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The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research

The Lewis and Clark Fund (initially supported by the Stanford Ascherman/Baruch Blumberg Fund for Basic Science, established by a benefaction from the late Stanford Ascherman, MD, of San Francisco) encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields.

Areas of Study

Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields.

Level of Study

• doctoral
• postdoctoral

!! Open to Students from any country !!

Average Award Amount

• will depend on travel costs, but will ordinarily be in the range of several hundred dollars up to about $5,000

Award Deadline: February 15, 2008

Eligibility Requirements

Grants will be available to doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. Postdoctoral fellows, master’s degree candidates, and undergraduates are not eligible. Applicants who have received Lewis and Clark Fund grants may reapply after an interval of two years. Applicants should ask their academic advisor to write one of the two letters of recommendation, specifying the student’s qualifications to carry out the proposed work and the educational content of the trip. Budgets should be limited to travel and related expenses, including personal field equipment.

Foreign applicants must either be based at a U.S. institution or plan to carry out their work in the United States. When appropriate, the applicant should provide assurances that safety measures will be taken for potentially hazardous projects. When necessary, the applicant and his or her supervisor should discuss the field training that will be provided and the provisions for experienced supervision.

Each Lewis and Clark Field Scholar will submit a brief report on his or her trip for archiving in the APS Library. Instructions will be provided with notification of an award.

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Contact

The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
American Philosophical Society
104 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386