Opportunity Information: Apply for 20140925 HG
Apply for 20140925 HG
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.169 Promotion of the HumanitiesOffice of Digital Humanities.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 31, 2014 and posted on Mar 31, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 25, 2014. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $350,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Private institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education City or township governments County governments Special district governments Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education State governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
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Opportunity Summary:
The NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program is a joint grant opportunity offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) to support digital humanities projects that strengthen humanities research through shared digital infrastructure, services, and methods. The focus is explicitly international and collaborative, backing work that advances how humanities scholars build, access, analyze, preserve, and publish digital materials and scholarship across national boundaries. The program is designed to encourage new approaches in any humanities field by funding projects for up to three years that move beyond small, isolated prototypes and instead contribute broadly usable resources, approaches, and practices.
The kinds of projects this program supports fall into four main tracks. One track centers on developing innovative methods, along with standards and best practices, for creating, expanding, and especially combining or integrating digital collections that are significant and of high current interest for humanities research. This can include work that makes collections interoperable, improves metadata and descriptive practices, or enables meaningful cross-collection discovery and research use. A second track supports the development and implementation of general-purpose tools, methods, and techniques that help researchers access, process, and analyze digital resources relevant to humanities scholarship, with an emphasis on solutions that are not narrowly tied to a single project but can be reused by the wider community. A third track targets new digital modes of scholarly communication and publishing, particularly those that improve international cooperation and broaden the dissemination and impact of humanities research, such as innovative publication platforms, collaborative annotation environments, or workflows that make multilingual or transnational scholarship easier to produce and share. The fourth track focuses on data stewardship: developing models for effectively managing digital data produced in humanities projects (including but not limited to texts, audio, photographs, and 3D objects) and demonstrating those models through concrete case studies that others can learn from and adopt.
In practical grant terms, this is a discretionary grant program administered through NEH (Office of Digital Humanities) under CFDA 45.169 (Promotion of the Humanities). The funding instrument is a grant, and the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $350,000 with an award floor of $1, meaning proposals can range from small to relatively substantial within that maximum. Cost sharing or matching is not required, which lowers the barrier for applicants that may not have access to institutional matching funds. The period of performance can be up to three years, aligning with the program goal of supporting development, implementation, and demonstration rather than one-off experiments.
Eligibility is broad and includes a range of U.S.-based entities typically able to receive NEH support. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including those with and without 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education), and several types of government entities (state governments; county, city or township, special district governments). Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are also eligible. Overall, the eligibility list suggests the program is meant to attract strong institutional or organizational applicants capable of building and sustaining digital humanities infrastructure or services, often in partnership with German collaborators through the NEH-DFG bilateral structure.
Key dates in the announcement show it was posted and created on March 31, 2014, with an original and current closing date of September 25, 2014, under Funding Opportunity Number 20140925-HG. The administering agency is the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the opportunity is categorized under humanities funding activity. For more detailed guidance and official documentation, the announcement points to an additional information page on the NEH website (the NEH/DFG bilateral digital humanities program page). Applicants who need help accessing the full announcement or who have program questions are directed to contact the NEH Office of Digital Humanities at odh@neh.gov, with the option to request a phone conversation by emailing a phone number and preferred time to call.
NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program FAQs
1) What is the NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program?
It is a joint grant opportunity offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). It supports digital humanities projects that strengthen humanities research through shared digital infrastructure, services, and methods, with an explicitly international and collaborative focus.
2) What is the main goal of this program?
The program aims to advance how humanities scholars build, access, analyze, preserve, and publish digital materials and scholarship across national boundaries. It is intended to encourage broadly usable resources, approaches, and practices rather than small, isolated prototypes.
3) What kinds of projects are supported?
Supported projects fall into four main tracks: (1) innovative methods/standards/best practices for creating, expanding, and integrating digital collections; (2) general-purpose tools and techniques for accessing, processing, and analyzing digital humanities resources; (3) new digital modes of scholarly communication and publishing that improve international cooperation and dissemination; and (4) data stewardship models for managing humanities digital data, demonstrated through case studies.
4) What does the program mean by moving beyond "small, isolated prototypes"?
The opportunity emphasizes projects that contribute broadly usable resources, approaches, or practices that can benefit the wider community, rather than one-off experiments or tools that only serve a single narrow project.
5) What types of work are included in the digital collections track?
This track includes developing innovative methods, standards, and best practices for creating, expanding, and especially combining or integrating digital collections. Examples described include improving interoperability, enhancing metadata and descriptive practices, and enabling cross-collection discovery and research use.
6) What is meant by "interoperable" collections in this program context?
Based on the announcement, interoperability refers to making digital collections work together effectively across systems or projects, including improved metadata/descriptive practices and enabling meaningful discovery and use across multiple collections.
7) What kinds of tools does the general-purpose tools track prioritize?
It supports development and implementation of tools, methods, and techniques that help researchers access, process, and analyze digital resources relevant to humanities scholarship, with emphasis on solutions that are reusable by the wider community rather than tied to a single project.
8) What is included in the scholarly communication and publishing track?
This track focuses on new digital modes of scholarly communication and publishing that improve international cooperation and broaden dissemination and impact. The announcement mentions examples such as innovative publication platforms, collaborative annotation environments, and workflows that make multilingual or transnational scholarship easier to produce and share.
9) What does the data stewardship track cover?
It supports developing models for effectively managing digital data produced in humanities projects and demonstrating those models through concrete case studies that others can learn from and adopt.
10) What kinds of digital data are specifically mentioned?
The announcement explicitly mentions texts, audio, photographs, and 3D objects (among other possible forms of digital humanities data).
11) How long can a project be funded?
The period of performance can be up to three years.
12) What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling listed is $350,000.
13) Is there a minimum award amount?
The opportunity lists an award floor of $1, indicating proposals can range from very small amounts up to the maximum.
14) Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. Cost sharing or matching is not required.
15) What type of funding mechanism is this?
The funding instrument is a grant, and the program is described as a discretionary grant program administered through NEH (Office of Digital Humanities).
16) Which NEH office administers this opportunity?
The program is administered through the NEH Office of Digital Humanities.
17) What is the CFDA number for this program?
The opportunity is listed under CFDA 45.169 (Promotion of the Humanities).
18) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including those with and without 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education), and government entities (state governments; county, city or township governments; and special district governments). Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are also eligible.
19) Does the program appear to prefer certain kinds of applicants?
The eligibility list suggests the program is aimed at institutional or organizational applicants capable of building and sustaining digital humanities infrastructure or services, often in partnership with German collaborators under the NEH-DFG bilateral structure.
20) What makes this opportunity international?
The program is explicitly described as international and collaborative, offered jointly by NEH (United States) and DFG (Germany), and focused on work that supports humanities research across national boundaries.
21) What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is 20140925-HG.
22) When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
The announcement indicates it was posted/created on March 31, 2014, and the original and current closing date listed is September 25, 2014.
23) What is the administering agency?
The administering agency is the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
24) What is the funding activity category?
The opportunity is categorized under humanities funding activity.
25) Where can applicants find official guidance and documentation?
The announcement points to an additional information page on the NEH website for the NEH/DFG bilateral digital humanities program.
26) Who should applicants contact with questions?
Applicants are directed to contact the NEH Office of Digital Humanities at odh@neh.gov.
27) Can applicants request a phone conversation with NEH staff?
Yes. The announcement indicates applicants may request a phone conversation by emailing their phone number and preferred time to call.
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