Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
At a glance
Digital Humanities Advancement Grants is a closed federal grant opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The application deadline was January 11, 2017. Individual awards are listed as $1 – $375K. 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
- Sep 6, 2016Posted
- Jan 11, 2017Application deadline
- Posted
- Sep 6, 2016
- Close date
- Jan 11, 2017
- Award floor
- $1
- Award ceiling
- $375,000
- 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
A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.
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.
Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) support digital projects throughout their lifecycles, from early start-up phases through implementation and long-term sustainability. Experimentation, reuse, and extensibility are hallmarks of this grant category, leading to innovative work that can scale to enhance research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities.
This program combines the former Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants and Digital Humanities Implementation Grants programs; the combined program is offered twice per year. Proposals are welcome for digital initiatives in any area of the humanities.
Through a special partnership, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) anticipates providing additional funding to this program to encourage innovative collaborations between museum or library professionals and humanities professionals to advance preservation of, access to, use of, and engagement with digital collections and services. Through this partnership, IMLS and NEH may jointly fund some DHAG projects that involve collaborations with museums and/or libraries.
Digital Humanities Advancement Grants may involve
• creating or enhancing experimental, computationally-based methods or techniques that contribute to the humanities;
• pursuing scholarship that examines the history, criticism, and philosophy of digital culture and its impact on society, or explores the philosophical or practical implications and impact of digital humanities in specific fields or disciplines; or
• revitalizing and/or recovering existing digital projects that promise to contribute substantively to scholarship, teaching, or public knowledge of the humanities.
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 45.169
Historical data · not a predictionWho was funded under ALN 45.169
Historical data · not a predictionSince October 1, 2023, 258 grant awards had funding actions under Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities, with 12 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.
- NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$837K
- TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$624K
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$447K
- UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$425K
- TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$397K
Agency contact (as published)
National Endowment for the Humanities
odh@neh.gov
202-606-8401
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “Digital Humanities Advancement Grants”?
The official notice names 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 “Digital Humanities Advancement Grants”?
Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $1 – $375k.
How do I apply for “Digital Humanities Advancement Grants”?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity 20170111-HAA), 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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