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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Lauren Wiseman-Jones, Washington University, St Louis
Research Grants (May 2023)
The physiological and behavioral responses of Virunga mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) to social and anthropogenic stressors
Mackenzie Hepker, George Washington University
Research Grants (May 2023)
Social-visceral integration in the evolution of hominids, cetaceans and afrotherians
Natalia Grube, Pennsylvania State University
Research Grants (May 2023)
Human-tapeworm coevolution: Advancing understandings of hominin meat-eating behavior
Samvardhini Sridharan, University of California, Berkeley
Research Grants (May 2023)
The impact of structural variation on human evolution
Srishti Sadhir, Duke University
Research Grants (May 2023)
Maternal energetic strategies during human pregnancy
Tyler Andres-Bray, Drexel University
Research Grants (May 2023)
When life gives you insects: Patterns of insectivory in Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees in Mbam & Djerem National Park
Alexandra Sacco, Washington University, St Louis
Research Grants (December 2022)
A dynamic microbiome: Implications for reproduction and plasticity
Alexis Uluutku, George Washington University
Research Grants (December 2022)
The role of character displacement and ecological niche incumbency in hominin evolution
Anastasia Eleftheriadou, Universidade do Algarve
Research Grants (December 2022)
Geo-archaeoinformatic approaches and multiscale mapping of coastal paleosols and archaeology in eastern South Africa.
Anil Kumar Devara, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Research Grants (December 2022)
Investigating multiple fossil beds from Motravulapadu, Andhra Pradesh: Implications for faunal responses to climatic, volcanic, and anthropogenic-driven changes during the Late Pleistocene in South Asia