Call for Applications
2023-24 ACLS Fellowship, Grant, and Book Competitions
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the 2023-24 ACLS fellowship and grant competitions are now open for select programs. ACLS offers programs that promote research across the full spectrum of humanities and interpretive social science fields.
Our application, peer review, and award processes aim to advance inclusive excellence, and we welcome applicants from groups that are underrepresented in the academic humanities and from across the diverse landscape of higher education.
More information is available here.
For all questions, please contact fellowships@acls.org.
Application deadlines vary by program. ACLS is now accepting applications for fellowship and grant programs with September and October deadlines.
July, 5, 2023 - September 1, 2023
In addition to the wide range of fellowship and grant competitions, ACLS is pleased to hold the competition for the inaugural ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award by Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. Publishers may submit nominations from July 5-September 1, 2023.
September 28, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
ACLS Fellowships (for untenured scholars who earned the PhD within eight years of the application deadline)
October 25, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
November 2, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
November 16, 2023, 9:00 PM EST
November 30, 2023, 9:00 PM EST
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 Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies
December 15, 2023, 9:00 PM EST
January 18, 2024, 9:00 PM EST
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars
March 2024 TBD
ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships (for recent PhDs)
May 2024 TBD