Wenner-Gren Foundation - Engaged Research Grant (2027 round)

Supports collaborative anthropological research partnerships, empowers marginalised populations, and integrates non-academic community members as core team partners to advance both community transformation and academic theory.

• Applicant: PhD holders or doctoral students in anthropology or related fields.
• Team: Must include community representatives with lived experience as core partners.
• Requirements: Documentary evidence of community commitment and endorsement.

Projects involving or allied with systematically marginalised individuals; no predefined geographic restrictions or specific topics.

Disciplines Socio-cultural, Linguistic, and Biological Anthropology, plus Archaeology.

Direct research costs, community partner labour compensation, and public communication or skill-sharing frameworks.

Institutional overhead, academic-only teams lacking community representation, or projects without documented community support.

Submit via the online portal between June 1 and August 1, including project descriptions, budgets, CVs, and community commitment evidence in English.