ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants
ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants support scholars developing digital humanities projects beyond prototyping to ethically center marginalized communities and strengthen equitable digital scholarship.
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Funder: American Council of Learned Societies
Due Dates: November 3, 2026, at 5:00 PM EST (Application) | July 1, 2027–December 31, 2027 (Grant start window)
Funding Amounts: $50,000–$100,000 for 12–18 months
Summary: Supports digital humanities projects advancing beyond prototyping that ethically center historically marginalized communities and strengthen equitable digital scholarship.
Key Information: One U.S. institution of higher education must administer all grant funds.
Description
ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants, made possible by the Mellon Foundation, support projects in the humanities and interpretive social sciences that ethically engage the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized communities. These include Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities; people with disabilities; and queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people. Projects should move beyond prototyping or proof of concept and articulate their next financial, technological, and intellectual phases.
The program addresses inequities in access to digital tools and support, including for scholars working with under-utilized materials or at institutions with limited digital resources. It encourages new sources of knowledge, strategic content building and dissemination, and capacity building through student training, community infrastructure, and connections across academic and cultural heritage institutions. Inclusion and sustainability are central priorities.
