Funder: American Council of Learned Societies
Due Dates: August 31, 2026 (Optional draft feedback) | November 11, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern (Final 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 for humanities, interpretive social sciences, and postsecondary teaching and learning projects.
Key Information: Fellows must remain employed at an accredited HBCU and take at least four course releases or equivalent research leave.
Description
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) HBCU Faculty Fellowships support sustained engagement with research-grounded projects in the humanities, interpretive social sciences, and teaching and learning in those disciplines. Designed around HBCU faculty members’ teaching, research, and service contexts, the fellowships fund research leave and project resources to substantially advance scholarship, teaching, or public understanding.
Possible outcomes include monographs, articles, conference papers, book chapters, pedagogical tools, and research-grounded creative or community-engaged work 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, diverse scholarly perspectives, and innovative publication formats. Fellows also receive access to networking and mentorship aligned with their goals and institutional circumstances.
