The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities is accepting applications for the Dangers & Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities program.
Donor Name: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/11/2023
Size of the Grant:
- Projects led by a single researcher: Up to $75,000
- Projects led by collaborative teams: Up to $150,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
The purpose of the DOT program is to support humanistic research that explores the relationships between technology and society, and the impacts technology has on culture, health, social interactions, government, cultural institutions, the environment, and other aspects of life. NEH encourages you to interpret the term “technology” broadly.
NEH is particularly interested in projects that examine current social and cultural issues that are significantly shaped by technologies and expand understanding of a particular topic in the humanities. You may involve communities affected by these technologies as collaborators or contributors. Projects must not engage in political advocacy.
NEH invites projects at different stages of development that link their research to compelling social issues where technology plays a key role. Projects may address a wide range of topics, such as:
- climate change
- racial justice
- social media, disinformation, and the democratic process
- medical technologies
- wealth inequality
- data privacy and ethics of algorithms
- cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens (NFTs)
- supply chains and infrastructure
- educational technologies
- the streaming economy (e.g., music, television, film)
Project categories
The DOT program includes separate funding categories for projects led by a single researcher and projects led by collaborative teams. In both categories, NEH will issue awards to institutions, not directly to participating scholars.
This program will support projects at any research stage.
- Projects led by a single researcher
- Single project directors with an institutional affiliation will lead projects in this category and will set the research agenda. Other personnel, including students, may carry out some activities.
- You may request an award of up to $75,000 with a period of performance of up to two years for projects in this category.
- Projects led by collaborative teams
- Two or more project directors (co-directors), each contributing equally to the research agenda(s), will lead projects in this category. Co-project directors may be independent scholars. Other personnel, including students or staff from community organizations, can also be involved in carrying out some of the work.
- You may request an award of up to $150,000 with a period of performance of up to two years for projects in this category.
Funding Information
- You may request up to $75,000 for projects led by a single researcher.
- You may request up to $150,000 for projects led by collaborative teams.
- These limits include the sum of direct and indirect costs.
- NEH anticipates awarding approximately $1,000,000 among an estimated 9-12 recipients.
- Period of Performance: Up to 24 months.
Eligible Activities
The DOT program can fund activities and final products such as:
- research time (e.g., course releases)
- research assistance (e.g., student researchers)
- research travel
- community partner participation
- conducting studies or interviews
- convenings
- data collection and analysis
- experiments or prototyping
- development or production of articles, books, web sites, or other forms of intellectual output.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Special district governments
- State governments
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
