Undergraduate Research Grant

Each year, the Anthropology Department has an annual $500 undergraduate research grant that will be awarded to a maximum of 2 students during winter quarter.

This Anthropology Undergraduate Research grant (AURG) is to provide students in the major or minor with financial funds to pursue activities related to anthropological undergraduate research (attending a conference, books, visiting a field site for data, etc.). One student focusing on evolutionary anthropology research and one student focusing on sociocultural anthropology research will be selected to receive these grants.

Access the 2024 AURG application here, the deadline is Jan 17, 2024. 

Recipients of the grant are required to author a blog post for a general audience about their research activities. Below are blog posts from previous undergraduate grant recipients.

2021 Recipient: Mikayla Rosario

2022 Society for California Archaeology Conference

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Brian Graves, 2020 Research Grant Recipient

Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Meeting

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Rachel Paul, 2019 Research Grant Recipient

Rachel Paul, 2019 Research Grant Recipient

Vicuna Wool - Newest Trend or Oldest Fashion Statement of the Elite? By Rachel Paul

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