NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program
At a glance
NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program is a closed federal grant opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The application deadline was September 25, 2014. Individual awards are listed as $1 – $350K. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, public colleges & universities and 4 more. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 45.169 (Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities).
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- Posted
- Mar 31, 2014
- Close date
- Sep 25, 2014
- Award floor
- $1
- Award ceiling
- $350,000
- Est. total funding
- Not specified
- Expected awards
- Not specified
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Opportunity category
- Discretionary
Who can apply
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public colleges & universities
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- 501(c)(3) nonprofits
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
- Private colleges & universities
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V., DFG) are working together to offer support for projects that contribute to developing and implementing digital infrastructures and services for humanities research.
In order to encourage new approaches and develop innovative methods in any field of the humanities, these grants provide funding for up to three years in any of the following areas:
¿ developing innovative methods¿as well as standards and best practices¿for building and merging digital collections that are significant and of major current interest, for use in humanities research;
¿ developing and implementing generic tools, methods, and techniques for accessing and processing digital resources relevant to humanities research;
¿ creating new digital modes of scholarly communication and publishing that facilitate international cooperation and dissemination of humanities scholarship; and
¿ developing models for effectively managing digital data generated in humanities research projects (for example, texts, audio files, photographs, 3D objects) and exemplifying those models in case studies.
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 45.169
Historical data · not a predictionAgency contact (as published)
National Endowment for the Humanities
odh@neh.gov
202-606-8401
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program”?
The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status and Private colleges & universities. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.
How much funding is available through “NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program”?
Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $1 – $350k.
How do I apply for “NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program”?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity 20140925-HG), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.
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