Leading Edge Fellowships program – Mar 12

Posted by American Council of Learned Societies on February 18, 2025

American Council of Learned Societies invites applications for Leading Edge Fellowships program

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) supports the creation and circulation of knowledge that advances understanding of humanity and human endeavors in the past, present, and future, with a view toward improving human experience.

The ACLS invites applications for its Leading Edge Fellowships program, which places recent humanities PhDs with nonprofit organizations committed to promoting social justice in their communities. Fellows take on substantive roles that draw on the skills and capacities honed in the course of earning a humanities PhD, including advanced communication, research, project management, and creative problem solving.

Recent PhDs from across all fields of the humanities and interpretive social sciences are encouraged to apply for this fellowship. The fellowship will include a stipend: for remote positions, $70,000 in year one, and $72,000 in year two; for in-person positions, $72,000 in year one, and $74,000 in year two. All fellows will have access to health insurance and professional development funding, and up to $5,000 in relocation funds for fellows who relocate for in-person positions. The fellowship tenure is 24 months beginning in September 2025.

To be eligible, applicants must have a PhD that will have been formally conferred by their university between September 1, 2020, and August 31, 2025. Applicants scheduled to graduate in spring or summer 2025 must be prepared to verify, with confirmation from their university registrar’s office, a PhD conferral date on or before August 31, 2025. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for the entire duration of the fellowship term.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the American Council of Learned Societies website.

Deadline: March 12, 2025 at 9:00 p.m. ET