Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities

 

The Office of Digital Humanities supports innovative humanities projects that utilize or study the impact of digital technology. The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program (DHAG) supports innovative, experimental, and/or computationally challenging digital projects, leading to work that can scale to enhance scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. The Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities (IATDH) program supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students. The Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities (DOT) program supports humanistic research that examines the relationship between technology and society. The Fellowships Open Book Program makes humanities books digitally available to a wide audience.

General information about this opportunity
Last Known Status
Active
Program Number
45.169
Federal Agency/Office
National Endowment For The Humanities, National Foundation On The Arts and The Humanities
Type(s) of Assistance Offered
B - Project Grants
Program Accomplishments
Fiscal Year 2011 No Current Data Available 309 applications were received and 66 grants awarded.
Fiscal Year 2012 93 applications and 12 awards.
Fiscal Year 2013 253 applications and 53 grants awarded
Fiscal Year 2016 239 grants applications and 34 grants awarded/
Fiscal Year 2017 292 applications and 41 grants awarded.
Fiscal Year 2018 241 applications and 34 grants awarded.
Fiscal Year 2022 You may find past recipients using NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form, found at: https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx
Authorization
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, Public Law 89-209, Part 20 U.S.C., Section § 956 et seq.
Who is eligible to apply/benefit from this assistance?
Applicant Eligibility
Eligible applicants include U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, public and 501(c)(3) accredited institutions of higher education, state and local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Native American Tribal governments.
Beneficiary Eligibility
U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, public and 501(c)(3) accredited institutions of higher education, state and local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Native American Tribal governments.
Credentials/Documentation
Not applicable.
What is the process for applying and being award this assistance?
Pre-Application Procedure
Preapplication coordination is not applicable.
Application Procedure
2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Applicants must submit their applications to NEH through Grants.Gov. See https://www.neh.gov/divisions/odh for additional application information.
Award Procedure
NEH staff review all applications for eligibility, completeness, and responsiveness. The agency then conducts a peer review process for all applications that pass this initial screening. Peer reviewers are experts in their fields with knowledge and expertise relevant to the activities that the program supports. NEH instructs peer reviewers to evaluate applications according to established review criteria. Peer reviewers must comply with federal ethics rules governing conflicts of interest. NEH program officers supplement the peer reviewers' comments to address matters of fact or significant points that the peer reviewers have overlooked. They then make funding recommendations to the National Council on the Humanities. The National Council meets at least twice each year to review applications and advise the NEH Chair. By law, the Chair has the sole authority to make final funding decisions.
Deadlines
See https://www.neh.gov/divisions/odh.
Approval/Disapproval Decision Time
From 120 to 180 days.
Appeals
Not applicable.
Renewals
Not applicable.
How are proposals selected?
See E1. Review Criteria in the relevant Notice of Funding Opportunity detailed criteria.
How may assistance be used?
Awards support professional development institutes on advanced topics in the digital humanities that explore new technology-driven methodologies; innovative start-up projects that are in the first phases of planning, brainstorming, and creating prototypes that explore the use or impact of digital technology for the humanities; the broader implementation of innovative projects in the digital humanities that have moved beyond the start-up phase; projects that explore and enrich humanities materials using digital technology, thereby enhancing teaching, research, and public access.
What are the requirements after being awarded this opportunity?
Reporting
Not applicable.
Auditing
Awards are subject to inspection and audits by NEH and other federal officials.
Records
Recipients must retain documentation of expenditures and other fiscal records for three years following the submission of the final financial report.
Other Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Varies by program; see B2 in the relevant Notice of Funding Opportunity. NEH will pay recipients using electronic funds transfer on an advance basis, unless otherwise specified in the award. Advance payments must be limited to the recipient's immediate cash requirements in carrying out the purpose of the approved program or project.
Who do I contact about this opportunity?
Regional or Local Office
None/Not specified.
Headquarters Office
National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Digital Humanities
400 Seventh St. SW

Washington, DC 20506 US
odh@neh.gov
Phone: 202-606-8400
Website Address
https://www.neh.gov./divisions/odh
Financial Information
Account Identification
59-0200-0-1-503
Obligations
(Project Grants) FY 22$6,314,700.00; FY 23 est $8,105,000.00; FY 24 est $6,875,000.00; FY 21$5,417,802.00; FY 20$5,528,270.00; FY 19$4,875,303.00; FY 18$4,822,974.00; FY 17$4,742,350.00; FY 12$43,014,272.00; FY 11$4,334,509.00; FY 13$4,412,557.00; FY 16$4,747,437.00; - FY 19 through FY 23 obligations include additional funding provided through an agreement with IMLS.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
In FY 2021, awards ranged from $5,500 to $359,355 with an average award of $96,774.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
45 CFR 1100 and 1105. NOFOs are available online at http:www.neh.gov/grants/grants/html or by request from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC 20506.
Examples of Funded Projects
Fiscal Year 2011 No current data available. Past recipients of Office of Digital Humanities grant awards may be found in the NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form, found at: https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx
Fiscal Year 2012 No current data available. Past recipients of Office of Digital Humanities grant awards may be found in the NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form, found at: https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx
Fiscal Year 2013 Past recipients of Office of Digital Humanities grant awards may be found in the NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form, found at: https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx
Fiscal Year 2016 Past recipients of Office of Digital Humanities grant awards may be found in the NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form, found at: https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx
Fiscal Year 2017 Past recipients of Office of Digital Humanities grant awards may be found in the NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form, found at: https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx
Fiscal Year 2018 Past recipients of Office of Digital Humanities grant awards may be found in the NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form, found at: https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx
Fiscal Year 2023 You can find past recipients using NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form, found at: https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx

 


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