Northern Arizona University

Robert Euler Anthropology Student Scholarship

Robert Euler with Lee Marshal, chairman of the Havasupai tribe.
Photo by Dr. Frank Tikalsky in May 1974.

In January 2002, Bob Euler passed away. His varied and remarkable career spanned decades, and he touched the lives of anthropologists and many others with whom he came into contact. A few years ago a fundraising effort began that many of you participated in to perpetuate Bob’s memory as a leader and teacher, as well as his spirit of research excellence to endow the Robert C. Euler Graduate Scholarship in Anthropology.

Before he passed away, Bob expressed a preference for including all Anthropology graduate students as candidates for his scholarship, with awards based on outstanding performance in the program. Accordingly, we plan to offer the funding from the endowment to second-year students who have achieved the kind of excellence for which Bob stood.

We recently received a generous multi-year pledge, from Bob's son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Marcy Euler, which helps us tremendously in our fund raising goal of this scholarship. We also received a pledge from Mary and P. David Seaman (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology) of $2,000 to help endow the fund. We now need your support to reach our ultimate goal of $50,000, which will yield a scholarhip of approximately $2,000 per year in perpetuity, a fitting tribute to the memory of Bob Euler and all he did to build the field of Anthropology.

If you would like to help create this memorial scholarship to Bob Euler, please send your check to:

Dr Robert Trotter II, Anthropology Department Chair
PO Box 15200
Flagstaff, AZ
86011-5200
Phone: (928) 523-4521

Email: Robert.Trotter@nau.edu

Or give online through the Alumni Association to the Anthropology Graduate Scholarship.

Thank you for honoring Bob’s memory through the Robert C. Euler Graduate Scholarship in Anthropology. This scholarship will ensure that NAU will continue to attract and retain high quality graduate students in Anthropology.

Anthropology Student Conference Travel Award

NAU Anthropology has a new award for graduate students: of travel funding for anthropology graduate students who are financially unable to attend professional meetings aligned with the students’ courses of study. The donor hopes that through attending conferences graduate students will have the opportunity to:

• Gain visibility in the field of anthropology by presenting professional papers, leading workshops, or creating poster presentations,
• Network with professional practitioners to improve employment opportunities, and
• Act as Anthropology Department student representatives to increase visibility and prestige of NAU Anthropology.

This award is competitive. Awards will be given to qualified anthropology students who meet the following criteria:

• Applicants must be NAU Anthropology graduate students who will be attending a professional conference relevant to their area of study.
• Preference will be given to applied and thesis students in the sociocultural track.
• Preference will be given to students who are presenting a paper or a poster

Students who are not presenting papers or posters, but who plan to attend in order to network with other anthropologists, professionals, and practitioners, may also apply and should provide a list of the people with whom they intend to meet and they should specify the intended outcome of the networking efforts.

Students are eligible for funding once during their academic careers at NAU and are required to contribute at least 15% of the total cost of the trip.

Application Deadlines:

For travel during the Fall semester the deadline is October 1st, and February 1st, for travel during the Spring semester. If your travel is prior to the deadline for spring semester, get your application in by the fall semester deadline. Awards can be made after the actual travel.

Application forms may be downloaded here (PDF/WORD) must be submitted to the Department Secretary. Awards are determined by the Department of Anthropology Awards Committee and announced by the Department Chair.