The Baltimore-Washington area is unusually rich in library, archival, and museum resources relating to anthropology. D.C. Students can use the Smithsonian Institution's ethnological and library collection through a cooperative arrangement. Financial Aid Undergraduate majors and nonmajors are eligible to apply for Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards to support special research and write-up projects in their senior year. Graduate fellowships and teaching assistantships are available, and most students admitted receive support. Mellon postdoctoral fellowships are available for demographers from the U.S. or abroad who wish to acquire a year of anthropological training.
Preference is given to demographers from developing countries, especially in Africa.
Further information is available from the department. Proposals for 1999-2000 must be submitted by July 15, 1999.