Supporting Humanities Research Across the Diverse Landscape of Higher Education and Beyond

ACLS supports scholars in the humanities at every career stage, from dissertation development to creating opportunities for tenured scholars for new research projects.

 

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is committed to funding research in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. ACLS supports scholars at every career stage, from dissertation development to creating opportunities for tenured scholars for new research projects. We also recognize the challenges that face scholars who are first generation, employed at less resourced institutions, independent scholars, and those working in emerging fields of study. We design our fellowship and grant programs with the goal not only to support excellence in humanistic research and writing during the award period, but to provide free resources to all applicants as they develop their proposals, including detailed feedback post-competition.

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ACLS Fellowship Program

Supporting scholars at all career Stages, in all fields of the humanities and interpretive social sciences

ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowships and Grants

Supporting faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Luce/ACLS Travel Grants in China Studies

Supporting graduate students and non-tenure track faculty

Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

Supporting graduate students pursuing research on the history of art and visual culture of the US

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Early Career Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies

Supporting pre-tenure scholars holding a PhD degree, with priority given to those teaching full-time

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships

Supporting early-stage doctoral students pursuing bold approaches to the dissertation

Resources for Applicants

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I come from a Mexican American working class background. I was a first-generation college student. When I entered my PhD program, I knew I would need research support beyond the 5 years of funding I was guaranteed. The ACLS Susan McClary and Robert Walser Fellowship in Music Studies provided me the time off from teaching to complete my book first book, as well as to begin research on a second book project.

 

Cesar D. Favila F’22
ACLS Susan McClary and Robert Walser Fellow in Music Studies

Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of California, Los Angeles

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