The Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards opportunity is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support fundamental, systematic anthropological research and training. The primary objective of this program is to increase understanding of the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Proposals are welcomed from researchers in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology and research at any temporal or spatial scale. • The program supports a wide range of methodologies, including ethnographic field research, surveys, and experimental research. • The NSF mandate is to support basic scientific research, which in cultural anthropology means theory-generating and theory-testing research. • Research that seeks to advance scientific cultural anthropological theories in a way that advances use-inspired objectives may be supported. • Proposals may only be submitted by non-profit, non-academic organizations, institutions of higher education, and tribal nations. • The estimated funding for this opportunity is $4,000,000, with 40 awards expected to be made.