Future of Food Anthropology Fellowship
Building on our 2020 Statement on Racial Injustice, SAFN launched the Future of Food Anthropology Fellowship in 2023. We will award one to two fellowships annually to junior self-identified BIPOC scholars. The award includes $500 and a one-year membership to AAA and SAFN.
The aim of this fellowship is to amplify and support the research, community-engaged scholarship, and/or activism of junior scholars of color and catalyze more public engagement with food anthropology, while also building a more inclusive anthropology of food and nutrition. These fellowships aim to provide an opportunity for junior scholars of color to amplify their voices and scholarship by creating:
1) a platform to share their work via SAFN’s FoodAnthropology blog;
2) an opportunity to network and put their scholarship in dialog with others;
3) mentorship throughout this process from SAFN membership;
4) an opportunity to participate in SAFN leadership.
Each selected Fellow will receive a mentor from SAFN who will assist them in their project’s endeavor as well as in editing a themed series of blog postings on FoodAnthropology related to their own work.
These projects are intended to provide the Fellow with an opportunity to expand their scholarly network and create both a personal and collective body of work in a format that is more timely and more accessible than regular academic publishing.
Eligibility
- Applicant must self-identify as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color.
- Applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate student, or within 3 years of graduation.
Fellowship application requirements:
- 2 page statement, including the following components:
- Describe your research, community-engaged scholarship, and/or activism, and how it relates to the anthropology of food and nutrition.
- Identify and explain mentorship goals, such as developing a first publication, developing and chairing a session at the AAA conference, and/or preparing job or grant applications.
- Explain how this fellowship would help you amplify your work, whether through preparing posts for SAFN’s blog, organizing scholarly conference sessions, or other.
- CV or Resumé
- Name and contact info for an advisor or mentor familiar with the applicant’s work.
Annual Timeline:
- Call for applications: Jan 15, 2027
Please send inquiries to SAFN President (Amanda Green, amanda.green@eku.edu), with “Future of Food” in the subject line.
Recent Award Winners:
2025
D.H. We (UCLA)
Elif Birbiri (York University)
2023
Carolyn Mason (Southern Methodist University)
Vanessa Castañeda (Davidson College)
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