US: Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence Program (Up to $750,000)

Deadline: 02-Oct-2024

The National Endowment for the Humanities is pleased to announce the Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence Program to support a more holistic understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) in the modern world through the creation of new humanities research centers on artificial intelligence at eligible institutions.

A Center supports collaboration among scholars to explore a specific topic through research, as well as spreading knowledge about that research through educational or outreach activities.

Funding Information

• Maximum award amount: Up to $750,000 ($500,000 in outright funds plus $250,000 in Federal Matching Funds)

Duration

• Period of performance: Up to three years

Eligible Activities

• Appropriate activities may include but are not limited to:
  • collaborative research and writing efforts;
  • workshops or lecture series;
  • education and mentoring; and
  • the creation of digital tools to increase or advance scholarly discourse about AI.

Expected Output

• Curriculum Project;
• Digital Infrastructure (Software, Website, etc.);
• Digital Collection or Publication;
• Conference;
• Workshop;
• Other Scholarly Resource

Eligibility Criteria

• Centers may include scholars from diverse disciplines, but must be focused on asking humanities questions and should be led by humanists.
• Scholars may come from one or more institutions.
• NEH welcomes international collaboration, but scholars at U.S. institutions must contribute significantly to the project.
• This program is for establishing new Centers; existing Centers and Institutes are not eligible in this competition.
• Only one application per institution is permitted in this competition.
• For the purposes of this limitation, branch campuses are considered separately and each may submit one application.

For more information, visit NEH.