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Membership Support Grants
This grant helps lapsed members regain access to benefits.
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Now Accepting Applicants
Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
Supporting graduate students pursuing research on the history of art and visual culture of the U.S.
Submission Status
Now Accepting Applicants
Submission Deadline
October 28, 2026 5:00 pm ET
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
Supporting early-stage doctoral students pursuing innovative approaches to dissertation research in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.
Submission Status
Now Accepting Applicants
Submission Deadline
October 28, 2026 5:00 pm ET
Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe
In partnership with the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS), ACLS enables scholars to undertake research, writing, and local fieldwork in Bulgaria and engage in interdisciplinary discussions during the Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE).
Submission Status
Now Accepting Applicants
Submission Deadline
October 28, 2026 5:00 pm ET
Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies – Long-Term
Long-term research fellowships will enable recent PhDs (without tenure and within eight years of the PhD) to take leave from university responsibilities for four to nine months to carry out research and writing towards a significant scholarly product.
Submission Status
Now Accepting Applicants
Submission Deadline
November 5, 2026 5:00 pm ET
Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies – Flexible
Flexible research fellowships will enable recent PhDs (without tenure and within eight years of the PhD) with heavy teaching and service responsibilities to carry out research and writing towards a significant scholarly product.
Submission Status
Now Accepting Applicants
Submission Deadline
November 5, 2026 5:00 pm ET
Luce/ACLS Travel Grants in China Studies
In partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation, ACLS offers a travel grant competition for graduate students in a PhD program and non-tenure track faculty at any career stage. The grant supports travel for conducting basic research in China or conducting China studies-related research in databases, collections, and archives anywhere in the world.
Submission Status
Now Accepting Applicants
Submission Deadline
November 5, 2026 5:00 pm ET
ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowships
This fellowship encourages scholars to use award funds to create conditions for sustained engagement with their research – through semester or year-long leave, a series of course releases, or summer salary for research between semesters.
Submission Status
Now Accepting Applicants
Submission Deadline
November 11, 2026 5:00 pm ET
ACLS Project Grants for HBCU Faculty
Supporting the scholarship of humanities and social sciences faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Submission Status
Now Accepting Applicants
Submission Deadline
November 11, 2026 5:00 pm ET
Call for Peer Reviewers — International Journal of African Catholicism
The International Journal of African Catholicism is looking for scholars interested in serving as peer reviewers for its publishing process.
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Now Accepting Applicants
Submission Deadline
December 1, 2026 12:00 am ET