The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities is accepting applications for Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities program. The program supports national or regional (multi-state) training programs for researchers, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students to broaden and expand their knowledge of digital humanities. Through this program, NEH seeks to increase the number of humanities researchers and practitioners using digital technology in their research and to widely disseminate knowledge about advanced technology tools and methodologies relevant to the humanities.
Projected Funding Approximately $850,000 per deadline. Estimated number and type of awards Approximately five grants per deadline. Program Resources Page https://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/institutes-advanced-topics-in-the-digital-humanities.
Program Description
Purpose
You can present it at a single website, multiple sites or virtually, but the format and duration should allow for full and thorough treatment of the topic and be appropriate for the intended audience and all. You can schedule your institutes before or after regular scholarly meetings, during the summer months, or during appropriate times of the academic year. You might consider working with the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health and the 2LC Labs at the Library of Congress.
If you are looking to partner with one of these institutions, please consult with them before applying. If you are interested in working with the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, contact Jeffrey Reznick, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, at [email protected]. If you are interested in working with the Library of Congress Labs at the Library of Congress, contact Abbey Potter, Senior Innovation Specialist in the Digital Strategy Office, at [email protected].
Background
Federal Award Information
Type of Application and Award
Summary of Funding
Eligibility Information
Eligible Applicants
To be eligible, you must make significant contributions to the success of the project and must not act solely as a fiscal agent for another entity.
Cost Sharing
Other Eligibility Information
Application and Submission Information
Application Package
Content and Form of Application Submission
Explain how the curriculum and duration of the institute reflect the subjects taught and the educational needs or levels of the participants. If the proposed facility will be wholly or partly residential, discuss housing arrangements. If the institute involves undergraduate or graduate students as staff, describe how it will provide them with opportunities to participate in the intellectual activities of the institute.
If you want to provide voluntary cost sharing, do not include it on the Research and Related Budget form. If you charge indirect costs to the project, you must not charge the same costs to the project as direct costs. Your performance period must start on the first day of the month and end on the last day of the month.
Save the document as a PDF with the name Additionalpersonnel.pdf and attach it under "Additional/Senior Key Personnel". If applicable, enter the total funds requested for additional leads/keys in the "Total funds requested for all leads/keys in the attached file" field. If you have more than one, combine the project applications on the form and explain in the budget justification. If you do not select any of the options above, you can only charge expenses that are allocable, allowable, and.
For example, if your institution is in Alabama's 5th Congressional District, enter "AL-005." If your institution is in a state or the US, it should be short (no more than 125 characters, including spaces), descriptive of the project, and easily understood by the general public. The project director is responsible for the programmatic aspects and day-to-day management of the proposed project.
This person should have the authority to act on behalf of the organization in matters related to the administration of the award. Project directors are responsible for the programmatic aspects and day-to-day management of the proposed institute. Project staff are members of the team, such as department faculty, who carry out programmatic activities.
Download a fillable PDF of the Research and Related Budget form from the NEH website for each sub-recipient. If your organization claims indirect costs and has a current federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, provide a copy of the agreement.
Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management
Grants.gov maintains a library of instructional videos that may be helpful as you prepare your application.
Submission Dates and Times
Intergovernmental Review
Funding Restrictions
If you are a qualified applicant, you can apply on behalf of a consortium of cooperating organisations. State the requirements for participation; the timing, location, duration and structure of the program; and required facilities. If all or a component of the proposed institute will be virtual, describe the learning platform and other technical requirements necessary to facilitate the teaching and learning environment.
If you are requesting funding for additional key staff, please list it in a separate document in the same format as the research budget and related budget. The substance of your relationship with the third party is more important than the form of the contract when determining whether the third party is acting as a subcontractor or contractor. If your budget includes sub-awards, you must submit a separate research budget and related budget and a budget justification for each.
If you will be using your own equipment and facilities, you may charge depreciation under 200.436 § 2 CFR. You don't have to claim indirect costs, but if you do, calculate the amount you can claim by multiplying the applicable indirect cost rate by the distribution base, which is usually the modified total direct project cost (MTDC). For each trip, provide the passenger's name (if known), explain the purpose of the trip, and indicate the point of departure and destination.
If you include indirect costs in your project budget, define the rate(s), explain the basis(s), and describe any exceptions. The description should be written for a lay audience and clearly state the importance of the proposed work and its connection to larger questions in the humanities. The grant administrator (also called the "institutional grant administrator") acts as a representative of the recipient organization.
Provide the name, title, and contact information of the Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) submitting the application on behalf of the institution. If you have or will use non-federal funds for lobbying, you must file the Standard Form LLL. The names on this list should match those listed in the Staff, Faculty, and Advisors section of the story.
Application Review Information
- Review Criteria
- Review and Selection Process
- Assessment of Risk and Other Pre-Award Activities
- Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates
How well the institute's duration, meeting dates, and use of residential and/or virtual formats support substantive study. For previous IADTH recipients only, the applicant adequately explains how the directors' experiences have shaped the institute currently proposed. aligns with the narrative sections "Meaning" and "Participants"). For applicants proposing a personal component, how appropriate are the host institution(s) and the institute premises.
For applicants proposing a personal component, how well do the facilities and related resources support a collegial academic environment. For applicants proposing a virtual component, how extensive is the staff's experience in providing online training and how appropriate is the proposed online training platform. How well the applicant provides for meaningful follow-up to strengthen the institute's impact.
How well the applicant plans in detail to make the curriculum accessible to non-institute audiences. Expert assessors are experts in their fields with knowledge and experience relevant to the activities supported by the programme. NEH program officials supplement the peer reviewers' comments to address facts or important points that the peer reviewers missed.
Following NEH's public announcement of funded projects, you may request copies of peer reviewer evaluations of your proposal by contacting [email protected]. OGM will consider the applicant's past performance, if applicable; analyze the project budget; evaluate the applicant's management systems; confirm the applicant's continued eligibility; and assess compliance with public policy requirements. After completing the risk assessment, NEH will determine whether receiving an award would be consistent with the agency's risk management policy, whether it should impose any special terms and conditions, and what level of funding is appropriate.
NEH may choose not to award awards to applicants with management or financial instability that affects their ability to comply with the terms and conditions of the award (2 CFR § 200.206).
Federal Award Administration Information
Federal Award Notices
Administrative and National Policy Requirements
Reporting
You must submit a project budget using the Research and Related Budget form included in the Grants.gov application package and attach a budget justification. If your project includes sub-awards, you must provide a separate Research and Related Budget and budget justification for each sub-recipient. Do team members have the appropriate backgrounds, experiences and commitment to carry out the proposed activities and to address the needs of the intended audiences.
You must monitor your subrecipients to ensure that they use their subawards for authorized purposes; comply with federal statutes, legal requirements, regulations and the terms and conditions of the sub-award; and achieve their performance goals. If you are requesting funding to develop, acquire, preserve, or improve geospatial data, products, or services, you must first conduct a due diligence search of the Data.gov list of datasets to determine whether the required data, products, or services already exist. Help NEH eliminate fraud and improve management by reporting allegations or suspicions of waste, fraud, abuse, mismanagement, research misconduct (fabrication, falsification, . plagiarism), or unnecessary public spending to the NEH Office of the Inspector General.
The final performance report gathers important information on specific program goals and progress on the strategy; overall project impact; the extent to which you have achieved the mission, goals and strategies outlined in the approved application; your goals and achievements;
Agency Contacts
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