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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Laura Hunter, University of Chicago
Research Grants (December 2022)
Carpal morphology, covariation, evolvability in catarrhines, and their impact on inferring locomotor behaviors in extinct hominoid taxa
Nathan Thompson, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Research Grants (December 2022)
Did angular momentum conservation govern the evolution of human bipedalism?
Neysa Grider-Potter, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Research Grants (December 2022)
Locomotor energetics in sifaka: Contexts and consequences of terrestrial locomotion using arboreal anatomy
Nicholas Holowka, Pennsylvania State University
Research Grants (December 2022)
The kinematics and energetics of natural terrain walking in Batek foragers of Malaysia
Pedro Dias, Instituto de Neuroetologia, Universidad Veracruzana
Primate Research Fund (December 2022)
Second Year of Funding from the Primate Research Fund: La Flor de Catemaco, Los Tuxtlas
Peter Ungar, University of Arkansas
Research Grants (December 2022)
Dental microwear and diets of Paleogene primates from the Fayum: Contributions to understanding the evolution of anthropoid communities.
Rebecca Cook, Duke University
Research Grants (December 2022)
Biomechanics of the early Homo pelvis using finite element analysis
Rhianna Drummond-Clarke, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Research Grants (December 2022)
Ecological drivers of bipedalism and arboreality in savanna-dwelling chimpanzees
Risa Luther, University of Minnesota
Research Grants (December 2022)
Differential tooth wear among primate dietary categories
Sara Lucci, University of Texas at San Antonio
Research Grants (December 2022)
Early life adversity and gut microbiota composition in Colobus vellerosus