For early career researchers

Some ideas about congress and grants you can apply for, and some friendly associations you can follow!

Conferences:

  • Advances in Human Evolution, Adaptations and Diversity (AHEAD)

  • Congress of the French Association of Paleontology (APF) (predominantly French-speaking conference)

  • Congress of the Francophone Society of Primatology (SFDP) (predominantly French-speaking conference)

  • Congress of the American Association of Biological Anthropology (AABA)

  • Congress of the Anthropological Society of Paris (SAP) (predominantly French-speaking conference)

  • Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)

  • Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontology (EAVP)

  • Crossing the Palaeontological-Ecological Gap (CPEG)

  • Symposium of Morphometry and Evolution of Forms (SMEF)

  • Congress of the Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts (AWRANA)

  • International Palaeontological Congress (IPC)

  • International Council for Zooarchaeology (ICAZ)

  • Congress of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association

  • Meetings of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE)

  • Congress of the European Anthropological Association (EAA)

  • Congress of the International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP)es

Grants:

  • SYNTHESYS+: doctoral and post-doctoral grants for a short-term research mission in partner museums (Europe)

  • Wenner-Gren Foundation: doctoral and post-doctoral grants in anthropology (International)

  • Fyssen Foundation: post-doctoral grants in anthropology, paleoanthropology, archaeology (International)

  • Gerda Henkel Foundation: pre-doctoral and post-doctoral grants (Germany)

  • Leverhulme Fellowship: Early Career researchers in any disciplines (UK)

  • Marie Curie Fellowship: post-doctoral fellowships, usually from the call opens from April to September (European Commission)

  • L’Oréal: grant for women researchers in life and earth science (among other disciplines) (International or European National Programmes)

  • Leakey Foundation: doctoral and post-doctoral research grants related to human origins (International)

  • Fulbright Program: doctoral and post-doctoral grants for long-term mission in the USA or from the USA (USA)

  • ERC Starting Grant: post-doctoral research grant (2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD) (Europe)

  • Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral Fellowship Sponsorship: post-doctoral fellowship (Spain)

  • Ramón y Cajal y Talento Programs: five-year position (Spain)

  • Fundación BBVA: predoctoral grant (Spain)

  • Fondation des Treilles: doctoral and postdoctoral awards (France)

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