Historical Archives Program (HAP)

The Historical Archives Program has expended its allotted budget for the year and is no longer accepting Preliminary Inquiries for review for the remainder of 2012.

If you would like to apply for HAP funding in 2013, please contact the Foundation in December 2012 to submit a Preliminary Inquiry.

The objective of the Historical Archives Program is to encourage the preservation of unpublished personal research materials of established anthropologists, considered of value for research on the history of anthropology.

HAP grants (maximum $15,000) are offered primarily to assist senior scholars at the end of their careers (or their heirs) with the expense of preparing and transferring their unpublished research materials for archival deposit.  Applicants must show evidence that arrangements have been made with an appropriate archival repository. Funds are strictly limited to covering expenses related to the basic preparation of materials for archival deposit.

In certain instances, funding is also available to collect oral-history interviews with eminent figures in discipline history, or teams involved in landmark research.  On such occasions, interviews are expected to be small-scale "moments of opportunity," with limited budgets only covering the basic travel and living expenses required to collect the interviews, and rarely exceeding a couple thousand dollars.

Please note: Efforts to establish archival facilities, develop existing collections, or otherwise process materials already held by repositories are not eligible for funding consideration.