Godfrey Lienhardt Memorial Fund - Travel Research Grant: Sub-Saharan Africa (excl. RSA)
Applications are invited for small grants (up to £1000 each) to support research-related travel or small research projects in the field of social anthropology in Sub-Saharan Africa, excluding the Republic of South Africa. The selection committee reserves the right to offer awards for less than the sum asked in order that as many applicants as possible may benefit.
Applicants should currently be pursuing or intending to pursue research (PRS/DPhil, MLitt and, where appropriate, MPhil) in social or cultural anthropology.
Applications should consist of:
1) a brief summary of the research for which the grant is required (not more than one page)
2) a summary, in the form of a budget, of how the grant is to be spent
3) two academic references from persons acquainted with the applicant’s work, one of whom should be the applicant’s current academic supervisor
Applications should be submitted to the Director of Graduate Studies, c/o Ms Vicky Dean, Institute of Social Anthropology, 51 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE, by the deadline of noon on Friday, 19 March 2012.
Informal enquiries to robert.parkin@anthro.ox.ac.uk