NEH Office of Digital Humanities

WSU professor’s app will help visually impaired read ‘rich visual content’ A Wichita State University professor has received $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to further develop his smartphone app.

With the help of an @neh-odh.bsky.social Digital Humanities Advancement grant, Darren DeFrain and Aaron Rodriguez at Wichita State University are furthering the development of a smartphone app for visually impaired readers. Read more: ow.ly/n11y50VcC8R

For scholars working on BRAID-DOT applications, we've posted an update to the Grants.gov instructions for US applicants (www.neh.gov/initiatives/...). No fundamental changes, but we hope to make it clearer which section of your AHRC application should be uploaded to which part of Grants.gov!

Just one month left to apply to the NEH/AHRC joint program for humanities research on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI!

Congratulations to Eric Hoyt from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on being awarded an NEH grant for, "Project Ballyhoo: Analyzing Publicity Text and Promotional Image Reuse across 20th Century Digitized Periodical Collections."

There is still plenty of time to apply to the NEH/AHRC BDOT program for joint U.S.-U.K. projects undertaking humanities research on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI. Applications due to AHRC on March 20!

Ten more days to apply to the Illuminating the Past Summer Institute at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs funded by ODH! More information on the institute and how to apply can be found here: grants.uccs.edu/illuminating...

Call for participants! 📢 Only two weeks left to apply for the next four Mathematical Humanist Workshops hosted by RRCHNM in the summer of 2025. Applications are due February 15, 2025, 11:59pm Eastern.

View the full CFP here: mathhumanists.org/cfp/

Consider applying to participate in Columbia University's Archives as Data institute, funded through ODH's Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities program.

Applications are now open for Archives as Data. A FREE
@NEHgov workshop @Columbia June 2-13, 2025. It's a crash course for historians and archivists in analyzing digital & digitized texts with an intro to AI for advanced beginners: lab.history.columbia.edu/content/work... #twitterstorians

AHRC BRAID DOT: Responsible AI Collaborations with US Researchers A webinar for key information around the AHRC BRAID DOT: Responsible AI Collaborations with US Researchers funding call.

Reminder! If you are considering applying to the US-UK BDOT program to carry out humanities research on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI, our friends at AHRC are offering a webinar next Monday (January 27). Follow the link to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahrc-braid...

If you are considering applying to the US-UK BDOT program to conduct humanities research on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI, our friends at AHRC are offering a webinar on Monday, January 27. Visit here to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahrc-braid...

Announcing New ODH Awards (January 2025) These 13 projects are part of a larger slate of 219 awards announced by NEH. We are truly excited about this round of awards, which demonstrate the breadth of groundbreaking work currently being done ...

Congratulations to all of ODH's new DHAG awardees! @archsw.bsky.social @cfletche.bsky.social @juancobo.bsky.social @smunozar.bsky.social @clairearthur.bsky.social @andrewmbyrd.bsky.social @dasmiq.bsky.social

www.neh.gov/blog/announcing-new-odh-awards-january-2025

ODH is participating in a new NEH/AHRC program for joint U.S.-U.K. projects undertaking humanities research on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI. For more information, please visit NEH’s International Opportunities page: www.neh.gov/initiatives/international-opportunities.

Videntes is excited to announce a collaboration w/ UCCS's DH Center (labs.uccs.edu/crefdh/) to host an @neh-odh.bsky.social funded Institute on #MSI and #CulturalHeritage. Includes travel to UCCS+archive of your choice+full-spectrum camera! 📣 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! grants.uccs.edu/illuminating...

Update: the application deadline for the NEH's Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program has been extended to Jan. 10, 2025.

ODH's own @jenserventi.bsky.social will be there! #aha25

ODH's very own @jenserventi.bsky.social will be there!

Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities.

Missed the IATDH draft deadline last week? You can still reach out to us at odh@neh.gov with questions. Applications are due February 13, 2025.

www.neh.gov/grants/odh/i...

The AI and Digital Literacy Institute, a IATDH awardee, is open for applications! The deadline is February 14, 2025.

Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities.

A webinar for the 2025 deadline for the Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities program is now available: www.neh.gov/grants/odh/i...

Mark Williams and John Bell have also created an online resource for early cinema studies as part of their DHAG award on visual culture and silent films.

Congratulations to DHAG awardees Mark Williams and John Bell on the publication of a special issue on visual culture and silent films in the Journal of Media Studies!

Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities.

The Notice of Funding Opportunity is now available for the 2025 deadline for Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities! Follow the link to access the NOFO. A webinar on the opportunity will be posted next week. www.neh.gov/grants/odh/i...

Image several copies of the front and back of the front cover of the Challenging Stories: Exploring the Intersections between Health and the Humanities edited volume. The books are on a diagonal on a grey background.

We salute the publication date of “Challenging Stories: Exploring the Intersections between Health & the Humanities.” This project from #NEH, VA Tech & the Nat'l Library of Medicine supported research on biomedicine & the humanities.

Join us on Fri, Sept. 27, 1pm ET, to celebrate ow.ly/tZ5m50Tw7j6

Digital Humanities Advancement Grants Supports digital projects throughout their lifecycles, from early start-up phases through implementation and long-term sustainability.

An updated NOFO for ODH's Digital Humanities Advancement Grant program is now available! www.neh.gov/grants/odh/d... (To navigate to the NOFO, click Application Instructions, then Step 1: Review your application package.)

Announcing New ODH Awards (August 2024)

Last week, NEH announced 240 new awards, including 18 DHAGs and IATDHs! Follow the link to read about the exciting projects being awarded ODH grants. Congratulations to all the new awardees! www.neh.gov/blog/announc...

Missed the NEH staff meetup at #dh2024 today? We still want to talk with you! Contact us through Whova or stop us in the hall!

#dh2024 On or about Aug. 27, NEH will be announcing the awardees for our Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program. These will be new centers doing research exploring the ethical, legal, or societal implications of AI.

Going to DH2024? NEH staff from ODH and other divisions will be there! Stop by our meetup to talk with us about NEH programs and snag some stickers on August 8th at 12pm! Find more information and RSVP on the Whova app under Meet-ups & Virtual Meets. @dh2024.bsky.social

Updates about ODH’s Digital Humanities Advancement Grants We look forward to posting an updated Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the DHAG program this fall. In the meantime, we are sharing some quick updates here so that you can start planning your a...

Updates on our Digital Humanities Advancement Grant program… new Notice of Funding Opportunity will be out this fall!
www.neh.gov/blog/updates...