2023-24 ACLS Fellowship and Grant Competitions

2023-24 ACLS Fellowship and Grant Competitions

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the 2023-24 ACLS fellowship and grant competitions are now open for select programs. ACLS offers programs that promote research across the full spectrum of humanities and interpretive social science fields. 

Our application, peer review, and award processes aim to advance inclusive excellence, and we welcome applicants from groups that are underrepresented in the academic humanities and from across the diverse landscape of higher education.

Learn About Application Information and Eligibility Criteria For All Programs

Application deadlines vary by program. ACLS is now accepting applications for fellowship and grant programs with September and October deadlines. Other programs, including the new ACLS Open Access Books Prize, will begin accepting applications in the coming months,

September 28, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT

• ACLS Fellowships (for untenured scholars who earned the PhD within eight years of the application deadline)

October 25, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT

• Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
• Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships

November 2, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT

• ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowships and Grants
• Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE)

November 16, 2023, 9:00 PM EST

• Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies
• Luce/ACLS Travel Grants in China Studies

November 30, 2023, 9:00 PM EST

• 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

December 15, 2023, 9:00 PM EST

• ACLS Digital Justice Grants

January 18, 2024, 9:00 PM EST

• The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
• The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars 

March 2024 TBD

• ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships (for recent PhDs)

May 2024 TBD

• Luce/ACLS China Studies Collaborative Grants

In addition to the wide range of fellowship and grant competitions, ACLS is pleased to hold the competition for the inaugural ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award
by Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. 

Publishers may submit nominations from July 5-September 1, 2023

The American Council of Learned Societies is the leading private institution supporting scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. In the 2022-23 competition year, ACLS awarded nearly $25 million to more than 350 scholars worldwide. Learn about recent fellows’ and grantees’ profiles and research abstracts.

We encourage you to circulate this notice to members of your community who may be interested in these fellowship and grant opportunities.
 
For all questions, please contact fellowships@acls.org.