The American Council of Learned Societies has announced their 2015-16 ACLS fellowship competitions. ACLS offers fellowship programs that promote the full spectrum of humanities and humanistic social sciences research and support scholars at the advanced graduate student level through all stages of the academic career. Comprehensive information and eligibility criteria for all programs can be found at www.acls.org/programs/comps. 

Application deadlines vary by program: 

September 23, 2015 
ACLS Fellowships (the central program) 
ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships 
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars (including new opportunities for liberal arts college faculty) 

October 21, 2015 
Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art 
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships 

November 2, 2015 
African Humanities Program 

November 4, 2015 
Luce/ACLS Predissertation-Summer Travel Grants in China Studies 
Luce/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in China Studies 
Luce/ACLS Collaborative Reading-Workshop Grants in China Studies 
Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society (grants for planning meetings, workshops, and conferences) 

November 17, 2015 
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies 
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Buddhist Studies 
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies 
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Collaborative Research Grants in Buddhist Studies 

March 2016 (date TBA) 
ACLS Public Fellows