THE FORD FOUNDATION awards grants for archaeological research and training.
Headquarters: The Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017 USA, Main Voice: (212)573-5000,
Main Fax: (212)351-3677,
web address: www.fordfound.org

In Indonesia,
Contact: P.O. Box 2030 Jakarta 10001, Indonesia,
Tel. 62-21-252-4073,
Fax: 62-21-252-4078,
E-mail ford-jakarta@fordfound.org

In the Philippines,
Contact: Makati Central P.O. Box 1936, Makati 1259 Metro Manila, Philippines,
E-mail: ford-manila@fordfound.org

In Vietnam,
contact: 340 Ba Trieu Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam,
Tel:84-4-976-0164/5/6,
Fax: 84-4-976-0163,
E-mail: ford-hanoi@fordfound.org

WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH. For information on their research grants write to: 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10001-7708, USA or visit their web site at: www.wennergren.org

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. For information write to: Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society 17th and M Streets, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 USA.

ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION. Awards to assist women and men of outstanding promise to make significant contributions to research and teaching or public service in the future as potential staff members of developing-country institutions associated with the Foundation. For information write to: Rockefeller Foundation 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036 USA.

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL. Vietnam Advanced Research Grants. Postdoctoral awards are available to support research in Vietnam. The maximum award amount is $30,000, which may be used to support either a single research visit for 12 months or two research trips, each lasting no less than six months.
Eligibility: Scholars, including independent scholars, based in the U.S. or Canada who have received a Ph.D. in any discipline of the social sciences or humanities in the last five years are eligible to apply. It is expected that postdoctoral fellows will already have sufficient command of the Vietnamese language to conduct research. There are no citizenship restrictions.
Application Deadline: December 1, 1999. Application forms will be available after September 1, 1999. Awards will be announced no later than May 2000.
For further information contact:
E-mail: lam@ssrc.org or
Social Science Research Council, 810 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019 USA.
Phone: 212.377.2700,
Fax: 212 377.2727,
Web: www.ssrc.org/levels.htm

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FELLOWSHIPS. Fellowships support independent research in residence at the Smithsonian Institution. Predoctoral fellowships and directed research fellowships are available in the following disciplines: American History, Material Culture, Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, History of Art, Astronomy, and Ecology. For information write to: Office of Fwps & Grants L'Enfant Plaza 7300, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 USA