THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR

Fellowshipsthe foundation sponsors a variety of fellowship programs to support scholars from underrepresented areas receive doctoral training in anthropology and early career scholars for writing and ethnographic film projects that help advance their careers. In 2023, the foundation approved 23 wadsworth fellowships (doctoral training), 20 hunt fellowships (writing), and 6 fejos fellowships (film).

Conferencethe foundation internally administers two international meetings each year. These meetings convene scholars for intensive discussions on groundbreaking topics that help shape the trajectory of anthropological discourse and research. An open access special supplement to the foundation's journal, current anthropology, is published for each symposium and is widely accessed by the anthropological community. The foundation also sponsors academic meetings administered outside the foundation through its conference and workshop grant program. This funding enables international scholars to convene and further the creation of anthropological knowledge and debate. The foundation approved 37 conference and workshop grants in 2023.

Publicationsthe foundation sponsors two anthropological publications: current anthropology and sapiens. Current anthropology is a leading international scholarly journal in anthropology. The journal has six issues each year, which include articles, reports, interviews, and book reviews as well as discussion and commentary. Sapiens is an online publication to popularize and publicize anthropological research to an international audience. Sapiens also trains professional anthropologists to write in a public voice suitable for a broader public and thus advancing the impact of anthropological research outside of academia.