Many members of the American Political Science Association are probably not aware of the work of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Founded in 1919 as a coalition of the professional societies that represents the diverse disciplines in the academic humanities, the ACLS now engages in a wide range of activities—offering generous grants and fellowships to scholars in humanistic disciplines; advocating for the strengthening of faculties in the disciplines; working with both government and private foundations to provide access to great works in the humanities, resources for departments, colleges, and universities; and facilitating efforts to define and preserve standards for peer review and quality research.