Since 1957 more than 12,000 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 2020-21 competition year, ACLS awarded approximately $25 million to more than 350 scholars across a variety of humanistic disciplines. Click on links below for new and recent awardees by cohort, along with project descriptions and recipient profiles.
ACLS Digital Extension Grants
ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants
ACLS Digital Justice Seed Grants
ACLS Emerging Voices Fellowships
ACLS Fellowship Program
ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships
ACLS Program in China Studies
ACLS Project Development Grants
ACLS Sustaining Public Engagement Grants
African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowships
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art
Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs
Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowships
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows
Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowships
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars
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 New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies
Read the Latest Award Announcements
Early career PhDs to join nonprofit organizations to advance social justice initiatives
News Article
June 14, 2022
Four early career scholars will bolster capacity of museums and publications in Buddhist art and traditions
News Article
June 7, 2022
Twenty scholars from around the world recognized for outstanding research, writing, and translation in Buddhist Studies
News Article
June 6, 2022
Program supports fifteen digital humanities projects that diversify the digital domain
News Article
May 31, 2022
Two-year fellowships at ACLS Research Consortium Universities support early-career PhDs during a challenging academic job market
News Article
May 24, 2022
Fellowships totaling more than $470,000 support critical research on
China, its histories, and cultures
Thirty faculty at two-year institutions recognized for contributions to advancing humanistic scholarship
News Article
April 26, 2022
Program Supports Faculty at Teaching-Intensive Schools to Advance Promising Research in the Humanities and Interpretive Social Sciences
Awards support fifty early-career scholars in the final year of PhD dissertation writing
News Article
April 21, 2022
Program made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Humanities will assist outstanding publicly engaged humanities programs
News Article
April 7, 2022
Sixty emerging scholars honored in longest-running ACLS fellowship program
News Article
March 31, 2022
Awards support outstanding early career scholars whose research advances the field of art history
News Article
March 23, 2022
Awards Recognize Collaborative Projects Advancing Public Understanding of Global Religions
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March 24, 2022
Awards Support Emerging Historians of American Art with Fellowships for Doctoral Research and Writing
News Article
March 9, 2022
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