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Opportunity Summary:

The NEH/DFG Symposia and Workshops Program is a joint funding opportunity run by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) in Germany. It is designed to strengthen collaboration between the two countries in the digital humanities by supporting up to two bilateral symposia or workshops. The core idea is not simply to fund a standalone event, but to use a well-planned convening as a way to build shared capacity, deepen professional networks, and raise the level of expertise across U.S. and German digital humanities communities.

The program is specifically aimed at activities that bring together a mix of participants who shape digital humanities work from different angles, such as established scholars, junior researchers, scientists working alongside humanities teams, librarians, and information professionals. NEH and DFG are looking for proposals that deliberately create or expand connections between these groups, with an emphasis on practical exchange and forward-looking cooperation. In addition to describing the intellectual or research focus, proposals are expected to make a clear case for why a U.S.-German partnership is necessary and what each side contributes. Applicants are also expected to present workable approaches to key digital humanities issues, meaning the event design should be more than a general discussion and should show how the symposium or workshop will productively tackle specific challenges or opportunities in the field.

Projects can focus on any digital humanities area, and the program leaves the topic scope intentionally broad. Examples of the kinds of activities encouraged include capacity-building and networking workshops that help teams prepare for future collaborative projects, events centered on a shared theme, technology, media form, or discipline, and comparative discussions that examine how researchers in the U.S. and Germany use digitized resources. Proposals may also explore current and emerging uses of information technology in humanities research and teaching in both communities. In practice, a strong proposal would describe the event structure, the kinds of sessions planned, the expected outputs or next steps, and how the convening will lead to sustained collaboration after the event ends.

The application structure reflects the bilateral nature of the program. Each application must be sponsored by one eligible U.S. institution and one German individual, and the project must have a project director from each country. The partners collaborate to prepare a single, shared application package, but they submit it separately through their respective systems: the U.S. partner submits to NEH via Grants.gov, while the German partner submits to DFG by postal mail (with an additional PDF submission by email encouraged). Although NEH and DFG each provide their own guideline pages, the required application package content is described as identical across both, while administrative procedures may differ to match each country’s grant management rules.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant opportunity in the humanities through NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities, listed under CFDA 45.169 (Promotion of the Humanities). The posted materials indicate an award ceiling of $100,000, no cost sharing or matching requirement, and eligibility that includes a range of U.S. public and private institutions and governmental entities (including nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, institutions of higher education, state and local governments, special district governments, and federally recognized tribal governments). The historical posting information provided shows a posted date of September 4, 2008, with a closing date of November 4, 2008, and an archive date of December 4, 2008.

For applicants seeking help or clarification, the program points to NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities as the primary contact, reachable at odh@neh.gov, and notes that phone conversations can be arranged if the applicant includes a phone number and preferred time to call. The additional information link provided for the guidelines is http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/DFGBSW.html.

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