Target
Dates |
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January
1 |
Senior
Research: Spring Funding Cycle
The panel meets in April-May, with decisions made soon
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January
1 |
Dissertation
Research: Spring Funding Cycle
Note: this date is "hard", late proposals
will not be reviewed.
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August
1 |
Senior
and Dissertation Research: Fall Funding Cycle - All Proposals
The panels meet in November-December, with decisions made
soon after. |
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Points
of Contact |
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Program Director: Stuart M. Plattner,
email: splattne@nsf.gov
Program Assistant: Maurice Dues, email: mdues@nsf.gov
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Grant/Award Information and Administration |
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Information
specific to this program |
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Dissertation
Improvement Grants |
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Research
Experiences for Graduates, Supplements |
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Research
Experiences for Undergraduates, Supplements |
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Samples
of Successful Cultural Anthropology Proposals |
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Grants
for High Risk Exploratory Research in Cultural Anthropology |
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Cultural
Anthropology Program Awards Search |
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FY
2003 Awards List |
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FY
2002 Awards List |
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FY
2000 Awards List |
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FY
1999 Awards List |
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FY
1998 Awards List |
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General
Information |
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Information
for all BCS Programs (includes forms) |
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Program
Information
Objective
The objective is to promote basic scientific research on the
causes and consequences of human social and cultural variation..
The program supports social scientific research of theoretical
importance in all theoretical and empirical subfields within
the discipline of cultural anthropology.
Communications Address
National Science Foundation
Cultural Anthropology
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 995
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: (703) 292-7315
FAX: (703) 292-9068
Program Budget: $2.6 million in Fiscal Year 2003
Success Rates
SENIOR RESEARCH: about 25%
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: about 20%
If you have any comments or suggestions, please send email
to Stuart Plattner: splattne@nsf.gov
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Related Funding Opportunities |
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Crosscutting
and Interdisciplinary Programs |
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Funding
for Retired/Emeritus Scholars |
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Related Training Opportunities |
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Scholars
Awards for Methodological Training for Cultural Anthropologists |
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Summer
Institute for Research Design for Graduate Students |
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Summer
Field Training in Bolivia and in Zambia |
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Proposal and Submission Guidelines |
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Guidelines
specific to this program |
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Proposals
and Awards since FY 1980 |
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General
Guidelines |
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Guidelines
for all BCS Programs |
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Related
SBE Science Nuggets |
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Home
Fires Burning: Migrations Other Side
Studies shed new light on another side of the international
migration phenomenon. |
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Balinese
Water Temples Withstand the Test of Time
Traditional water temple system proves far more effective than
the current policy. |
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History
The
NSF Anthropology Program has supported basic research on human
socio-cultural behavior and and institutions since 1956, under
the direction of its program officers and with the guidance
of an advisory review panel. There has been a Cultural Anthropology
program director since 1978.
- Program
Directors of the Anthropology (three-field) Program:
- Albert
Spaulding, 1959-63
- Allan
Smith, 1963-65
- Richard
Lieban, 1976-71
- John
Cornell, 1971-73
- Iwao
Ishino, 1973-75
- Nancie
Gonzalez, 1975-77
- John
Yellen, 1977
In 1978
a position for an Associate Program Director for Cultural
Anthropology was created.
- Cultural
Anthropology Program Directors:
- Anne
Fleuret, 1978-1980
- Stephen
Brush, 1980-83
- Daniel
Gross, 1983-85
- In
1986 the position of Program Director for Cultural Anthropology
was created
- Stuart
Plattner, 1985
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Ray Hames, 1993
Victoria Lockwood, 2000
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Cultural
Anthropology Advisory Panel |
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Anthropological
and Geographic Sciences Cluster Advisory Panelists |
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