ACLS Announces 2021-2022 Grant Competitions

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) recently announced its 2021-22 fellowship and grant competitions. ACLS’s online application system is now open for programs with September and October deadlines.

ACLS offers fellowship and grant programs that promote research across the full spectrum of humanities and interpretive social science fields and invites applications from scholars on and off the tenure track. 

To learn more about these grant offerings, visit the ACLS website.

September 29, 2021, 9 pm EDT 
*ACLS Fellowships (in 2021-22, for nontenured scholars who earned the PhD within eight years of the application deadline)

October 27, 2021, 9 pm EDT 
*Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art
*Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
*Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowships
*Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

November 1, 2021, 9 pm EST 
*Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies

November 15, 2021, 9 pm EST 
*The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
*The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Early Career Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
*The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies
*Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs – Collaborative Programming Grants

December 3, 2021, 9 pm GMT
*African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowships

January 11, 2022, 9 pm EST 
*The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
*The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars
*ACLS Digital Humanities Grants (pending renewal of support)

March 2022 (TBD)
*ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships for recent PhDs (pending renewal of support)