The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announces the fourth competition for the Leading Edge Fellowship, made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Donor Name: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
States: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/28/2022
Size of the Grant: $65,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The fellowships are designed to foster mutually beneficial partnerships between fellows and their hosting organizations.
In 2022, the Leading Edge Fellowship program will offer 20 two-year fellowships partnering recent humanities and interpretive social sciences PhDs with organizations advancing social justice and equity in communities across the United States. The fellowship positions are designed to draw on the humanistic skills, capacities, and frameworks developed in the course of earning a PhD in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, as well as provide a range of networking and career-building opportunities.
Funding Information
$62,500 in year one, and $65,000 in year two, plus health insurance and professional development funding
Grant Period
24 months beginning in September 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have a PhD that was/will be formally conferred by their university between September 1, 2017, and September 1, 2022.
- Applicants scheduled to graduate in Spring or Summer 2022 must be prepared to verify, with official university documentation, the successful defense of the dissertation by no later than May 31, 2022.
- Applicants’ PhDs may be in any field in the humanities or humanistic social sciences.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the US for the entire duration of the fellowship term. This includes Indigenous individuals residing in the United States through rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794, and those who hold DACA status, Temporary Protected Status, or political asylee or refugee status. Neither ACLS nor the host organization can sponsor fellows for visas.
For more information, visit 2022 Leading Edge Fellowship Competition.
