Foundation Sponsors: Sociology & Anthropology

Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada: Funds policy research and informed discussions on Canada's relations with Asia (up to $20K).

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Supports international issues, including human rights and international justice, peace and security, conservation and sustainable development, higher education, migration, and population and reproductive health. MacArthur grantees work in 65 countries, and the Foundation has offices in India, Mexico, Nigeria, and Russia.

Maytree Foundation: Supporting leaders who have the capacity to make social change; providing funding to organizations to sustain their efforts over time; providing loans and scholarships to accelerate the settlement of immigrants and refugees.

Carnegie Corporation of New York: Carnegie Corporation does not make grants for construction or maintenance of facilities or endowments. The Corporation does not generally make grants to individuals except through the Carnegie Scholars Program, that supports the work of select scholars and experts conducting research in the foundation's fields of interest. Program areas: Education, international peace and security; international development, etc.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.: Supports a variety of charitable projects in the U.S. and abroad seeking to expand knowledge, clarify values and critical choices, nurture creative expression, and shape public policy.The Rockefeller Brothers Fund's (RBF) grantmaking is organized around three themes:  Democratic Practice, Sustainable Development, and Peace and Security. Grants are primarily awarded at the Fund's three annual board meetings (March, June, and November). Grants under $100,000 may be awarded throughout the year depending on budget capacity.

Harry Frank GUGGENHEIM Foundation: To increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Particular questions that interest HFG concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, interstate warfare, crime, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence. HFG awards research grants to individuals for individual projects.

Wenner-Gren Foundation: "The Wenner-Gren Foundation has three major goals: to support significant and innovative anthropological research into humanity's biological and cultural origins, development, and variation; to foster the international community of research scholars in anthropology; and to provide leadership at the forefronts of the discipline."