Anthropology

Awards and Scholarships

Thanks to generous donors, the Department of Anthropology has two endowed funds to support grants and scholarships.

Frederic J. Bednarek Anthropology Scholarship

Established with a generous donation from Montclair State alumnus Frederic Benarek ’59, this scholarship recognizes outstanding performance in the Anthropology major at Montclair State University.

Professor Bednarek, who graduated from Montclair and went on to serve as chair of the anthropology/sociology department at the County College of Morris, feels that “it’s essential for us who have gone to Montclair State to continue to maintain the high standards we were privileged to have experienced.” The Department is very grateful to Professor Bednarek for remembering his alma mater and providing us an opportunity to support and honor our students. 

Application

Antoinette C. Bigel Endowment Fund

The Antoinette C. Bigel Scholarship Fund was established in September 1996, to support undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology to participate in supervised field work in anthropology. The funds available annually are determined by the interest earned on the principal in the Antoinette C. Bigel Endowment Fund. Grants are available for Anthropology majors, Anthropology minors, and Archaeology minors at Montclair State University, and can be applied to help fund field schools, unpaid internships, or an original independent research project.

There are two application options. 

1. Please use the Field School Application Form if you are applying for funding to support your attendance at a formal academic field school or unpaid internship program.  In addition to sharing your field school application essay and budget request, you will need to provide web link and program contact for the field school as well as the name of a full time MSU Anthropology faculty member as a reference.
2. Please use the Independent Research Application Form if you are applying for funding to support a project you have designed on your own. You will need to draft a research proposal and answer questions about human subject research as well as submit a budget and the name of a full time MSU Anthropology faculty member as a reference.

All applicants are required to identify and meet with a full-time Montclair Anthropology faculty advisor for their project; this should be done ideally one month, but at a minimum, two weeks in advance of the application deadline.

Career Exploration

The links to the right will drive you to some great sources about what to do with your degree, and how to get where you want to be in your Anthropology career.