1. The NEH Digital Humanities Initiative April 23-25, 2007

2. Supporting projects that utilize or study the impact of digital technology in the humanities. New methods of conducting research, conceptualizing relationships, and presenting scholarship. NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

3. including those that deploy digital technologies and methods to enhance understanding; study the impact of digital technology on the humanities -- exploring the ways it changes how we read, write, think, learn; digitize important materials, increasing the everyone's ability to search and access humanities information

4. Inspiration from ACLS Cyberinfrastructure Report: Federal funding agencies and private foundations should establish programs that develop and support expertise in digital humanities… (Our Cultural Commonwealth, p. 6.) Universities and university consortia should develop new and support existing humanities and social sciences computing centers. (p. 6) NSF, NEH, IMLS, the Mellon Foundation, and other funding agencies should support the development of tools for the analysis of digital content. (p. 7) The NEA, NEH, and IMLS should work together to promote collaboration…. (p. 7)

5. New DHI Grant Programs - Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants -Advancing Knowledge (w/IMLS) -Digital Humanities Fellowships -Digital Humanities Challenge Grants -Digital Humanities Workshops

6. Keep up to date by signing up at http://grants.neh.gov/dhi.asp DHI Update for DHI Update NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

7. Digital Humanities Centers Summit NEH & MITH 12-13 April 2007 http://digitalhumanities.pbwiki.com/ http://tinyurl.com/yslvq9

8. http://www.tltgroup.org/OLI/20070316NEH.htm 16 March 2007 TLT Group Friday Live! program on the NEH DHI

9. Guidelines and application information … WWW.NEH.GOV

10. The humanities include... History Literature Art History Archaeology Etc. Philosophy Jurisprudence Linguistics Language Ethics Comparative Religion

11. National Endowment for the Humanities Old Post Office Building 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 www.neh.gov 202/606-8400 fwinter@neh.gov 202/606-8287

12. Digital Humanities Fellowships May 1, 2007 $4,200/month - maximum of $50,400 plus up to $25,000 in expenses NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

13. Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants November 15, 2006 & April 3, 2007 up to $30,000 for up to 18 months NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

14. Digital Humanities Workshops January 17, 2007 NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

15. Digital Humanities Challenge Grants November 1, 2006 & May 1, 2007 Up to $1,000,000 NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

16. Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Partnership March 27, 2007 Up to $350,000 NEH Digital Humanities Initiative

17. More about Advancing Knowledge Grants The collaborations might serve as models for the field. We will expect grantees to create a “lessons learned” white paper about their project so that others can benefit from their experience. Like Start-up Grants, projects can cut across NEH’s traditional boundaries. The deadline is March 27 for grants of up to $350,000. Guidelines are now on the NEH website.

18. This new DHI program is a partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). It is aimed at fostering large-scale digital humanities collaborations among libraries, museums, archives, and universities. We want projects that explore new ways to share, examine, or interpret humanities collections in a digital environment. Projects might develop new uses and audiences for existing digital resources. Advancing Knowledge

19. Guidelines and application information … WWW.NEH.GOV

20. National Endowment for the Humanities Old Post Office Building 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 www.neh.gov 202/606-8400 fwinter@neh.gov 202/606-8287