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Claire Garber Goodman Fund

The Fund enables students and faculty to gain insight into the ideas, philosophies, and worldviews of other cultures, understand the adaptations of specific communities and populations to their natural and cultural environments, and discover within our species' biological and cultural variety universal dimensions and themes of human existence and evolution.

Every year, a cohort of anthropology majors participate in our Honors Program. This involves completing independent research and writing an honors thesis rooted in one of anthropology's subfields, under the guidance of a faculty advisor or advisors. The independent research that leads to an honors thesis can be supported by the department's Claire Garber Goodman Fund.

In addition to Honors, students of anthropology at Dartmouth can also complete an independent research project, eligible for funding through the Goodman Fund, that leads to a Capstone Project. 

Funding Overview

Research funding: Faculty and department Postdoctoral Fellows may apply for $10,000 to support research projects, annually, based on availability of funds. Undergraduate students may apply for up to $5,000 during the course of their studies, and this funding may be used for more than one project. Graduate students may apply for up to $10,000 during the course of their graduate studies, and this funding may be used for more than one project. Pending available funds, Emerit faculty are eligible for Goodman support if they have demonstrated sustained engagement with the Anthropology department, its students, and faculty. All research proposals should be submitted using the relevant online forms. Additional requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Conference Travel Funding: In addition to research support, funding is available to support sharing of research results at relevant professional meetings (paper presentations, panel discussions, posters) as well as to offset attendance at academic conferences. Faculty and postdoctoral fellows may receive $1,800 for conference travel per academic year. Undergraduate and graduate students may apply for $500 to support conference travel. Pending available funds, Emerit faculty are eligible for Goodman support if they have demonstrated recent and ongoing engagement with the Anthropology department, its students, and faculty. To apply for conference travel, please complete the online form here https://anthropology.dartmouth.edu/research/claire-garber-goodman-fund/goodman-student-conference-support. Undergraduate and graduate students must forward an email of support from their primary advisor to the anthropology department administrator.

Research Experience Support: Undergraduate and graduate students may also apply for up to $2,500 to support the cost of experiential learning opportunities, such as a field school, methods training, or specialized language coursework or training. To apply for Research Experience Support, complete the Experiential Learning Support Request form with your application materials, start and end dates, budget, and a letter of support from your faculty advisor.

About Claire Garber Goodman

Claire Garber Goodman was born in Longview, Texas on January 17, 1933. As a child, her family moved to Memphis, Tennessee which was her home until she married Lawrence B. Goodman D'47 in 1957. Mrs. Goodman graduated from the Ten Acre and Dana Hall Schools in Wellesley, Massachusetts and graduated from Connecticut College in 1954.

Mr. and Mrs. Goodman made their home in Rye, New York and were residents of that community at the time of Mrs. Goodman's death in April 1979. Mrs. Goodman is survived by her three children, Laura R., Hampshire College; Frank G, Dartmouth '82; and Emily J., Dartmouth '84.

Claire Goodman received her Master's Degree in Anthropology from New York University in 1978. Her Master's thesis on copper artifacts in the native-American Mississippian period was published in 1983 by the Center for American Archeology with the title "Copper Artifacts in Late Eastern Woodlands Prehistory", edited by Anne-Marie Cantwell. The book is still in print.

During her lifetime, Claire Garber Goodman expressed a wish to make a gift to Dartmouth College which would encourage and assist anthropological research by both students and faculty. Lawrence Goodman '47, her husband, has honored her wish and Dartmouth College by creating the fund which bears her name. Through this fund and the research it supports, we seek to further Claire Goodman's hope that knowledge from cross-cultural inquiry might provide new bases for enhancing prospects for universal human coexistence.