Louis Dumont Prize

The Louis Dumont Fund is a grant devoted to social anthropology projects and encourages fieldwork by collecting descriptive material and opening a monographic perspective.

Terms and conditions of the grant

The profession of researcher requires the acquisition of a solid disciplinary knowledge and training in the methods of social anthropology.

The purpose of the fund is to encourage long-term fieldwork. This mobility assistance offers two categories of grants:

• The first, in the amount of €12,000 with airfare paid for a fieldwork period of approximately 12 months.
• The second one of 2 000 to 3 000€ finances more limited projects to contribute to travel and/or living expenses. It is intended for master's students, doctoral students or post-doctoral students engaged in exploratory fieldwork or ongoing research.

Applicants can be contacted for a personal interview.

Constitution of the file

• A personalized letter of application is required.
• A detailed CV, including family situation, current or past means of living, other grants obtained or applied for.
• A note detailing the training obtained
• A copy of the texts already produced
• A project that situates the proposed research in the field of ethnology or social anthropology.
• A precise program of the proposed work

Selection of works by Louis Dumont

• La Tarasque (1953,1987)
• Une Sous-Caste de l’Inde du sud (1957,1992)
• Homo Hierarchicus (1967,1980)
• Homo Aequalis, I (1977)
• Essais sur l’Individualisme (1983,1986)
• Homo Aequalis, II (1988)
• Groupes de Filiation et Alliance de Mariage (1971,1997)

See also:

• J.C.Galey. Louis Dumont, Bibilographie complète des travaux et publications. Droit et Cultures,39,2000. pp.21-217.

Submission of applications

Applications must be sent to the "Fonds Louis Dumont" between the beginning of December 2024 and January 31, 2025. Outside this two-month period, no application will be considered.

The application files - 30 pages maximum - must be sent both electronically to fonds-louis-dumont@msh-paris.fr.