Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students
Departmental Scholarships/Awards
Our department offers several types of funding for both incoming and current graduate students. Click here to download the cover sheet required for award applications.
Burns-Amaya Research Award
- Eligibility:
The Department of Anthropology, through a gift of Dr. Alba Amaya Burns and Dr. Allan Burns, is pleased to announce that an award up to $700 is available for summer research to Latin America for projects in Medical Anthropology, Human Rights, and Applied Anthropology. The award honors the memory and goals of social justice of Miguel Angel Amaya, a medical student who perished during the Civil War in El Salvador. Miguel Angel Amaya was the brother of Professor Alba Amaya Burns. - Award:
Up to 2 awards annually, awarded in the spring.
Paul and Polly Doughty Research Award
- Eligibility:
Awards for graduate student anthropological research in the area of international peace, conflict resolution, and/or development, with preference given to a focus on Latin America. These competitive awards are open to graduate students in Anthropology working in any subfield. Priority is given to MA and predissertation research. Applicants are expected to show how their research is relevant to broad issues of international peace, conflict resolution, or development, whether in contemporary times or through history and prehistory. Eligible students are encouraged to seek supplementary funding from other sources. The award is for reimbursable expenses. - Award:
Up to 4 awards annually, awarded in the spring.
Charles H. Fairbanks Award
- Eligibility:
Earmarked for dissertation level doctoral candidates specializing in archaeology who will use the stipend for expenses related to preparation of the dissertation (e.g., photography, copying, illustrations, cartography, some final analysis, etc.). The awards are for reimbursableexpenses only. Previous recipients of Fairbanks Awards are not eligible. - Award:
Up to six $1,000 awards annually.
John M. Goggin Memorial Scholarship
- Eligibility:
Aawards will be made to dissertation level doctoral candidates specializing in sociocultural and biological anthropology who will use the stipend for expenses related to preparation of the dissertation (e.g., photography, copying, illustrations, cartography, transcription, etc.). The awards are for reimbursable expenses only. Previous recipients of Goggin Awards are not eligible. - Award:
Up to six $1,000 awards annually given in the spring.
Grinter Fellowship
- Eligibility:
All incoming students offered admission to the department are considered for this three-year fellowship. No application is necessary for this award; once we have made our admissions decisions, all students offered admission will be reviewed for eligibility. - Award:
It is a smaller, three-year fellowship and does not include a tuition waiver.
William Maples Memorial Scholarship
- Eligibility:
Funds are available for Anthropology graduate students conducting pre-dissertation or dissertation research in forensic anthropology. Excellence in research design and potential for significant contribution to the field of forensic anthropology are essential criteria for a successful application. - At the committee’s discretion, awards will not be made if no applications meet the criteria. The awards are for reimbursable expenses only.
- Award:
Up to four $500 awards annually given in the spring.
Zora Neale Hurston Fellowship
- Eligibility:
Three-year award. Should be an incoming student with interests in the African Diaspora with strong GRE and GPA. Awarded every three years. - Award:
$12,000 each year for three years to same recipient, plus tuition waiver.
Departmental Assistantships
Many of our students serve on departmental assistantships. For more information, see our assistantship page.
Other departments sometimes employ Anthropology students as teaching assistants. Anthropology students have received teaching assistantships through the foreign languages, biology, athletic tutoring, academic writing, and housing departments. Please contact the appropriate department directly for more information on these opportunities or you may contact the Graduate Program Assistant.
Opportunities outside of the Anthropology Department
Graduate students in the Department have also been funded from the following UF offices and programs:
FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowships are available for students with interests in Africa, or some areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. For students with research interests in Africa, the Center for African Studies offers the FLAS fellowships, and Anthropology students are eligible. For students with interest in Latin America or the Caribbean, the Center for Latin American studies also offers funding through the FLAS program.
PCP PIRE Graduate Fellowships for International Research and Education on Ancient Biodiversity and Global Change in the New World Tropics are offered through the Florida Museum of Natural History.
The Tropical Conservation and Development Program (TCD) offers fellowships to Anthropology graduate students interested in biological conservation and rural development issues in Latin America and elsewhere in the tropics.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers the O. Ruth McQuown Scholarship to outstanding female students. For additional contact the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Additional Funding Opportunities for the social sciences are offered by many other organizations. Funding may be specific to geographic region of interest, country of origin, or topic of study. If you learn of any funding source that is not on this list, please inform the Graduate Program Assistant.
List of Additional Funding Opportunities for Graduate Student within or outside of a social science focus.
UF Financial Aid Office
The University of Florida’s Office of Student Financial Affairs offers Federal loans to all qualified graduate students. For more information go here. This site offers information on additional sources of funding as well as a link to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You will need to fill out a FAFSA for any Federal loans through UF. The Financial Aid Office also uses the FAFSA form to assess graduate students’ eligibility for small need-based grants ($2,000/year). These grant funds are awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis and are limited. To be considered for these grant funds, you should submit your FAFSA form as soon as possible after January 1 for the following academic year.
Financial Aid and Funding Bulletin Boards
- Center for the Humanities & the Public Sphere funding opportunities for graduate students
- CLAS Funding Sources webpage
- Graduate School Funding and Finances.
- International Center's Financial Aid Bulletin Board website.
- Libraries’ Grants Management Office Funding website.
- American Anthropological Association Fellowships & Support Bulletin Board
