This program calls for basic, applied, and methodological research that can advance knowledge about the influence of social networks on HIV risk and the application of that knowledge to HIV prevention and treatment efforts. It invites applications for research that will extend existing knowledge of how the structure, function, and content of social and sexual networks influence HIV risk and transmission, and advance the development of prevention and treatment approaches based in social network theory and methods. June 1, October 1, February 1 each year. The foundation supports research in all branches of anthropology, including cultural and social anthropology, enthnology, biological and physical anthropology, archaeology, and anthropological linguistics, and in closely related disciplines concerned with human origins, development, and variation. Grants are available to assist anthropological research projects undertaken jointly by two or more investigators from different countries.
Awards are tenable for research or field work in any country.
June 1 and December 1. The goal of this program area is to protect children from the harm of violence at home, in school, and in the community and to support the development of nonviolent problem-solving skills.