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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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Brian Schilder, George Washington University

Research Grants (December 2016)

The evolution of the hippocampus and adult neurogenesis: Novel insights into the origins of human memory

Carina Schlebusch, Uppsala University

Research Grants (December 2016)

Genotype variation in populations with Khoe-San ancestry from southern Africa

Charles Menzel, Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.

Research Grants (December 2016)

Studies of chimpanzee episodic memory and foraging

Emma Mbua, National Museums of Kenya

Research Grants (December 2016)

Further fieldwork research at Kantis Fossil Site

Erin Vogel, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Research Grants (December 2016)

Coping with a challenging environment: Nutritional immunology in wild Bornean orangutans

Fredrick Manthi, University of Utah

Research Grants (December 2016)

Further investigations of Middle Pleistocene sites in Natodomeri, northwestern Kenya

Hilary Duke, The Research Foundation for SUNY

Research Grants (December 2016)

Taking shape: Investigating the earliest Acheulean at Kokiselei, Kenya (1.8-1.76Ma)

Kelly Ostrofsky, George Washington University

Research Grants (December 2016)

Comparison of vertical climbing and suspension in wild African apes

Liza Moscovice, Emory University

Research Grants (December 2016)

Explaining patterns of within and between-group cooperation among LuiKotale bonobos

Margaret Crofoot, The Regents of the University of California

Research Grants (December 2016)

Dominance, social stability and the emergence of collective decisions in complex societies.

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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