Recent Awardees

Since 1957, more than 9,200 scholars have held ACLS fellowships and grants. ACLS fellowships and grants are awarded to individual scholars for excellence in research in the humanities and related social sciences. The peer-review process used to select ACLS Fellows enables distinguished scholars to reach broad consensus on standards of excellence in humanities research.

In the current competition year 2012-13, ACLS made awards totaling $15.3 million to more than 300 scholars selected from 4,200 submitted applications. Select a program from the listings below to view new and recent awardees, project descriptions, and recipient profiles for that program.

ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships

ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships

ACLS Fellowships

ACLS New Faculty Fellows

ACLS Public Fellows

African Humanities Program Dissertation Fellowships

African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowships

American Research in the Humanities in China

Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships

Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society

East European Studies Programs

Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies Collaborative Reading-Workshop

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies Pre-dissertation Grants 

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Past Programs

Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowships

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Grants to Individuals in East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History

ACLS Humanities Program in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine