The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services invite applications to the Digital
Humanities Start-Up Grants program.
This program is designed to
encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding
relatively low-dollar grants during the planning stages, the goal
is to identify projects that are particularly innovative and have
the potential to make a positive impact on the humanities.
Two levels of awards will be made in this program.
Level I awards
are small grants ($5,000 to $25,000 each) designed to fund
brainstorming sessions, workshops, early alpha-level prototypes,
and initial planning.
Level II awards are larger grants ($25,001
to $50,000 each) that can be used for more fully-formed projects
that are ready to start the first stage of implementation or the
creation of working prototypes.
Eligible applicants are:
any U.S. nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
organization or institution; state and local governmental
agencies and Native American tribal organizations; and U.S.
citizens or foreign nationals who have been living in the United
States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years
immediately prior to the application deadline.
Individuals
affiliated with an eligible institution must apply through an
institution, ordinarily their own institution.
Applications will be accepted at two deadlines: October 16, 2007
or April 2, 2008.
Contact the Digital Humanities Initiative staff at dhi[at]neh.gov.