ABF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program supports undergraduates in mentored legal and social science research to introduce research careers and broaden inclusion in academia.
Applications now cover the 2027 cycle, with a deadline of January 14, 2026, replacing the 2026 cycle’s January 16, 2026, 11:59 PM CST deadline; the application portal also changed. Fellows are now described as developing an original research proposal from an initial idea with faculty mentorship, rather than assisting faculty projects.
ABF Visiting Scholar Program supports national and international scholars through temporary research residencies to pursue sociolegal scholarship within the foundation’s intellectual community.
ABF/University of Chicago Doctoral Fellowship Program in Law and Social Science supports doctoral scholars’ residential sociolegal research to advance social scientific understanding of law and justice.
ABF/AccessLex Institute Doctoral Fellowship Program in Legal & Higher Education supports emerging scholars’ research on access, affordability, or value to advance social scientific understanding.
2026 Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship in Autism Spectrum Disorders supports undergraduates’ mentored basic or clinical summer research to study autism, including diagnosis and service gaps.
Post-Graduate Fellowships support lawyers pursuing public interest legal advocacy, community education, and policy change to expand access to justice and serve disadvantaged or underrepresented groups.