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Recent and Past Grantees

Curious about The Leakey Foundation’s funded research projects and scholarship recipients? Search our grants database to learn more about the exciting 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, keywords such as topics, species, and countries. You can also search for specific dates and time periods between 2012 and today!

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Tefera Tarekegn Bayu, Cote d' Azur University

Baldwin Fellowship (May 2024)

Second Year Baldwin Support

William Daniel Snyder, University of Tuebingen

Research Grants (May 2024)

Investigating hominin cultural evolution using inferences from na•ve primate manipulation and use of stone tools

Yossi Zaidner, Hebrew University

Research Grants (May 2024)

Excavations at Soii Havzak Rockshelter: A new Paleolithic sequence in Central Asia

Nadine Ruppert, Malaysian Primatological Society

Primate Research Fund (December 2023)

Macaca Nemestrina Project, Segari

Abay Namen, Nazarbayev University

Research Grants (December 2023)

Hominin adaptations to climatic instabilities in mid-altitude regions of the northern Tian Shan piedmonts during the Late Pleistocene

Alba Tamara Garcia de la Chica, Owl Monkey Project

Research Grants (December 2023)

Mechanisms and fitness consequences of pair formation in wild monogamous Azara«s owl monkeys (Aotus azarae) from Argentina

Alecia Carter, University College London

Research Grants (December 2023)

Wild baboons can innovate tools, but do not have a tool use culture: Understanding social learning constraints on tool use in a Namibian baboon

Amanda Johnston, Columbia University in the City of New York

Research Grants (December 2023)

Exploring the effects of rapid population decline on genetic diversity in an isolated population of golden monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis kandti)

Amy L Rector, Virginia Commonwealth University

Research Grants (December 2023)

Hominin diversity and evolution at Ledi-Geraru, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Anna Katherine (Kay) Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian Institution

Research Grants (December 2023)

A taphonomy reference collection for the National Museum of Kenya

I [name], of [city, state ZIP], bequeath the sum of $[ ] or [ ] percent of my estate to L.S.B. Leakey Foundation for Research Related to Man’s Origins, Behavior & Survival, (dba The Leakey Foundation), a nonprofit organization with a business address of 1003B O’Reilly Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129 and a tax identification number 95-2536475 for its unrestricted use and purpose.

If you have questions, please contact Sharal Camisa Smith sharal at leakeyfoundation.org. 

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