The National Science Foundation’s Cultural Anthropology Program offers Senior Research Awards to support fundamental, systematic anthropological research and training. This grant aims to increase understanding of human social and cultural variability through theory-generating and theory-testing research. Proposals are welcomed from all sub-fields of cultural anthropology, employing diverse methodologies like ethnographic field research, surveys, and archival research. The primary goal is to produce empirically grounded findings that are generalizable and contribute to a robust anthropological science of human society and culture. This program focuses on creating new knowledge and explicitly excludes research primarily intended for improved clinical practice, applied policy, or immediate application, emphasizing basic scientific inquiry.
Opportunity ID: 359609
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 18-560 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 40 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.075 — Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Opportunity is Archived |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Opportunity is Archived |
| Archive Date: | Jun 07, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support fundamental, systematic anthropological research and training to increase understanding of the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. The Cultural Anthropology Program welcomes proposals from researchers in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology and research at any temporal and spatial scale. Methodologies and approaches employed may include ethnographic field research, surveys, remote sensing, the collection of bio-markers, experimental research inside or outside of laboratory settings, archival research, the analysis of materials collections and extant data bases, mathematical and computational modeling, and other research tools as appropriate for the research proposed. The overarching research goals should be to produce empirically grounded findings that will be generalizable beyond particular case studies and contribute to building a more robust anthropological science of human society and culture.
The National Science Foundation’s mandate is to support basic scientific research. “Basic research” in cultural anthropology means theory-generating and theory-testing research that creates new knowledge about human culture and society. Therefore, the Cultural Anthropology Program cannot support research that takes as its primary objective improved clinical practice, applied policy, or other immediate application. While application may be a desirable component of the proposal’s Broader Impacts, a proposal that only proposes to use anthropological methods and approaches to find solutions to social, medical, or other problems and does not specifically propose to make a theory-testing and/or theory-expanding contribution to anthropological science, will be returned without review. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 18-560 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
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