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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Tyler Nighswander, Indiana University Bloomington
Research Grants (May 2022)
Cross-population comparison of ranging behavior and hormone profiles of wild and commensal hamadryas baboons in Saudi Arabia
Venanzio Munyaka, Baylor University
Francis H. Brown African Scholarship (May 2022)
Second Year Frank Brown African Scholarship
Weldeyared Reda, University of Chicago
Research Grants (May 2022)
Facial development and variation in Australopithecus afarensis: Implication for phylogeny in early hominins
Winfred Mbogo, Stony Brook University
Baldwin Fellowship (May 2022)
Second Year Baldwin Support
Yossi Zaidner, The Israel Prehistoric Society
Research Grants (May 2022)
Middle Paleolithic burials and burial practices: Excavations at Tinshemet Cave, Israel
Zana Sims, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Research Grants (May 2022)
Examining phylogenetic and dietary signals using cervical root cross sections in extant catarrhines
Abigail Hall, University of Minnesota
Research Grants (December 2021)
The ecological context of early ape evolution
Abiodun Olowo, Pennsylvania State University
Research Grants (December 2021)
Morphology and genetics of facial variation among Nigerian ethnic groups
Alaz Deniz Peker, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz & MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre
Baldwin Fellowship (December 2021)
Second Year Baldwin Support
Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Oxford University
Research Grants (December 2021)
Archaeological signatures of plant-based chimpanzee tools: Implications for the origins of technology