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The RAI is an entirely independent charity which has been able to further anthropology in the world for nearly 150 years, thanks to the generosity of its benefactors. As an independent charity, the RAI receives no government funding. Donations and legacies allow us to sponsor cutting edge anthropological research, fund final year PhD students, award prizes for outstanding scholarship, and preserve our invaluable archive of photo and film collections for future generations. We welcome any contributions, large or small, towards these endeavours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leave a gift in your will<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Making a difference to Anthropology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your donation or legacy could contribute to the charitable work of the Institute in various ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a350<\/strong> could purchase a book for the Anthropology Library<\/a> held at the British Museum. The Anthropology Library is free and open to members of the public for reference. RAI Fellows can borrow books. The library is one of the largest and broadest collections of anthropological reference materials in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a3200<\/strong> could purchase a day of an archivist\u2019s time to archive and digitise the RAI’s extensive collections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have several important collections in need of archiving, as well as thousands of rare photographs in need of digitisation. These collections are not just of importance in terms of historical record, but can have direct contemporary relevance, for example we are currently revisiting the work of our blood group research committee from the 1950s (Mourant).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donations allow us to expand the proportion of collections easily accessible to researchers. For example, an endowment trust is currently paying for an archivist to catalogue and make available to the public the collections of W.B. Fagg in the Fagg Library<\/a> held on the premises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a3500<\/strong> could enable us to offer a travel bursary for a filmmaker to attend our biennial RAI Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a31000<\/strong> could enable us to buy much needed equipment to assist the work of the archivist, for example specialist equipment to process larger scale items such as ethnographic drawings and maps.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a33000<\/strong> could sponsor a dedicated seminar series, or themed film screening series.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a35000<\/strong> could sponsor a small research grant, enabling a researcher to conduct a piece of contemporary and relevant fieldwork that they are unable to finance by other means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, a gift is currently allowing us to sponsor an exploratory research trip to the Caucasus, Armenia by an anthropologist working in collaboration with the World Land Trust<\/a>, to explore the impact of conservation programmes on local communities.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a325,000<\/strong> could provide an Urgent Anthropology Fellowship<\/a>, which focuses on research on disappearing indigenous cultures, languages, and ecologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This unique scheme, privately funded by anthropologists (founding sponsor: Dr George Appell<\/a>) has been running since 1995.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a3200,000<\/strong> would enable us to offer a new initiative of a fully costed post-doc Fellowship for three years, based at the RAI. With opportunities for full time paid academic positions increasingly restricted for PhD graduates, a contribution to this scheme could make a real difference. The RAI has an emphasis on facilitating publicly engaged anthropology and applications to the scheme would be required to demonstrate the contemporary relevance and importance of their project.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a32,000,000<\/strong> could create an endowed fund for anthropological research. Endowed funds are when the capital of the gift is invested and produces an annual income for a specific activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable endowments include the Radcliffe Brown Trust, Emslie Horniman Anthropological Trust, and the Esperanza Trust which support anthropological fieldwork and research at various levels. For more information about our research grants here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A gift of \u00a310,000,000<\/strong> would enable us to create a new RAI Research centre. This is part of a long-term vision of the Royal Anthropological Institute to create an independent space to allow for cutting-edge, publicly relevant and timely research. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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