The Emslie Horniman Fund was established in 1944 to 'promote the study of the growth of civilisations, habits and customs, religious and physical characteristics of the non-European peoples and of prehistoric and non-industrial man in Europe'. It therefore includes anthropological research in its widest sense, including ethnography and all branches of human and social science relating to the physical and natural development of 'people in society'.

The major aim of the Fund is to encourage recent graduates to pursue fieldwork, and so to develop their careers as Anthropologists and make significant contributions to the discipline.

Eligibility

. Applicants must be Nationals of the United Kingdom, the Irish Republic or Commonwealth citizens.

. There are no restrictions on age, sex, religion or ethnic origin.

. Grants will not be made for undergraduate or Masters-level fieldwork projects.

. Grants are normally made for research that will contribute to the award of an MPhil/PhD degree. Those already in possession of a doctorate are not eligible.

. Preference will be given to those who propose to do fieldwork outside the United Kingdom.

. Grants are not made for library research, for University fees or for subsistence in the applicant's home institution.

. Funds cannot be awarded for a joint research project, but individuals who are members of such a project can apply for a grant, provided that its leader holds a PhD or is similarly qualified

. Permission to undertake field research must be cleared with the relevant authorities and communities before an application is submitted.

. The Fund will not normally support those returning home to undertake fieldwork.

Nature of the Awards

Each year the Trustees will make awards in the range of £500 to £7,000, and in exceptional cases it may be possible for additional funds to be made available to enable work to be written up.

All award holders are required to submit an interim report on their fieldwork and at the conclusion of their period of research a full report of their findings. These final reports are taken very seriously by the Trustees and should be well presented. The Trustees may request repayment of the award if an adequate report is not submitted at the end of the research period.

The closing date for applications is 31 March each year and six copies of each application with supporting references must be submitted. Short-listed candidates will normally be required to attend an interview in London in late-May/early-June. Grants to successful candidates will be paid at the start of their fieldwork.

Letter to applicants, notes for applicants, application and referee forms are obtainable on-line, or can be obtained from the Office Manager at the RAI, 50 Fitzroy St, London W1T 5BT, or from http://www.therai.org.uk/.

June 2007

Radcliffe-Brown and Firth Trust Funds for Social Anthropological Research (top)

The aim of the awards, which are jointly funded by the Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA) and the RAI, is to help young scholars in social anthropology who are handicapped by lack of funds to work towards the completion of research upon which they have already embarked.

Only students associated with British or Commonwealth universities are eligible, and only applicants who have nearly completed their theses are likely to be successful. Grants of up to £700 from the Fund are made at Trustees' meetings twice a year.

The closing dates for applications are 30 April and 30 November each year.

The Association of Social Anthropologists is pleased to announce that, from the November 2001 round onwards, in addition to the Radcliffe-Brown Fund grants a special award will be made from the newly established Firth Centenary Fund. Applications should be made through the same procedure as for the Radcliffe-Brown Awards. A candidate considered by the Trustees to be of outstanding merit will be named as recipient of the Firth Award.

Ruggles-Gates Fund for Biological Anthropology (top)

The Royal Anthropological Institute administers a Fund, set up by the late Professor R. Ruggles-Gates and recently augmented by his widow Mrs L. Ruggles-Gates (now deceased), which provides grants for research in biological anthropology.

Preference will be given to those applications which lie within human population biology, human genetics, human ethology and palaeoanthropology.

Eligibility

. There are no restrictions on age, sex, religion, ethnic origin or nationality.

. Grants will not be made for undergraduate fieldwork projects.

. Individuals already in possession of a doctorate are not eligible.