Leakey Foundation Research Grants
The Leakey Foundation
Who can apply: Your research must be relevant to human origins and evolution, which rules out most laboratory life-science projects. PhD students must be advanced to candidacy (all but dissertation). Applicants must be affiliated with an institution such as a university or museum; the Foundation does not give directly to… What is funded: Up to USD 20,000 for PhD candidates and up to USD 30,000 for post-PhD researchers, for dissertation research and exploratory studies. The Leakey Foundation states it awards approximately USD 1,000,000 in grants and scholarships each year. Funds may be spent only on expenses directly related to the research: travel… Deadline: See official page. Round: Two cycles a year. January applicants are notified mid May, July applicants mid December..
Read the full call and apply on the official page: The Leakey Foundation, official page.
Who can apply
- Your research must be relevant to human origins and evolution, which rules out most laboratory life-science projects. PhD students must be advanced to candidacy (all but dissertation). Applicants must be affiliated with an institution such as a university or museum; the Foundation does not give directly to individuals. There are no citizenship requirements and applications are open to candidates from anywhere in the world. Only one proposal per principal investigator per cycle. From the Fall 2026 cycle a proposal may be resubmitted only once.
Stage dates
Spring cycle closes 10 January. No year is printed on the page, so none is asserted.See the official page
Fall cycle closes 15 July. No year is printed on the page, so none is asserted.See the official page
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.