JISC/NEH
Transatlantic Digitization
Collaboration Grants
[Announcement]
As
part of its Digital
Humanities Initiative,
the National Endowment
for the Humanities
(NEH) in the United
States is joining with
the Joint Information
Systems Committee (JISC)
in the United Kingdom
to offer support for
digitization projects
in the humanities.
These grants provide
funding for one year
of development in any
of the following areas:
- new
digitization projects
and pilot projects,
- the
addition of important
materials to existing
digitization projects,
or
- the
development of infrastructure
(either technical “middleware,” tools,
or knowledge-sharing)
to support U.S.-England
digitization work.
Collaboration between U.S.
and English institutions
is a key requirement for
this grant category. Awards
range from $100,000 to
$240,000 (approximately £50,000
to £120,000) for
a one-year period, with
projects starting from
April 2008 for up to 12
months. The receipt
deadline for applications
is November 29, 2007.
For further information,
review the full guidelines
on the NEH website:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/JISC.html
For further information
about NEH's Digital Humanities
Initiative, please see:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/digitalhumanities.html
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