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Instructional and Research Technologies Symposium for the Arts,

Humanities and Social Sciences

The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

March 21, 2007

1. General considerations2. NEH and digital grants3. NEH grant making processes4. The new NEH DHI5. Applying for NEH grants6. The future of the DHI

Three points:Three points:

Consult

Apply

Reapply

[email protected]

Fred WinterFred [email protected]@neh.gov

(202) 606-8287(202) 606-8287

Where’s the mailing address?Where’s the mailing address?

The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

NEH’s history of digital grants

Databases and Searchable Archives

Web-based resources for teaching and learning

http://edsitement.neh.gov

University of MarylandMaryland Institute for

Technology and the Humanities

$410,000/$1,640,000

Campus infrastructures for advanced technology initiatives

Multimedia tools for teaching and learning

Who Built AmericaThe American Social History

Project

Multifaceted tools for teaching, learning, and research

The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

Digital Humanities FellowshipsDigital Humanities FellowshipsDigital Humanities Start-Up GrantsDigital Humanities Start-Up Grants

Digital Humanities WorkshopsDigital Humanities WorkshopsDigital Humanities Challenge GrantsDigital Humanities Challenge Grants

Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH PartnershipAdvancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Partnership

The humanities include...

History

Literature

Art History

Archaeology

Etc.

Philosophy Jurisprudence Linguistics Language Ethics Comparative Religion

"The term 'humanities' includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life."

1965 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, as amended

Peer review panels:Peer review panels:

Rate proposals: E, VG, (G), (S)M, (N)R

National Council for the Humanities:National Council for the Humanities: Recommend

Chairman:Chairman: Funding decisions based

on recommendations of Council

Review ProcessReview Process

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

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

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)

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

for DHI UpdateDHI Update

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

www.neh.gov/news/nehconnect.html

NEH Connect!NEH Connect!……………………………………………………Humanities MagazineHumanities Magazine

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

New Wine in Old BottlesNew Wine in Old Bottles

ROTMSOTAROTMSOTA

Digital Humanities Workshops

January 17, 2007

$30,000 or $100,000

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

The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

Applying for the grants

Guidelines and application information…

WWW.NEH.GOV

Welcome to the Brave New World of digital

grants!

www.grants.gov

The future of the DHI

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

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

for DHI UpdateDHI Update

NEH Digital

Humanities Initiative

www.neh.gov/news/nehconnect.html

NEH Connect!NEH Connect!……………………………………………………Humanities MagazineHumanities Magazine

FY 2008 BudgetFY 2008 BudgetPresident’s proposalPresident’s proposal

15,239,000 - We the People initiative (no change) 1,400,000 - Digital Humanities initiative (+$1,400) 31,215,000 - Federal/State Partnership (+133) 11,801,000 - Education Programs (-211) 17,671,000 - Preservation and Access (-317) 11,910,000 - Public Programs (-214) 12,209,000 - Research Programs (-219) 362,000 - Program Development (-6) 9,479,000 - Challenge Grants (-170) 5,031,000 - Treasury Funds (-226) 25,038,000 - Administration (+230)

$141,355 - TOTAL (+400)

FY 1995: $172,000,000

What are we NOT funding that we should be?

• What are we missing? What important humanities-relevant info tech educational project areas have we overlooked?

E.g., Second Life as well as Web for the Faculty Humanities Workshops

Taking advantage of students’ familiarity and comfort with IT to work in collaboration with faculty in humanities?

The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

NEH - Old Post Office Building1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20506www.neh.gov

202/606-8400

[email protected]/606-8287