ACLS Leading Edge Fellows
- In 2020 and 2021, the program placed 57 recent humanities PhDs with nonprofit organizations across the United States, including Hunger Free America, Sembrando Sentido, and Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
- ACLS provides a stipend of $60,000 per year for fellows, to be administered through the host organization, and provides up to $8,000 to defray host organization’s benefits costs.
- Host organizations contribute to the costs of fellows’ health insurance and other benefits, the requisite payroll taxes associated with having the fellow on payroll, and other costs related to hosting a fellow, including for any necessary equipment or access to resources.
- Host organizations provide supervision and additional mentorship for fellows; ACLS offers peer mentorship and other professional development resources.
- Fellows are fully integrated into their host organizations and assume significant and coherent portfolios of responsibilities.
- Deadline to apply to host a fellow in 2021: November 5, 2021.
- The program is made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.