ABOUT AABA
The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, or AABA, is the world’s leading professional organization for biological anthropologists. Formed by 83 charter members in 1930, the AABA now has an international membership of over 2,200. The Association’s annual meetings draw more than two thousand scientists and students from all over the world.
Featured programs
2025 AABA Award Nominations
Nominate colleagues for AABA’s highest recognition awards by October 15, 2024.
Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award
Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award
AABA and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith
International Travel Support Pilot Program
The International Travel Support Pilot Program for Participants from Qualifying Countries for the 2025 annual meeting in Baltimore will fund the cost of international airfare between Baltimore and a Qualifying Country outside of Canada or the United States, as well as 4 nights of hotel accommodation at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel. Applications due October 15, 2024.
Call for Executive Committee Nominations
Nominations due October 15, 2024 for the following Executive Committee positions: Treasurer, Chair of Professional Development, Chair of Membership.
Early Career Liaison to the Executive Committee
The position is an opportunity for early career members of AABA to involve themselves with the governance of our association. Applications are due October 31, 2024.
Pollitzer Student Travel Awards 2024
Are designed to help student members defray the costs of attending the AABA meetings. You do not need to be presenting at the meeting. Entries for awards for the 2025 annual meeting will be due on January 6, 2025.
Cobb Professional Development Grants
AABA recognizes that the professional development of talented scientists in the early stages of their careers is critical to the continued health and vitality of the discipline. Applications due January 6, 2025.
Student Liaison to the Executive Committee
Is tasked with increasing student participation, co-chairing the ad hoc student committee, bringing to the Executive committee issues of interest and concern to the student members and assisting the Career Development Committee and the Auction Committee in planning and implementation.
IDEAS Program
The IDEAS Program’s workshops provide a team, a space, and a suite of activities to engage issues of scholarship, professional preparation, and community building.
Join or Renew Membership
As our members are diverse, membership in AABA is diverse in opportunity.The following membership opportunities are available to individuals wishing to join The American Association of Biological Anthropologists.
Jobs
Northwestern University
Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology
Deadline: 1 March 2025
The Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track associate professorship in biological anthropology beginning September 1, 2026. We seek an[...]New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Postdoctoral Teaching & Research Fellow
Deadline: 14 January 2025
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) seeks a Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow for the Department of Anatomy.This[...]
Hunter College of CUNY
Doctoral Lecturer, Anthropology
Deadline: 30 December 2024
The Department of Anthropology at Hunter College of The City University of New York (https://hunter.cuny.edu/artsci/anthropology/) invites applications for a position at the rank of Doctoral[...]ETH Zurich
Early-Career Fellowship at the Collegium Helveticum
Deadline: 15 February 2025
Are you a scholar with a PhD or an artist with an MA seeking a vibrant, transdisciplinary research community? Then you might consider applying for[...]