American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships 2025-2026

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships invite research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. The 2025-26 competition will award up to 60 fellowships to scholars across all career stages, with about half supporting early-career scholars. The program supports substantial research and writing projects with a stipend of up to $60,000 for a 12-month fellowship, plus potential supplements for costs incurred during the term.

Stipend for the fellowship period; potential cost supplements for research-related expenses and related support.

Applicants must be US citizens, permanent residents, Indigenous individuals residing in the United States through specific statuses, or eligible non-citizens who have been living in the US for at least three years prior to the deadline; must have earned a PhD in the humanities or interpretive social sciences (or demonstrate equivalent scholarly experience); must devote six to twelve months to full-time research and writing; and must be able to initiate and complete the project within the designated period.

Applications must be submitted online with a formal proposal, work plan, bibliography, publications list, personal statement, and writing sample; reference letters are not accepted in this competition year.