Welcome! Thank you for your interest in hosting an ACLS Leading Edge Fellow. This portal is for organizations seeking to host a fellow selected in the Spring 2024 competition, who would begin work in September 2024. Please review the information below for required uploads and short written responses, and be sure to check out our request for proposals for more helpful information. Letters of Inquiry will be accepted through this portal until midnight (EDT) on October 4, 2023.
The ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship program offers recent humanities PhDs two-year fellowship positions with organizations dedicated to advancing justice and equity in their communities. The program demonstrates the capacity of those with advanced training in the humanities to contribute to timely and meaningful social justice work. The Leading Edge Fellowship is administered by the American Council of Learned Societies and is made possible by the generous support of the Mellon Foundation.
Letters of Inquiry due by midnight ET, Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
*Please note that answers should be a maximum of 500 words. The portal may accept a longer block of text, so make sure to check the length of your answer before you input it.