IUB- Neyde Azevedo Fund in Anthropology

The Neyde Azevedo Award is intended to support IU Anthropology graduate and undergraduate students doing research in/on Brazil. In particular, the award will support Anthropology students presenting papers at professional conferences and/or to participate in relevant academic meetings related to research in Brazil. Awards will support research for requests up to $250.
Eligibility: IU Anthropology graduate students and undergraduate majors doing research in Brazil.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Allow up to one month for your application to be reviewed.
Obligations: Upon return, the awardee is requested to write a small summary of the activity for publication in the departmental newsletter.

About the Donor: IU alumna Neyde Marques de Azevedo [1932-2008] came to the USA from Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1954, with a scholarship from the Church of Latter Day Saints which supported her studies at Ricks College. She later earned an MA in Anthropology from Indiana University and went on to pursue a successful career teaching music and anthropology at City College of San Francisco. She served on the City and County Immigrant Rights Commission and in various arts organizations in that city.