American Council of Learned Societies Scholarships

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  • • ACLS Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies 2025 (Up to $300,000 grant)

    • 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.  
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  • • ACLS Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies 2024 (Up to $50,000 grant)

    • 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
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  • • ACLS Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Early Career Research Fellowships 2025 (Up to $70,000)

    • 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
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  • • ACLS Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies 2025 (Up to $30,000 Stipend)

    • 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
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  • • ACLS-Luce Travel Grants in China Studies 2024-2025 (Up to $5,000)

    • 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
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  • • ACLS-Luce Early Career Fellowships in China Studies (Long-Term) 2025 (Up to $45,000 Stpipend)

    • 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
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  • • ACLS-Luce Early Career Fellowships in China Studies (Flexible) 2025 (Up to $15,000)

    • 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
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  • • American Council of Learned Societies Project Grants for HBCU Faculty 2025 (Up to $10,000 grants)

    • 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
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  • • American Council of Learned Societies HBCU Faculty Fellowship 2025 (Up to $50,000 Stipend)

    • 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
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  • • American Council of Learned Societies Luce-ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art 2024 (funding up to $42,000)

    • 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
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  • • ACLS Fellowships in Humanities and Interpretive Social Sciences 2025-2026 (Up to US $60,000)

    • 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