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Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST
Target Audience: K-12 Institutions/Educators, Higher Education Institutions/Education, Public/Cultural Organizations
Connection: H.323 Videoconferencing via Internet2 Commons
Materials: Download the Power Point Presentation
Description:
NEH has launched a new digital humanities initiative aimed at supporting projects that utilize or study the impact of digital technology. Digital technologies offer humanists new methods of conducting research, conceptualizing relationships, and presenting scholarship. NEH is interested in fostering the growth of digital humanities and lending support to a wide variety of projects, including those that deploy digital technologies and methods to enhance our understanding of a topic or issue; those that study the impact of digital technology on the humanities--exploring the ways in which it changes how we read, write, think, and learn; and those that digitize important materials thereby increasing the public's ability to search and access humanities information.
On March 6, 2007 , NEH and MAGPI will co-sponsor a virtual grant workshop to help MAGPI members explore this new initiative under the guidance of Fred Winter, Senior Program Officer for the Office of Challenge Grants at NEH. This workshop will be conducted entirely via H.323 videoconferencing and will be limited to a select number of sites. Those selected to be remote sites for this project may be asked to host participants from outside of their institution, should interest in this program exceed the total number of available interactive slots.
Join Dr. Winter and others from the MAGPI community to discuss the following grant programs related to DHI:
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants — NEH invites proposals for the planning or initial stages of innovative digital initiatives in all areas of the humanities.
Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership — Through its new partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the NEH hopes to fund innovative collaborations among libraries, museums, archives, and universities.
Digital Humanities Challenge Grants — These special Challenge Grants can provide funds for construction, renovation, the acquisition of hardware and software, and endowments in digital humanities centers or other long-term digital humanities programs.
Digital Humanities Workshops — This program supports workshops that offer academically rigorous professional development programs for K-12 educators seeking to use digital resources to strengthen the teaching of the humanities.
Digital Humanities Fellowships — NEH Digital Humanities Fellowships are intended to support individuals pursuing advanced research or other projects in the humanities that employ digital technology.
In addition to those who are interested in learning more about these grant opportunities, we encourage those who have developed or partially developed projects to bring their ideas and questions to this two-hour session. Dr. Winter is very interested in working with potential applicants to help them craft their submissions during this unique virtual event!
More Information: If you have any questions or concerns about this program, please contact , ,MAGPI Applications Coordinator.
