ACLS Digital Justice Grants

The Digital Justice Grant Program is now accepting applications through the ACLS online application portal (ofa.acls.org). The application deadline is December 3, 2024, 9:00 PM EST. 

The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program is designed to promote and provide resources for projects at various stages of development that diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice, and/or contribute to public understanding of racial and social justice issues.  This program supports digital projects across the humanities and interpretative 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. In this way, the program seeks to address the inequities in the distribution of access to tools and support for digital work among scholars across various fields, those working with under-utilized or understudied source materials, and those in institutions with less support for digital projects.   

The program offers two kinds of grants: Digital Justice Seed Grants for projects at early stages of development; and Digital Justice Development Grants for projects that have advanced beyond the start-up or early phases of development. All grantees will have the opportunity to collaborate with the Nonprofit Finance Fund on developing a long-term financial plan for their projects. 

The program is made possible by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Fall 2024 Applicant Webinars

Prospective applicants can now register below for our fall webinars. We are offering both general information sessions with ACLS program staff as well as topic specific webinars with former reviewers and grantees.

Webinar	Date	Registration Link
General Information Session	September 18, 2-3pm EST	https://acls-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8pO78skYTiaGutPpvMMfCw
Digital Justice in Practice: Tools, Methods, Deliverables	October 2, 11am-12:30pm EST	https://acls-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUofuyvrzkrHtLPS5SPvdxHHacxfDvxkyUM
Cultivating Community Partnerships in DH	October 17, 1-2:30pm EST	https://acls-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlceiqrjgpHdfZsmlSbVsT5cuK6RERnueU
Office Hours with ACLS Program Staff	October 29, 3:30-4:30pm EST	https://acls-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqceqvqzktHtcTg-GbH8cU9RkhyFG7BvVU
Operationalizing DH projects: Budgets, Timelines, Workplans	November 14, 2-3:30pm EST	https://acls-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlcu-sqDkoEtHEkYzOPcTGJUC2aGzQiH1g
Office Hours with ACLS Program Staff	November 22, 11am-12pm EST	https://acls-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfuiqqjIvE9yydQpcl7b_iDzhbuoDF0oj