Recent Awardees
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. Learn more about new and recent awardees by cohort, along with project descriptions and recipient profiles below.
ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants
ACLS Digital Justice Seed Grants
ACLS Emerging Voices Fellowships
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 China Studies
Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs
Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowships
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships
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
Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe
