The Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund
The Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund supports pre-project travel grants for master and doctoral students in the early formulation of their field research. This Grant-in-Aid is to initiate contact and collaborative working relationships with partner institutions and scholars, as well as with local communities. It can both facilitate contacts with local communities for the purpose of acquiring any necessary permissions for the future research and to initiate fieldwork.
Preference is given to research projects in lowland South America that reflect the work and themes of Norman (Norm) and Dorothea (Sibby) Whitten, including, but not restricted to, topics such as Indigenous cosmologies, Indigenous knowledge-production, aesthetics and arts, health, gender, interculturality, cultural transformations, and histories of the present.
The Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund Calls for applications
The Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2022-2023 (application deadline: November 30, 2022)
The Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2021-2022 (application deadline: December 10, 2021)
The Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2020-2021 (application deadline: November 15, 2020)
The Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2019-2020 (application deadline: November 15, 2019)
The Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2018-2019 (application deadline: November 15, 2018)
Whitten Research Fund Past recipients
2022-2023
Meredith Cristina Castro Rios (FLACSO Ecuador), Joan Gutiérrez Rodríguez (UNAL-Amazonia, Colombia), Alcineis Acate Peres (PPGAS-UFAM, Brazil), Alexandra Reichert (Vanderbilt U., USA), Carolina Rodriguez Alzza (U. of Texas, Austin, USA).
2021-2022
Ana Felicien Pérez (UFPA, Brazil), Ana Judith Blanco Rojas (UNAL-Amazonia, Colombia), Cristian Erazo Romero (U. of St. Andrews, Scotland), Mariana Furtado (UFSC, Brazil), Rui Harayama (UFSC, Brazil), Sidney Castillo (U. of Helsinki, Finland), Victor Amante (UFRJ, Brazil).
2020-2021
Edna Carolina Mayorga Sánchez (UFRJ, Brazil), Karen Lorena Romero Leal (U. of Florida, USA), Jesús Anzualdo Contreras (PUCP, Peru), Grzegorz Palka (U. of St. Andrews, Scotland).
2019-2020
Maria Ximena Flores Rojas (UFRJ, Brazil), Blanca Yagüe Pascual (U. of Utah, USA), and Ronaldo de Queiroz Lima (UFBA, Brazil).
2018-2019
Helen Palma Pinedo (UFSC, Brazil) and Michael Southwood (U. of St. Andrews, Scotland).
2017-2018
Lorena França Reis e Silva (UFSC, Brazil).
Selection committee
2022-2023 – Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (chair), Giovanna Bacchiddu, Artionka Capiberibe, Chris Jarrett, James Whitaker
2020-2021 – Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen (chair), Giovanna Bacchiddu, Chris Jarrett, and James Whitaker
2019-2020 – Richard Reed (chair), Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, James Whitaker and Giovanna Bacchiddu
2018-2019 – Richard Reed (chair), Renzo Duin, and Esther Jean Langdon
2017-2018 – Richard Reed (chair), Renzo Duin, and Esther Jean Langdon
