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In 2025-26, ACLS is offering two types of fellowship for early career scholars to support research, writing, and publicly engaged scholarship. Workshops and events for fellows will be held in 2026. Flexible fellowships are financially supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. Flexible research f
Published: 20 Oct 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: China
ACLS invites applications for Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art, which support graduate students pursuing research on the history of art and visual culture of the United States, including all aspects of Native American art, and who are at any stage of PhD dissertation rese
Published: 19 Sep 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies offer multi-year grants to colleges and universities wishing to establish or expand teaching in Buddhist Studies.
Published: 17 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value: $300,000
Translation has been at the core of Buddhism since the Buddha’s instruction to his monks to teach the dharma in many languages. These grants support translations of important Buddhist texts for the benefit of contemporary audiences (e.g., communities of scholarship and Buddhist practic
Published: 12 Jul 2024 Type: Contest Study in: United States Value: $50,000
Early Career Research Fellowships offer support for research and writing in Buddhist Studies for pre-tenure scholars holding a PhD degree, with priority given to those teaching full-time. These fellowships provide scholars time free from teaching and other responsibilities to concentrate on res
Published: 11 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value: $70,000
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies provide stipends to PhD candidates for full time preparation of dissertations. The ten-month fellowship period may be used for fieldwork, archival research, analysis of findings, or for writing after research is
Published: 11 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States
In partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation, ACLS is offering a new 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 dat
Published: 10 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: China Value: $5,000
In 2023-24, ACLS is offering two types of fellowship for early career scholars to support research, writing, and publicly engaged scholarship. Workshops and events for fellows will be held in 2024 and 2025. Long-term fellowships are financially supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, with additio
Published: 05 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value: $45,000
In 2023-24, ACLS is offering two types of fellowship for early career scholars to support research, writing, and publicly engaged scholarship. Workshops and events for fellows will be held in 2024 and 2025. Flexible fellowships are financially supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. Flexible r
Published: 05 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value: $15,000
The American Council of Learned Societies invites applications for the 2025 ACLS Project Grants for HBCU Faculty. The grants of up to $10,000 support early-stage project design as well as smaller-scale project development that can be completed within the 12- to 15-month award tenure. These grants ma
Published: 04 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value: $10,000 USD
The American Council of Learned Societies invites applications for the HBCU Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program. HBCUs are a vital component of the higher education ecosystem with a distinguished record of teaching and research contributions to the academic humanities and interpretive social scienc
Published: 04 Jul 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value: $50,000
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications for Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art, which support graduate students pursuing research on the history of art and visual culture of the United States, including all aspects of Native American art, and who a
Published: 27 Jun 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value: $42,000
ACLS invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. In the 2024-25 competition cycle, the program will award up to 60 fellowships to scholars across all stages of the scholarly career. Approximately half of this year’s awar
Published: 26 Jun 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value: $60,000
Formed in 1919, ACLS is a nonprofit federation of 81 scholarly organizations. As the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, ACLS holds a core belief that knowledge is a public good.
