Opportunity Information: Apply for 20180313 HT
The Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities (IATDH) grant opportunity, offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), supports the development and delivery of intensive training institutes that help humanities scholars, professionals, and advanced graduate students build stronger skills in digital humanities. The core purpose is professional development at a national or regional (multistate) scale, with an emphasis on expanding both the number of people who can effectively use digital technologies in humanities research and the broader circulation of knowledge about advanced digital tools, methods, and approaches relevant to humanities work.
Funded projects are expected to function as structured training programs rather than general conferences or one-off public events. NEH is looking for institutes that provide participants with meaningful, in-depth engagement with a defined topic in the digital humanities, with enough time and instructional design to treat the subject thoroughly. The program is flexible in format: an institute can be a single offering or repeated multiple times for different cohorts or audiences. Length and location are also adaptable, ranging from a few days (including possibilities across multiple locations) to as long as six weeks at one site. Timing can be planned to match how scholars and professionals actually operate, such as being scheduled around major scholarly meetings, during the summer, or at suitable points in the academic year.
In terms of content, institutes may focus on advanced computational methods and techniques that have clear applications in humanities research and practice. Examples mentioned include network analysis and spatial analysis, but the intent is broader: proposals can center on other advanced digital humanities methods, toolsets, workflows, or methodological frameworks as long as they are appropriate for serious training and skill-building. Another acceptable approach is to tailor the institute to a specific discipline or audience within the humanities, addressing the particular needs of that community while still maintaining an advanced, method-driven training focus.
This opportunity is a discretionary grant program (CFDA 45.169) with an award ceiling of $250,000. Eligibility is broad and includes various levels of government (state, county, city or township, and special district governments), public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and eligible nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education within that nonprofit category). The funding opportunity number is 20180313 HT, the original closing date listed is March 13, 2018, and the opportunity was created on January 11, 2018.
Overall, the IATDH program is designed for organizations capable of convening and training cohorts of humanities practitioners at an advanced level, delivering hands-on or method-focused instruction that measurably increases participants ability to apply digital tools and computational approaches to humanities questions, and that helps spread those methods more widely through the field after the institute concludes.Apply for 20180313 HT
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.169.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-01-11.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-03-13. (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 $250,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities (IATDH)
What is the Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities (IATDH) program?
IATDH is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant opportunity that supports the development and delivery of intensive training institutes in the digital humanities. The goal is to help humanities scholars, professionals, and advanced graduate students build stronger, more advanced skills in digital humanities methods and tools.
What is the main purpose of the grant?
The core purpose is professional development at a national or regional (multistate) scale. NEH is emphasizing institutes that expand (1) the number of people who can effectively use digital technologies in humanities research and practice and (2) the circulation of knowledge about advanced digital tools, methods, and approaches used in humanities work.
What kinds of projects does NEH want to fund under IATDH?
NEH expects funded projects to operate as structured training programs (institutes) rather than general conferences or one-off public events. Institutes should provide meaningful, in-depth engagement with a clearly defined digital humanities topic, with enough time and instructional design to treat the subject thoroughly.
Are conferences or single public events supported by this program?
Based on the description, the emphasis is on institutes designed as structured training programs, not general conferences or one-time public events. The project should be built around serious training and skill-building.
Who is the intended audience for the institutes?
The institutes are intended for humanities scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students who want to build advanced digital humanities skills.
What does NEH mean by an "institute" in this program?
An institute in this context is an intensive training experience with a structured curriculum. It is designed to give participants sustained engagement with a defined topic in digital humanities methods, tools, or approaches, rather than providing brief exposure.
Does the institute have to be offered only once?
No. The program description indicates that an institute can be a single offering or it can be repeated multiple times for different cohorts or audiences.
How long can an institute be?
The format is flexible. Institutes can range from a few days (including options across multiple locations) up to as long as six weeks at one site.
Does the grant require the institute to be held in one location?
No. The description allows for institutes that run for a few days and may include possibilities across multiple locations, as well as longer institutes held at one site.
When can the institute be scheduled?
The timing is flexible and can be planned to align with how scholars and professionals operate. Examples given include scheduling around major scholarly meetings, during the summer, or at other suitable points in the academic year.
What topics can an IATDH institute cover?
Institutes may focus on advanced computational methods and techniques with clear applications in humanities research and practice. Examples mentioned include network analysis and spatial analysis. The scope is broader than those examples and can include other advanced digital humanities methods, toolsets, workflows, or methodological frameworks, as long as they support serious training and skill-building.
Do proposed methods need to be "advanced"?
Yes. The description emphasizes advanced digital humanities tools, methods, and approaches and frames the institutes as intensive, in-depth training experiences intended to build stronger skills.
Can an institute be tailored to a specific humanities discipline or community?
Yes. An acceptable approach is to tailor the institute to a particular discipline or audience within the humanities, addressing that community's needs while maintaining an advanced, method-driven training focus.
What outcomes is NEH looking for from funded institutes?
NEH is looking for institutes that measurably increase participants' ability to apply digital tools and computational approaches to humanities questions and that help spread those methods more widely through the field after the institute concludes.
Is the program focused on national or local impact?
The program emphasizes professional development at a national or regional (multistate) scale.
What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling listed for this discretionary grant program is $250,000.
What type of grant program is IATDH?
The opportunity is described as a discretionary grant program and is associated with CFDA 45.169.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad and includes: state governments; county governments; city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and eligible nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education within that nonprofit category).
Are institutions of higher education eligible?
Yes. Both public/state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education are listed as eligible.
Are nonprofits eligible to apply?
Yes. Eligible nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status are included, with the noted exclusion of institutions of higher education within that nonprofit category.
Are federally recognized tribal governments eligible?
Yes. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are listed as eligible applicants.
What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number provided is 20180313 HT.
What was the original closing date listed for this opportunity?
The original closing date listed is March 13, 2018.
When was the opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on January 11, 2018.
What kind of organizations are best positioned to succeed with an IATDH proposal?
The program is designed for organizations capable of convening and training cohorts of humanities practitioners at an advanced level. Successful projects are expected to deliver hands-on or method-focused instruction that increases participants' ability to apply digital methods and contributes to wider dissemination of those methods after the institute.
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