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Association for Women in Science Predoctoral Awards

 Association for Women in Science Behavioral sciences Women expecting to graduate within 2 years of the application deadline $10,000 March https://www.awis.org/scholarships/ 
Biological Anthropology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants NSF Biological anthropology Graduate students up to $20,000 January/July
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18504/nsf18504.htm
Cultural Anthropology Research Experience for Graduates Supplements (NSF) NSF Cultural anthropology Graduate students up to $20,000 January/August
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19560/nsf19560.htm
Dissertation Fellowship for Historically Underrepresented Persons in Anthropology American Anthropological Association Anthropology, historically underrepresnted doctoral candidates A member of a historically underrepresented U.S. racialized minority group $10,000 March

https://www.americananthro.org/ParticipateAndAdvocate/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1621 
Dissertation Fellowships American Association of University Women all fields of study women scholars, US citizens, permanent residents up to $30,000 November

https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/american/ 
Dissertation Fellowships Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation global security priorities UC graduate students $25,000 February

https://igcc.ucsd.edu/funding/dissertation-fellowship-competition.html 
Graduate Research Fellowships NSF Social sciences, psychology, STEM education US citizens, have completed no more than one academic year of full-time graduate study $34,000 annual stipend, $12,000 cost of education allowance to institution October

https://www.nsfgrfp.org/ 
Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants NSF nature, causes, and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes across a range of scales graduate students up to $20,000 rolling

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20583/nsf20583.htm#budg_cst_shr_txt 
John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship American Philosophical Society see website US citizens see website see website http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin 
L.S.B. Leakey Foundation General Research Grants Leakey Foundation Research related to human origins Advanced doctoral students up to $15,000 January/July https://leakeyfoundation.org/grants/research-grants/ 
Lewis & Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research American Philosophical Society disciplines with a large dependence on field studies US citizens and residents, doctoral students up to $5000 November

http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark 
Mind & Life Francisco J. Varela Research Grants Mind & Life Institute Contemplative sciences, intended as a career development grant Must have attended the Mind & Life Summer Research Institute within the last five years, graduate students, post-doc fellows, junior faculty 20,000 September https://www.mindandlife.org/varela-grants/ 
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) Smithsonian Institute environmental science, anthropology, history of science and technology, social and cultural history of the US graduate students $40,000 stipend and up to $4,000 research allowance November https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/ 
Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants Wenner-Gren Foundation Anthropology Advanced doctoral students up to $20,000 May/November

http://www.wennergren.org/programs/dissertation-fieldwork-grants