40 Anthropology Scholarships

All live scholarships, soonest deadline first

• Jacob Javits Fellowship

  Varies

  Mercer University

  Deadline 

  August 31, 2026 · 16 days left

• Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for Recently Tenured Students

  $75,000

  American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

  Deadline 

  October 2, 2026 · 48 days left

• Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research

  $5,000

  Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society

  Deadline 

  October 15, 2026 · 61 days left

• David T. and Jeanette Lewis Memorial Scholarship

  $1,000

  University of Maryland -- Baltimore County

  Deadline 

  November 1, 2026 · 78 days left

• Midwest Student Exchange Program

  Varies

  University of Kansas

  Deadline 

  November 1, 2026 · 78 days left

  Min GPA 

  3.4

• Mellon Fellowship

  Varies

  Mercer University

  Deadline 

  December 1, 2026 · 108 days left

• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies

  Varies

  Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

  Deadline 

  December 19, 2026 · 126 days left

• General Research Grant

  $22,000

  Leakey Foundation

  Deadline 

  January 5, 2027 · 143 days left

• Arnold J. Lien Scholarship

  Varies

  Washington University in St. Louis

  Deadline 

  January 15, 2027 · 153 days left

• Lois McNeil Dissertation Fellowship

  $14,000

  Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library

  Deadline 

  January 15, 2027 · 153 days left

• NEH Fellowship

  $30,000

  Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library

  Deadline 

  January 15, 2027 · 153 days left

• SDE Fellowship

  $10,000

  Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science

  Deadline 

  January 15, 2027 · 153 days left

• Vessa Notchev Fellowship

  $4,000

  Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science

  Deadline 

  January 15, 2027 · 153 days left

• Winterthur Research Fellowship

  Varies

  Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library

  Deadline 

  January 15, 2027 · 153 days left

• Woodrow Wilson Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities

  $30,000

  Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

  Deadline 

  January 21, 2027 · 159 days left

• Virtuous Prom Peace Scholarship

  $250

  Virtuous Prom

  Deadline 

  January 31, 2027 · 169 days left

  Essay 

  Required

• Anthropology Scholarship

  $5,000

  University of Missouri - Columbia

  Deadline 

  February 1, 2027 · 170 days left

• Archaeology, Research and Education Internships

  Varies

  Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

  Deadline 

  February 1, 2027 · 170 days left

• Dr. H. James Birx Scholarship

  $500

  State University of New York College of Arts and Sciences at Geneseo

  Deadline 

  February 1, 2027 · 170 days left

• Florence C. and Robert H. Lister Fellowship

  $7,000

  Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

  Deadline 

  February 1, 2027 · 170 days left

• Guilford Scholarship for Latin American Studies in Anthropological Linguistics

  $500

  State University of New York College of Arts and Sciences at Geneseo

  Deadline 

  February 1, 2027 · 170 days left

• Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship

  $3,000

  American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR)

  Deadline 

  February 1, 2027 · 170 days left

• Pavel Sabovik Award for Service and Scholarship in Anthropology

  $2,500

  State University of New York College of Arts and Sciences at Geneseo

  Deadline 

  February 1, 2027 · 170 days left

• Zora Neal Hurston Scholarship

  $1,000

  Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

  Deadline 

  February 1, 2027 · 170 days left

  Essay 

  Required

• Shauna May Memorial Scholarship

  $2,886

  The Evergreen State College

  Deadline 

  February 3, 2027 · 172 days left

• Norman E. Whitten Award

  Varies

  State University of New York College at Oswego

  Deadline 

  February 13, 2027 · 182 days left

• Ronnie Thomas Anthropology Memorial Scholarship

  $500

  Fort Lewis College

  Deadline 

  February 14, 2027 · 183 days left

  Min GPA 

  3.0

• Alumni Association Scholarship

  Varies

  Bridgewater State University

  Deadline 

  February 15, 2027 · 184 days left

• Patricia Collins Amaral Memorial Fund

  $600

  Bridgewater State University

  Deadline 

  February 15, 2027 · 184 days left

  Min GPA 

  3.0

• Graduate Scholarship

  $5,000

  The LAGRANT Foundation

  Deadline 

  February 27, 2027 · 196 days left

  Min GPA 

  3.2

• Undergraduate Scholarship

  $2,500

  The LAGRANT Foundation

  Deadline 

  February 27, 2027 · 196 days left

  Min GPA 

  2.8

• AFSCME/UNCF Union Scholars Program

  $5,000

  American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

  Deadline 

  February 28, 2027 · 197 days left

• Allison Preston Goodheart Scholarship

  $2,500

  University of Colorado at Boulder

  Deadline 

  March 1, 2027 · 198 days left

  Min GPA 

  3.3

• Colin Turnbull Memorial Scholarship

  $1,000

  Colorado Mesa University

  Deadline 

  March 1, 2027 · 198 days left

  Min GPA 

  3.0

• M. Brenn Green Scholarship

  $1,000

  Florida Atlantic University

  Deadline 

  March 1, 2027 · 198 days left

• Zora Neale Hurston Scholarship

  $8,000

  University of Florida

  Deadline 

  March 15, 2027 · 212 days left

• ISF Scholarship

  $10,000

  Islamic Scholarship Fund

  Deadline 

  March 21, 2027 · 218 days left

  Min GPA 

  3.0

• Bachelor's Degree Scholarship in Social Sciences

  $500

  DegreeDirectory.org

  Deadline 

  April 1, 2027 · 229 days left

• Jesse Wrench Scholarship

  $1,000

  Missouri Archaeological Society

  Deadline 

  August 1, 2027 · 351 days left

• Ella Brehm Scholarship

  $600

  University of Massachusetts at Boston

  Deadline 

  Rolling