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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Julie Lesnik, Wayne State University
Research Grants (December 2015)
An evaluation of termite-associated hydrocarbon signatures as an influence on prey selectivity and an ecological signal for chimpanzees and Olduvai hominins
Kaitlin Wellens, George Washington University
Research Grants (December 2015)
Maternal effects on juvenile chimpanzee social behavior and physiological stress
Katharine Jack, Tulane University
Research Grants (December 2015)
Making an alpha male: Socioendocrinology of dominance in male white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus)
Kathryn Ranhorn, George Washington University
Research Grants (December 2015)
New approaches to the archaeology of modern human origins
Krishna Veeramah, The Research Foundation for SUNY
Research Grants (December 2015)
Validating novel mutations in a whole genome sequenced gibbon quartet
Marian Hamilton, University of New Mexico
Research Grants (December 2015)
Assessing philopatry and range size with strontium isotopes
Meagan Rubel, University of Pennsylvania
Research Grants (December 2015)
Effect of diet and parasites on the gut metagenomics of environmentally diverse Africans
Sileshi Semaw, Centro Nacional de Investigacion sobre la Evolucion Humana (CENIEH)
Research Grants (December 2015)
Investigating Middle Stone Age (MSA) archaeology and an associated hominin at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
Stephanie Spehar, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Research Grants (December 2015)
The orangutans of Wehea: Adaptation to an extreme environment
Timothy Campbell, Texas A&M University
Research Grants (December 2015)
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans using rodent postcrania