Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship supports emerging scholars in anthropology and related fields whose work has the potential to transform our understanding of what it means to be human. Recent PhDs frequently lack the time and resources to publish their work, but their research is often the source of the discipline's most exciting new ideas. Recipients can use the fellowship award while preparing a book, monograph, journal article(s), book chapter(s), or a combination of such publications. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that emphasize comparative perspectives, are likely to generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields. Proposals for writing projects that can stand as a model for new genres of scholarly communication are also welcome. The fellowship provides a stipend of up to $40,000 for 9 months of full-time writing, with the research that forms the basis of the writing project already completed by the time of application. The Foundation awards a maximum of 20 Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships annually.