The NEH Digital Humanities

Initiative

April 23-25, 2007

Supporting projects that utilize or study the impact of digital technology in the

humanities.New methods of conducting research,

conceptualizing relationships, and presenting scholarship.

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

including those that

deploy digital technologies and methods to enhance understanding;

study the impact of digital technology on the humanities -- exploring the ways it changes how we read, write, think, learn;

digitize important materials, increasing the everyone's ability to search and access humanities information

Inspiration from ACLS Cyberinfrastructure Report:

•Federal funding agencies and private foundations should establish programs that develop and support expertise in digital humanities… (Our Cultural Commonwealth, p. 6.)

•Universities and university consortia should develop new and support existing humanities and social sciences computing centers. (p. 6)

•NSF, NEH, IMLS, the Mellon Foundation, and other funding agencies should support the development of tools for the analysis of digital content. (p. 7)

•The NEA, NEH, and IMLS should work together to promote collaboration…. (p. 7)

•New DHI Grant Programs

-Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants -Advancing Knowledge (w/IMLS) -Digital Humanities Fellowships -Digital Humanities Challenge Grants -Digital Humanities Workshops

Keep up to date by signing up athttp://grants.neh.gov/dhi.asp

for DHI UpdateDHI Update

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

DigitalHumanities

Centers Summit

NEH & MITH

12-13 April 2007

http://digitalhumanities.pbwiki.com/

http://tinyurl.com/yslvq9

http://www.tltgroup.org/OLI/20070316NEH.htm

16 March 2007

TLT Group Friday Live! program

on the NEH DHI

Guidelines and application information…

WWW.NEH.GOV

The humanities include...

History

Literature

Art History

Archaeology

Etc.

Philosophy Jurisprudence Linguistics Language Ethics Comparative Religion

National Endowment for the

HumanitiesOld Post Office Building1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20506

www.neh.gov

202/606-8400

fwinter@neh.gov202/606-8287

Digital Humanities Fellowships

May 1, 2007May 1, 2007$4,200/month - maximum of $50,400

plus up to $25,000 in expenses

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants

November 15, 2006 & April 3, 2007

up to $30,000 for up to 18 months

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

Digital Humanities Workshops

January 17, 2007

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

Digital Humanities Challenge Grants

November 1, 2006 & May 1, 2007

Up to $1,000,000

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Partnership

March 27, 2007

Up to $350,000

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

More about Advancing Knowledge Grants• The collaborations might serve as models for the

field. • We will expect grantees to create a “lessons

learned” white paper about their project so that others can benefit from their experience.

• Like Start-up Grants, projects can cut across NEH’s traditional boundaries.

• The deadline is March 27 for grants of up to $350,000.

• Guidelines are now on the NEH website.

• This new DHI program is a partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

• It is aimed at fostering large-scale digital humanities collaborations among libraries, museums, archives, and universities.

• We want projects that explore new ways to share, examine, or interpret humanities collections in a digital environment.

• Projects might develop new uses and audiences for existing digital resources.

Advancing Knowledge

Guidelines and application information…

WWW.NEH.GOV

National Endowment for the

HumanitiesOld Post Office Building1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20506

www.neh.gov

202/606-8400

fwinter@neh.gov202/606-8287