The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. In the 2024-25 competition cycle, the program will award up to 60 fellowships to scholars across all stages of the scholarly career. Approximately half of this year’s awards will support early-career scholars.

ACLS welcomes applications from scholars pursuing research on topics grounded in any time period, world region, or humanistic methodology. ACLS aims to select fellows who are broadly representative of the variety of humanistic scholarship across all fields of study. They also believe that diversity enhances scholarship and seek to recognize academic excellence from all sectors of higher education and beyond.

Maximum award: $60,000. Tenure: six to twelve months devoted to full-time research and/or writing, to be initiated between July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026, and to be completed by December 31, 2026. 

Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS online fellowship and grant administration system no later than 9:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, September 25, 2024.

Complete details are available online.

PhD scholarship. Social inequalities and regional effect: unraveling the factors of gender discrimination in India.

Gender discrimination is still prevalent in India. This project will analyze gender inequalities in India from an intersectional perspective. The aim is to understand the role of social composition (such as castes, religions, socioeconomic groups) and spatial differentiation in producing these inequalities. The project will explore factors associated with the spatial clustering of gender discrimination in India.

The post, affiliated with the University of Strasbourg, will be based part-time in Strasbourg, France, and part-time in New Delhi, India, and will be organized in rotating terms. Ideally, the PhD project should start in September 2024 (or by October 2024 at the latest). The deadline for application is the 11th of July 2024.

For complete details on the opening and to apply, see the online notice.

The Department of Sociology at Princeton University is seeking a Postdoctoral or more senior Research Associate to collaborate on their Du Bois Science Visualization Empowerment Project funded by the National Science Foundation. The project will develop curricular materials to teach scientific reasoning and data visualization across a range of STEM courses by using the foundational work of Black social scientist, W.E.B. Du Bois.

Qualified candidates with a PhD in Sociology, Education, or other related fields are invited to apply. They are seeking associates who have quantitative training in data analysis and data visualization and an understanding of race and racism and the sociology of science. But qualitative scholars of race and racism and the sociology of science are also encouraged to apply.

This is a full-time, year-long academic position with an anticipated start date of May 2024. The work location for this position is in-person on campus at Princeton University. See complete details and application instructions online.

This vacancy is for a Survey Statistician (Recent Graduate) position in the Associate Director for Demographic Programs located at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland.

The Census Bureau is seeking bright, innovative, results-oriented individuals to join their Recent Graduates Program (RGP). RGP is a one-year program that targets individuals who have recently graduated from qualifying educational institutions or programs. Successful applicants will be placed in a dynamic, one-year career development program. Throughout the program, you will participate in formal training, job assignments and receive a mentor to develop competencies applicable to the Census Bureau's mission and needs. These positions are at the grade 7/9 entry levels, with an opportunity for permanent appointment upon successful completion of the program.

Applications close May 30.

See the full announcement on USAJOBS.

The Census Bureau’s Economic Measurement and Research Internship (EMRI) program seeks to hire interns in economics, sociology, statistics, and other social sciences to support the nation’s growing demand for information.   

The Center for Economic Studies (CES) is recruiting for multiple positions and seeks interns who have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree to provide research assistance to PhD social scientists with research projects using confidential microdata.

The internship is an excellent opportunity, especially for social science graduate students or those who might be interested in returning to school to earn their PhD, to gain experience in conducting original social science research and in developing advanced programming and data analysis skills. Information about the EMRI Program is available online and in this PDF document.

The EMRI Program Coordinator will accept applications until Monday, June 3, 2024 at 11:59p.m. EDT. 

Questions on the program application process should be sent by email.

The Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is accepting applications for 2025-2026 fellowships in the humanities and social sciences through September 12, 2024.

The Kluge Center encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Library's large and varied collections. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Fellowship program. The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields such as architecture or law. 

See more information on the Kluge Center website.

This position will oversee work on income and inequality using CPS ASEC and ACS data. You’ll have the opportunity to be involved in administrative data linkage projects and help continuously improve the tax model.

This is an Interdisciplinary Supervisory (Survey Statistician or Mathematical Statistician, GS 14) position in the Social Economic and Housing Statistics Division located at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland.

Closing date for applications is May 20, 2024.

For complete information and to apply, see the USAJOBS website.

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our systems of democracy and justice. 

The Justice Program is seeking a full-time Policy Strategist or Senior Policy Strategist to join a cutting-edge, inter-disciplinary team working to create innovative, data-driven solutions to end mass incarceration while advancing racial and economic justice. This role will advance the team’s work by educating policymakers and the public about research on public safety and criminal justice reform and building support for their policy solutions.

This position is based in the Washington, D.C. office. For complete details and to apply, see the online listing.

UpTogether is a systems change organization that recognizes that poverty is created by systems, rooted in racism and perpetuated by false views of people considered “poor.”

UpTogether is seeking a Senior Research Manager to advance the implementation of UpTogether’s learning agenda. This role will manage multiple research initiatives, including external evaluations, and will be responsible for centralizing findings. The ideal candidate will enjoy combing through research reports and sharing learnings, as well as diving into the data themselves.

This is a 100% remote position (must be based in the United States), so the successful candidate will have a reliable internet connection and functional work environment. 

For complete details and to apply, see the online listing

The Georgetown U. BLA Program is searching for an instructor for MATH 1040: Probability and Statistics. The BLA Program is a Bachelor's degree program for incarcerated students facilitated by the Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative at Patuxent Institution in Jessup, MD. MATH 1040 introduces students to statistics and is a required course for BLA students. The instructor must hold PhD or MA in a relevant discipline (math or social science), with a preference for instructors with a doctorate. The instructor need not have an appointment at an academic institution.   

Fall classes run from September 3rd to December 9th. Each course meets twice a week for two hours per session, and they generally have teaching times available M/W or T/Th in the morning and afternoon, with some scheduling flexibility. The pay is $8,000 for the semester.

BLA students take classes in a cohort of about 20-25 students for the first years of the program, and form a tight-knit intellectual community. Anyone incarcerated in MD is able to apply to the program, and the students are incredibly dedicated and engaged. 

If you are interested or have questions, please contact Emily Hainze or Katy Ryan.