The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce its 2024-25 fellowship and grant competitions. ACLS offers programs that promote research across all fields of the humanities and interpretive social sciences.
Our application, peer review, and award processes aim to promote inclusive excellence, and we welcome applicants from groups that are underrepresented in the academic humanities and from across the diverse landscape of higher education.
Application deadlines vary by program. ACLS is now accepting applications for fellowship and grant programs with September, October, and early November deadlines. Other programs, including The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies, ACLS Digital Justice Grants, and the Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies, will begin accepting applications in the coming months.
September 25, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT
- ACLS Fellowships (for scholars across all postdoctoral career stages in all fields of the humanities and interpretive social sciences)
October 30, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT
- Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
- Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships
- Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE)
November 6, 2024, 9:00 PM EST
November 14, 2024, 9:00 PM EST
- Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies – Long-term
- Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies – Flexible
- Luce/ACLS Travel Grants in China Studies
December 3, 2024, 9:00 PM EST
- ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants
- ACLS Digital Justice Seed Grants
- The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
- The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Early Career Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
- The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies
January 23, 2025, 9:00 PM EST
- The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars
- The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
March 12, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT
- ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships (for recent PhDs)
June 11, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT