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The Wadsworth Short-Term Fellowship Program is suspended indefinitely.

Wadsworth Short-Term Fellowships are intended to provide support for doctoral students or post-doctoral scholars who normally should be within ten years of receiving their doctorate to enhance their research capacity in the field of anthropology. The fellowship may be used for the following purposes:

1. To pursue research in a library outside the applicant's home country. The fellowship enables scholars to make use of international-level library resources. This fellowship can be used to prepare an anthropological research proposal or complete an anthropological project designed to advance teaching or scholarship in the applicant's home country.

2. To take advantage of a training opportunity outside the applicant's home country. This fellowship can be used to enable scholars to enhance their research skills in anthropology through training in state-of-the-art research techniques and methodologies.   These awards are available only to individuals from countries where anthropology is underrepresented and where there are limited resources to send students overseas for training [ click here for country list ].

The fellowships provide funding of up to $5000 and are not renewable. The length of the library or training visit should normally be no more than 3 months in duration. The award can be used towards relevant expenses for travel, subsistence, fees, insurance, books, etc.

There is no application deadline for the Wadsworth Short-Term Fellowships; however, there is a two-stage application process. The first stage is the preliminary inquiry. If an applicant is considered eligible based on the review of the preliminary inquiry, he/she will be invited to submit a full application. An eligibility decision is usually made within one week of receipt of the preliminary inquiry. For eligible applicants, the final decision is normally made within three months of receiving the full application.

Applicants who are invited to submit a full application will receive an e-mail with the application form and instructions for submitting their application using the Foundation's online submission procedure. In addition, applicants must send two printed copies of their application to the Foundation by regular mail. See the link to 'Application Procedures' below for more information about the application

Questions about this program should be e-mailed to: internationalprograms@wennergren.org

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For more detailed information on program requirements, applications procedures, and review criteria, please refer to the links below:

About the Wadsworth Fellowship Program
Eligibility
Countries eligible for the Wadsworth Fellowships
Preliminary Inquiry (This step in the application process is required)
General Criteria of Evaluation
Application Procedures