Applications are currently being accepted for the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Digital Justice Seed and Development Grants 2026. Interested applications are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About ACLS Digital Justice Seed and Development Grants
The American Council of Learned Societies invites applications for the final competition of the ACLS Digital Justice Grants Program. Generously funded by the Mellon Foundation, this program supports digital projects across the humanities and social sciences that critically engage with the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized communities through the ethical use of digital tools and methods.
Benefits of ACLS Digital Justice Seed and Development Grants
The program offers two kinds of grants: Digital Justice Seed Grantsfor start-up projects, ranging from $10,000-$25,000 and Digital Justice Development Grants, ranging from $50,000-$100,000.
ACLS Digital Justice Seed and Development Grants Requirements
Project’s principal investigator must be a scholar in the humanities and/or the interpretative social sciences.
- Projects must be made as widely available as intellectual property constraints allow, ideally with the most liberal open-source and Creative Commons license that is appropriate for the underlying content.
- An institution of higher education in the United States must administer any awarded grant funds.
- For Seed Grants: Project must be within the start-up or prototyping phase of development.
- For Development Grants: Projects must demonstrate evidence of significant preliminary work as well as a record of engagement and impact with scholarly and/or public audiences.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
03 November, 2026
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