The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is offering fellowships to support outstanding scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. In the 2025-26 competition cycle, ACLS will award up to 60 fellowships to scholars across all stages of scholarly career. Approximately half of this year’s awards will support early-career scholars!
The ACLS Fellowship is open to scholars at all postdoctoral career stages, working on or off the tenure track, who have earned a PhD in the humanities or interpretive social sciences by the application deadline.
Applications are open until 9:00PM (EDT) on September 25, 2025. For more competition information check out the ACLS website. Interested in applying? Check out this webinar and/or connect with your SPA proposal manager by September 2 to put your best foot forward!