ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowships
ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowships support faculty at historically Black colleges and universities with research time and resources to advance original humanities and interpretive social science scholarship.
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Funder: American Council of Learned Societies
Due Dates: August 31, 2026 (Optional draft feedback) | November 11, 2026, 5:00 PM ET (Application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $50,000 for 15–27 months, plus $2,500 for the fellow’s home institution
Summary: Supports HBCU faculty with sustained research time and resources to advance humanities and interpretive social science scholarship.
Key Information: Fellows must take at least four course releases or equivalent research leave during the award term.
Description
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) offers HBCU Faculty Fellowships to support sustained engagement with research in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, including teaching and learning in those disciplines. Faculty can structure support around research leave, course releases, or summer research time, alongside resources needed to advance their projects. The program attends to the teaching, research, and service contexts of HBCUs.
Projects should substantially advance original, research-grounded work. Outcomes may include monographs, articles, book chapters, pedagogical tools, exhibitions, creative works grounded in scholarship, or community-engaged projects for public audiences. Digital, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and publicly engaged approaches are welcome, including partnerships beyond academia. ACLS values engagement with historically underrepresented communities and topics and scholarship that expands the range of perspectives and methodologies.
