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Annual Report for 2009 Annual Report for 2009 “Supporting worldwide research in all branches of Anthropology” 2009 Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Chairman’s Introduction.............................................................................. 3 President’s Report ....................................................................................... 4 Program Highlights...................................................................................... 6 Institutional Development Grants ............................................................... 7 International Symposia, Workshops, and Sponsored Meetings .............. 9 Osmundsen Initiative Grantees................................................................. 17 Hunt Postdoctoral Fellows ........................................................................ 18 Wadsworth Fellows.................................................................................... 22 2009 Grantees Dissertation Fieldwork Grants ............................................................. 26 Post-Ph.D. Research Grants ................................................................ 36 Conference and Workshop Grants...................................................... 39 International Collaborative Research Grants ..................................... 41 New and Continuing Wadsworth Fellowships.................................... 42 Initiatives ............................................................................................... 44 Historical Archives Program................................................................ 45 Major Grant Program Statistics................................................................. 46 Financial Statements .................................................................................56 Leadership .................................................................................................. 67 Reviewers during 2009 .............................................................................. 68 Staff ............................................................................................................. 70 2 2009 Annual Report Chairman’s Introduction Seth J. Masters Chairman, Board of Trustees Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research The Wenner-Gren Foundation Board of Trustees, officers, and staff are pleased to publish this 2009 annual report. Wenner-Gren seeks to support the global anthropology community, and funds its operations and programs from the investment returns achieved on its endowment. Recently, the capital markets have been quite volatile, with a sharp decline as a result of the credit crisis in 2008 followed by a steep recovery in 2009. Fortunately, Wenner-Gren's management procedures and conservative financial policies have helped us navigate this difficult period better than many peers. Our Budget and Investment Committee, chaired by Bill Cobb, deserves special acknowledgement for delivering superior long-term investment returns with relatively low risk. As a result, the Foundation remains strong, and is positioned to pursue its mission for the foreseeable future. As reviewed in this report, under President Leslie Aiello's leadership and vision Wenner- Gren continues to enhance its activities. Our Institutional Development Grant program, as well as the International Symposium program seek to extend the Foundation’s profile globally. Our new Osmundsen initiative helps to link anthropological research to broad social or intellectual issues. And we continue to expand our systems and web site to better communicate worldwide. Wenner-Gren's ability to keep abreast of the issues facing anthropology would not be possible without the collaboration, advice and contributions from the community we serve. I would like to extend thanks to all past and present Wenner-Gren Advisory Committee members, as well as to the many anthropologists who have participated in the Foundation's programs and activities. Seth J. Masters Chairman, Board of Trustees Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. 3 2009 Annual Report President’s Report Leslie C. Aiello, President 2009 was a busy year. In addition to the Foundation’s regular activities, a number of initia- tives were put in place to ensure continuing support for Anthropology in the face of challeng- ing fiscal conditions. Since the mid-1970s, the Foundation has employed a strategy of funding large numbers of relatively small projects rather than fewer costlier, long-term initiatives. This strategy permits a rapid reduction (or increase) in success rates (and expenditure) as the situation requires. In the first half of 2009, the success rates across all of our programs were lowered significantly. For example, the success rate for Dissertation Fieldwork Grants was decreased from 14.0% in 2008 to 10.4% in the first half of 2009. For Conference and Workshop Grants, it was re- duced from almost 60% to 30.0%. We are pleased that by the second half of 2009 success rates across all of our programs re- turned to normal levels. This is because of improvement in the financial markets but also be- cause of the reduction of the maximum grant amounts for our two largest programs, Disserta- tion Fieldwork and Post-Ph.D. Research Grants. We realize that lower funding levels are a disadvantage to some grantees, but feel that it is desirable to support the largest possible number of deserving projects. We hope to increase maximum grant amounts in the near fu- ture, as conditions improve. The difficult fiscal situation also provided some unexpected opportunities for the Foundation to increase its engagement with the field. One of these was the introduction of the Osmund- sen Initiative grant program. The Foundation has been concerned for some time that Anthro- pology as a discipline does not have the public profile of some of the other social sciences. The Osmundsen Initiative provides supplementary funds to selected doctoral and postdoc- toral grantees who make a convincing case for the engagement of their research with con- temporary issues of broader social or intellectual concern. The purpose of this initiative is to encourage anthropologists to give serious thought to these issues. It also has the advantage of offsetting to some extent the lower maximum grant amounts for the Dissertation Fieldwork and Post-Ph.D. Research Grant programs. A second unexpected opportunity was the release of staff time to devote to the development of a historical section for the Wenner-Gren website. The Foundation has a rich history, and 4 2009 Annual Report President’s Report, continued our goal is to make our extensive archives, including our photo and audio archives, available as educational tools for the field. Considerable progress was made on this initiative in 2009 and the historical section of the website will be launched in 2010. The Foundation also continued its International Symposium program with a meeting on “The Beginnings of Agriculture: New Ideas and New Data,” organized by T. Douglas Price (U. of Wisconsin) and Ofer Bar-Yosef (Harvard) and held March 6-13 at Hacienda Temozon, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. In addition, it sponsored and organized a symposium at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meetings in February 2009. This was entitled “The Origin of the Human Species” and was chosen by the AAAS as one of two sym- posia for a full-day event on human evolution to commemorate the bicentennial of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. These larger symposia were in addition to Foundation sponsorship for 18 international an- thropological meetings and events, its presence at a number of national and international meetings, and its support for the second year of the new Institutional Development Grant pro- gram. These as well as other activities are profiled under the “Program Highlights” section of this annual report. Without a doubt, the beginning of 2009 was one of the most challenging periods during my tenure as President. However, I am gratified that the Foundation’s procedures were suffi- ciently robust to enable successful navigation through this difficult time. The Board of Trustees, Advisory Council and staff also worked diligently to ensure the Foundation’s continued viability and vitality. For this, I am most thankful and look forward to a strong future for the Foundation and to its continued engagement with the field of Anthropology. Leslie C. Aiello President Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. 5 2009 Annual Report Program Highlights Program highlights for 2009 include: the introduction of the Osmundsen Initiative; the announcement of a new Institutional Development Grant; the award of the highly competitive Hunt Postdoctoral Fellow- ships; the selection of four international scholars to train under our Wadsworth International and African Fellowship programs; the award of 147 research grants to students and established scholars under our Dissertation Fieldwork, Post-Ph.D. Research and International Collaborative Research Grant programs; and support for 18 conferences and workshops. Osmundsen Initiative Grant Program In recent years, the Foundation has been concerned that Anthropology does not have the public profile of some of the other social sciences. The field has also tended to become rather insular and in many cases an- thropological research is presented in a style and language that is not im- mediately assessable to non-anthropologists. The Osmundsen Initiative is designed to encourage
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