source: The Leakey Foundation; format: Grant; deadline: Jan 10, 2027; support amount: up to USD 20,000 for PhD candidates and up to USD 30,000 for post-PhD researchers; eligible costs are direct research expenses such as fieldwork travel, supplies and research assistance; requirements: Advanced doctoral students and post-PhD researchers from any country, including Kazakhstan, whose institution-affiliated project is directly relevant to human origins and evolution
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Leakey Foundation Research Grants
Official Leakey Foundation research-grant programme for advanced doctoral students and post-PhD researchers from any country. The programme funds research related to human origins, evolution and behavior across disciplines such as archaeology, biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, primate behavioral ecology, genetics, geology and paleoclimatology; the next recurring deadline after the 2026 fall cycle is 10 January 2027.
Advanced doctoral students and post-PhD researchers from any country, including Kazakhstan, whose institution-affiliated project is directly relevant to human origins and evolution
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Overview
Official Leakey Foundation research-grant programme for advanced doctoral students and post-PhD researchers from any country. The programme funds research related to human origins, evolution and behavior across disciplines such as archaeology, biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, primate behavioral ecology, genetics, geology and paleoclimatology; the next recurring deadline after the 2026 fall cycle is 10 January 2027.
Eligibility
Advanced doctoral students and post-PhD researchers from any country, including Kazakhstan, whose institution-affiliated project is directly relevant to human origins and evolution
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Key conditions
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What to prepare
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Assemble the research pack
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Application
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Check criteria
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Assemble the pack
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