvai Gorge: A geospatial approach