The American Council of Learned Societies Announces 2021-22 Fellowship & Grant Competitions

Fellowship and grant programs promote research across the full spectrum of humanities and interpretive social science fields

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Jul 28, 2021, 04:15 ET


NEW YORK, July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce our 2021-22 fellowship and grant competitions. Our online application system is now open for programs with September and October deadlines.

ACLS offers fellowship and grant programs that promote research across the full spectrum of humanities and interpretive social science fields. ACLS invites applications from scholars on and off the tenure track.

Our 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.

Learn more about ACLS Fellowship & Grant Program application processes and eligibility criteria here.

September 29, 2021, 9 pm EDT

  • ACLS Fellowships (in 2021-22, for nontenured scholars who earned the PhD within eight years of the application deadline)

October 27, 2021, 9 pm EDT

  • Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art
  • Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
  • Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowships
  • Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

November 1, 2021, 9 pm EST

  • Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies

November 15, 2021, 9 pm EST

  • The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
  • The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Early Career Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
  • The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies
  • Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs – Collaborative Programming Grants

December 3, 2021, 9 pm GMT

  • African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowships

January 11, 2022, 9 pm EST

  • The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
  • The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars
  • ACLS Digital Humanities Grants (pending renewal of support)

March 2022 (TBD)

  • ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships for recent PhDs (pending renewal of support)

In the last competition year, ACLS awarded over $25 million to nearly 350 scholars worldwide. Learn more about recent fellowship and grant awardees and their research abstracts here.

Questions about fellowship and grant applications? Contact us at [email protected].

Formed in 1919, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 78 scholarly organizations. As the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and related social sciences, ACLS holds a core belief that knowledge is a public good. As such, ACLS strives to promote the circulation of humanistic knowledge throughout society. In addition to stewarding and representing its member organizations, ACLS employs its $140 million endowment and $35 million annual operating budget to support scholarship in the humanities and social sciences and to advocate for the centrality of the humanities in the modern world.

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