Annual or one-off grants are awarded on a competitive basis to applications from CES members.
Grants
Annual or one-off grants are awarded on a competitive basis to applications from CES members.
To help support regional meetings, working groups, side events at the meetings of other scientific societies, and other activities, CES invites applications from members for workshop funding. Student members are particularly encouraged to apply.
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CES is delighted to announce a new funding initiative, thanks to a generous donation from Eric and Peggy Peterson. Click here to learn more about the donors.
The awards will run from 2023-2027 and help support and increase the global reach of cultural evolution research by supporting early career researchers, outreach efforts, and capacity building in Low-and-Middle Income countries.
The award scheme is as follows. Note that modifications in number of awards and award amounts may be made for 2025-27, based on an assessment of interest and impact that the different award categories generate in 2023-25.
The following application is for one award of up to $6000 to support either:
We are ideally looking to support visits that are at least 3 months or longer. Visits should be focused on providing training in cultural evolution theory or methods, or developing research collaborations that help advance research capacity in LMIC/GS countries, or contribute to professional development of a scholar from an LMIC/GS country. Visits can occur in the award year or the following year.
Next call to be announced Spring 2025
One award of up to $2500 for supporting activities to translate cultural evolution research for a non-academic audience or students outside of the field of cultural evolution. This can include activities such as
Next call to be announced Spring 2025
Two awards of up to $3000 each to support research projects in cultural evolution.
Next call to be announced Spring 2024
We will give out four travel awards of up to $1500 during the CES conference years (2024 and 2026) for researchers from Low-and-middle income countries to attend the CES conference in person.
Applications now being received, deadline 11th March 2024. Please see the CES 2024 conference website for application links.
Thanks to the generosity of the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #61913), the Cultural Evolution Society is running a major funding scheme to address big questions in the field of Cultural Evolution. After all, how our cultures evolve (including how information is transmitted, how people make decisions, and the interaction with our biology) is a pressing issue in a world in which our cultural activities are causing rapid, and drastic, social and physical changes.
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Find out more about this grant scheme on the CES Transformation Fund website.
Awards
Awards are given to CES members for outstanding contributions to the field of cultural evolution. Applications open in the year of the bi-annual CES conference and award-winners are announced at the conference.
The Cultural Evolution Society will be offering the Richerson Award in honour of Peter Richerson. This award will be offered to a recent graduate who has produced the best PhD in the field of cultural evolution.
Pete has been a key figure in shaping and guiding the field of Cultural Evolution over the last few decades and this award aims to highlight new researchers who will go on to shape and guide our field. The award will be offered once every two years thanks to a generous donation from Peter Richerson.
Eligibility: Applicants must have received their PhD within 24 months of the application due date. Individuals who have submitted their PhD but not yet received it by the application deadline, are also eligible. If you have just missed the eligibility criterion but are interested in applying, please email us to enquire. Our goal is to solicit a diverse applicant pool that allows us to recognize a stellar recent Ph.D. in the field. Given differences across institutions and countries in the timeline between submission and conferring of degree, we wish to be flexible about the stipulated 24 month time period.
Previous applicants and finalists can re-apply as long as they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants do not need to be current dues paying members of CES in order to apply.
Award: The recipient will receive a $300 award, a three-year society membership, and a waiver of registration fees for the upcoming Cultural Evolution Society conference. The award recipient’s name and thesis/dissertation title will be highlighted on the CES website and via social media, and announced at the bi-annual conference.
Review: The CES awards committee, currently chaired by executive committee member Dr. Simon Greenhill, will review applications. Outside reviewers will be sought as needed if the committee members feel they do not have sufficient expertise regarding a particular topic.
Award announcement will be made by July 1, 2024. The awards committee will follow best practises in the review process, to minimise the impact of implicit or explicit biases that disadvantage underrepresented groups in the academy.
Applications are currently open, deadline 1st May 2024 (anywhere on Earth). Please apply via this form.
For queries about the New Investigator award, please contact Simon Greenhill, CES Awards committee chair ([email protected]).
2022: Manvir Singh, Institute for Advanced Study, Toulouse
The Cultural Evolution Society will grant this award to a researcher who has shown outstanding contribution and potential in the field within 5 years of gaining their PhD.
This award is intended to highlight and recognise the emerging researchers who have already made an impact on our field through their scholarship, or by integrating their research activities with superlative mentorship or training or academic service that has contributed to enhancing the scientific impact of the field.
Competitions will be held every two years in conjunction with the bi-annual conference.
Eligibility: Applicants must have completed (had conferred) their PhD within the last five calendar years. Time spent outside of the academy, in non-employed or non-salaried status, or on leave, including for medical or parental leave, can be subtracted from the 5 year period. Applicants must be current members of CES. Previous applicants and finalists can re-apply as long as they meet the eligibility criteria.
Award: The winner of the award will be given the opportunity to present a plenary talk highlighting their work at the bi-annual Cultural Evolution Society conference held the same year. The cost of travel, accommodation and registration fee to attend the conference will be covered by CES. We do not want to dissuade applicants who might not be able to travel to the 2024 conference. As such, we aim to be flexible in terms of giving the recipient the opportunity to give their plenary talk virtually, or defer their plenary talk to the next conference if virtual attendance this year is not possible.
Review: The CES awards committee, currently chaired by executive committee member Dr. Simon Greenhill, will review applications. Outside reviewers will be sought as needed if the committee members feel they do not have sufficient expertise regarding a particular topic.
Award announcement will be made by July 1, 2022. The awards committee will follow best practises in the review process, to minimise the impact of implicit or explicit biases that disadvantage underrepresented groups in the academy
Applications are currently open, deadline 1st May 2024 (Anywhere on Earth). Please apply via this form.
For queries about the New Investigator award, please contact Simon Greenhill, CES Awards committee chair ([email protected]).
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