Title: Instructional and Research Technologies Symposium for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
1Instructional and Research Technologies Symposium
for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative March
21, 2007
21. General considerations 2. NEH and digital
grants 3. NEH grant making processes 4. The new
NEH DHI 5. Applying for NEH grants 6. The
future of the DHI
3 Three points Consult Apply Reapply
4FirstInitialLastName_at_neh.gov Fred
Winter fwinter_at_neh.gov (202) 606-8287 Wheres
the mailing address?
5The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative NEHs
history of digital grants
6Databases and Searchable Archives
7Web-based resources for teaching and learning
http//edsitement.neh.gov
8Campus infrastructures for advanced technology
initiatives
University of Maryland Maryland Institute for
Technology and the Humanities 410,000/1,640,00
0
9Multimedia tools for teaching and learning Who
Built America The American Social History Project
10Multifaceted tools for teaching, learning, and
research
11 The NEH Digital Humanities
Initiative Digital Humanities Fellowships Digital
Humanities Start-Up Grants Digital Humanities
Workshops Digital Humanities Challenge
Grants Advancing Knowledge The IMLS/NEH
Partnership
12The humanities include...
History
Etc. Philosophy Jurisprudence Linguistics
Language Ethics Comparative Religion
Literature
Art History
Archaeology
13"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
14Review Process
Peer review panels Rate proposals E, VG, (G),
(S)M, (N)R National Council for the Humanities
Recommend Chairman Funding decisions based
on recommendations of Council
15NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
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
16- 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)
17NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
Keep up to date by signing up at http//grants.neh
.gov/dhi.asp for DHI Update
18www.neh.gov/news/nehconnect.html NEH
Connect! Humanities Magazine
19NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
Digital Humanities Fellowships May 1,
2007 4,200/month - maximum of 50,400 plus up
to 25,000 in expenses
20NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants November 15,
2006 April 3, 2007 up to 30,000 for up to 18
months
21New Wine in Old Bottles ROTMSOTA
22NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
Digital Humanities Workshops January 17,
2007 30,000 or 100,000
23NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
Digital Humanities Challenge Grants November 1,
2006 May 1, 2007 Up to 1,000,000
24NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
Advancing Knowledge The IMLS/NEH
Partnership March 27, 2007 Up to 350,000
25The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative Applying
for the grants
26Guidelines and application information
WWW.NEH.GOV
27Welcome to the Brave New World of digital grants!
www.grants.gov
28NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
The future of the DHI
29NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
Keep up to date by signing up at http//grants.neh
.gov/dhi.asp for DHI Update
30www.neh.gov/news/nehconnect.html NEH
Connect! Humanities Magazine
31FY 2008 Budget Presidents 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
32What 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?
33The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
NEH - Old Post Office Building 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 www.neh.gov 202/6
06-8400 fwinter_at_neh.gov 202/606-8287