The intention of the Emily Ann Bennett Plant Award is to assist anthropology majors who experience financial need.
Assistance is available in two categories.
In the first, the award may be used to partly cover the costs of tuition and living expenses at Vanderbilt for students who have educational loans, or who must work to finance their education. Funds are available in a second category for students who will enrich their education in anthropology at Vanderbilt with projects such as summer research or field schools that they and their families could not otherwise afford. In both cases, the application consists of a written statement and, for finalists, an interview with Emily Plant and anthropology faculty. Please provide a brief statement of the need for funds and the uses to which they would be put . Please let us know if you feel there are any special qualifications that you may have for support, or if your formal grades and test scores do not adequately reflect your abilities.