Preliminary Inquiry (this stage in the application process is required)

Applicants must first submit a preliminary inquiry to apply for the Institutional Development Grant. All preliminary inquiries must reach the Foundation by May 15 and MUST be submitted on the IDG Preliminary Inquiry Form which can be downloaded here. Preliminary inquiries can be submitted up to three months before the May 15 deadline. Based on the information provided in the preliminary inquiry, the Foundation will compile a shortlist of applications which best meet the eligibility criteria for the program. The shorlisted applicants will then be contacted and invited to submit the formal IDG application. The deadline to submit this formal IDG application is September 15 Information about what is requested in the formal application can be found in the application procedures. Preliminary inquiries must be in English. The Preliminary Inquiry Form asks for the following information:

1. The name of applicant, his/her nationality, the institution, and contact details.
2. A statement describing anthropology in your country and the resources available to support academic development. It is important to establish that you are located in country where anthropology, or any of its major sub-disciplines, is underrepresented and where there are limited resources to support academic development.
3. A brief description of your department or proposed program including the 1) nature of the current doctoral program in anthropology, 2) number of anthropology staff/faculty, 3) number of current enrolled graduate students, and 4) number of Ph.D.s or equivalent doctoral degrees awarded by your department over the past 5 years. If your institution does not already have an established doctoral program in anthropology, provide a description of your institution and the existing staff/faculty and other resources that are available to support a new doctoral program in anthropology.
4. A brief statement of intent which outlines your development goals over the five year funding period and how you would use IDG funding to achieve these goals.
5. A statement of potential institutional partnership collaboration/s and how the collaboration/s will help you to achieve your development goals.
6. A description of the anthropological training currently available in your country and how your development goals will enhance the provision of this anthropological training on a national level.

Please e-mail, fax, or send your IDG Preliminary Inquiry Form to:

Institutional Development Grant Administrator
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
470 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor,
New York, NY 10016,
USA
Tel: 212 683 5000;
Fax: 212 683 9151
e-mail: development@wennergren.org

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