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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 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!

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Dorothy Fragaszy, Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.

Research Grants (April 2013)

How bearded capuchin monkeys process cashew nuts (Anacardium occidentale)

Elizabeth Johnson, University of Michigan

Research Grants (April 2013)

A test of the vocal grooming hypothesis in the gelada

Elizabeth Quinn, Washington University, St Louis

Research Grants (April 2013)

Milk with altitude: Investigations of milk composition in ethnic Tibetans

Ellen Miller, Wake Forest University

Research Grants (April 2013)

Paleontological exploration and excavation at Buluk, early Miocene, Kenya

Emily Beverly, Baylor University

Research Grants (April 2013)

Paleoenvironmental context of Pleistocene archaeology in Kenya's Lake Victoria basin

Emily Middleton, New York University

Research Grants (April 2013)

Ecogeographical influences on trunk modularity in recent humans

Emma Mbua, National Museums of Kenya

Research Grants (April 2013)

Highland fauna from Kandis fossil site, a new Pliocene site near Nairobi, Kenya

Jackson Njau, Trustees of Indiana University

Research Grants (April 2013)

Curatorial Rescue of Mary Leakey's Excavated Fossils at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

John Hoffecker, Illinois State Museum Society

Research Grants (April 2013)

Modern human dispersal on the southern plain of Eastern Europe

John Kappelman, University of Texas at Austin

Research Grants (April 2013)

Taphonomic history of the Homo erectus site at Trinil, Java

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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