Deadline: 2-Feb-23
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities is accepting applications for the Dangers & Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities program.
This program supports research that examines technology and its relationship to society through the lens of the humanities. NEH is particularly interested in projects that examine the role of technology in shaping current social and cultural issues.
Technology has had an enormous impact on modern society, affecting how they work, communicate, learn, engage in the political process, and live. The relationship between technology and culture continues to have dramatic impacts, both positive and negative, on their health, the environment, their social interactions, their government, cultural and educational institutions, the arts, and nearly all other aspects of life.
The Dangers & Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities program (DOT) supports humanistic research that explores the relationship between technology and society. NEH is particularly interested in projects that examine current social and cultural issues that are significantly shaped by technology. The project’s goal must be to expand understanding of a particular topic in the humanities and not engage in political advocacy.
Project Categories
- The DOT program includes separate funding categories for projects led by a single researcher and projects led by collaborative teams. In both categories, NEH will issue awards to institutions, not directly to participating scholars. This program will support projects at any research stage.
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Projects led by a single researcher
- Projects in this category will be led by a single project director with an institutional affiliation who will set the research agenda. Other personnel, including students, may carry out some activities.
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Projects led by collaborative teams
- Projects in this category will be led by two or more project directors (co-directors), each contributing equally to the research agenda(s). Co-project directors may be independent scholars. Other personnel, including students or staff from community organizations, can also be involved in carrying out some of the work.
- You may request an award of up to $150,000 with a period of performance of up to two years
Funding Information
- The program support projects led individual researchers (up to $75K) and by collaborative teams (up to $150K).
- Period of performance Up to 24 months
Expected output: Article; Book; Digital Resource or Publication; Online Video; Podcast; Report; Software; Teaching Resources; Website; Workshop.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are organizations, not individuals.
- NEH will not review proposals if they are incomplete or materially nonresponsive. (e.g., a required component or attachment is missing).
- NEH will declare applications that do not comply with all mandatory requirements (e.g., page limits) ineligible.
- Two or more applications for federal funding and/or approved federal award budgets are not permitted to include overlapping project costs.
To be eligible to apply, you must be established in the United States or its jurisdictions as one of the following organization types:
- A nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- An accredited institution of higher education (public or nonprofit)
- A state or local government or one of their agencies 20230202-DOI-DOC
- A federally recognized Native American Tribal government If you are an eligible applicant, you may apply on behalf of a consortium of collaborating organizations. If NEH selects your proposal for funding, you will be programmatically, legally, and fiscally responsible for the award.
- To be eligible, you must make substantive contributions to the success of the project and you must not function solely as a fiscal agent for another entity.
- Individuals and other organizations, including foreign and for-profit entities, are ineligible.
For more information, visit NEH.
For more information, visit https://www.neh.gov/program/dangers-and-opportunities-technology-perspectives-humanities