Opportunity Information: Apply for 20190115 HAA
The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) program, offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), funds digital humanities projects across the full arc of development, from early start-up and prototyping through implementation and long-term sustainability. The core idea is to back work that is experimental and forward-looking, with an emphasis on approaches that can be reused, extended, and scaled by others. NEH is looking for digital initiatives that strengthen humanities research, teaching, and public programming, and the program is open to projects in any humanities field as long as the digital component is central and thoughtfully designed.
DHAG supports several broad types of work. One category focuses on building or improving computationally based methods, tools, techniques, or infrastructure that can be applied to humanities questions, such as new analytic workflows, platforms, or technical frameworks that enable new kinds of scholarship. Another category supports humanities scholarship that critically examines digital culture itself, including the history, criticism, and philosophy of digital technologies and their societal impacts. A third category encourages evaluative studies that assess how digital scholarship is actually practiced and what effects it has on research, pedagogy, scholarly communication, and public engagement, helping the field understand what works, what does not, and why.
A notable feature of this opportunity is the potential for collaboration with museums and libraries through a partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), contingent on appropriated funding. Under this arrangement, IMLS anticipates providing additional support to encourage innovative projects that bring together museum or library professionals with humanities scholars and practitioners. The aim of these collaborations is to advance the preservation of, access to, use of, and engagement with digital collections and services. In some cases, NEH and IMLS may jointly fund DHAG proposals that meaningfully involve museums and/or libraries, especially when the work strengthens stewardship and public value of digital cultural resources.
Eligible applicants include a wide range of public and nonprofit institutions and governments: state, county, and local governments; special district governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions when applying as nonprofits). The opportunity is a discretionary grant program in the humanities (CFDA 45.169). The referenced funding opportunity (number 20190115 HAA) lists an award ceiling of $375,000, with the cited closing date of January 15, 2019, and notes that the program is offered twice per year, implying recurring cycles even though specific deadlines vary by round.Apply for 20190115 HAA
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Digital Humanities Advancement Grants" 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 2018-10-23.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-01-15. (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 $375,000.00 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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Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) program?
The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) program is a grant opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that supports digital humanities projects across the full arc of development, from early start-up and prototyping through implementation and long-term sustainability.
What kinds of projects does DHAG fund?
DHAG funds digital initiatives that strengthen humanities research, teaching, and public programming, as long as the digital component is central and thoughtfully designed. NEH emphasizes experimental and forward-looking work, especially approaches that can be reused, extended, and scaled by others.
Does DHAG support early-stage ideas, or only fully built projects?
DHAG supports projects across the full development arc, including early start-up concepts and prototypes as well as implementation and long-term sustainability efforts.
Is the program limited to certain humanities disciplines?
No. The program is open to projects in any humanities field, provided the digital component is central and thoughtfully designed.
What does NEH mean by "experimental and forward-looking" work?
Based on the program description, NEH is seeking digital humanities projects that explore new ideas, methods, or models, and that are designed in ways other scholars and practitioners can reuse, extend, and scale.
What is the emphasis on reuse, extension, and scaling?
The opportunity highlights a preference for approaches that are not just one-off solutions. NEH is looking for digital work that others can build on, adapt to new contexts, or expand for broader use.
What broad types of work are supported by DHAG?
DHAG supports several broad categories of work described in the opportunity: (1) building or improving computationally based methods, tools, techniques, or infrastructure for humanities questions; (2) humanities scholarship that critically examines digital culture; and (3) evaluative studies of digital scholarship practices and impacts.
What counts as building or improving computationally based methods, tools, or infrastructure?
The description includes examples such as new analytic workflows, platforms, or technical frameworks that enable new kinds of humanities scholarship. The common thread is that the work is computationally based and applicable to humanities questions.
Does DHAG fund scholarship about digital culture itself?
Yes. One category explicitly supports humanities scholarship that critically examines digital culture, including the history, criticism, and philosophy of digital technologies and their societal impacts.
What are "evaluative studies" in the context of DHAG?
Evaluative studies are projects that assess how digital scholarship is practiced and what effects it has on research, pedagogy, scholarly communication, and public engagement, with the goal of understanding what works, what does not, and why.
Can DHAG projects involve museums and libraries?
Yes. A notable feature is the potential for collaboration with museums and libraries through a partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), contingent on appropriated funding.
How does the NEH-IMLS collaboration work for DHAG?
Under the described arrangement, IMLS anticipates providing additional support to encourage innovative projects that bring together museum or library professionals with humanities scholars and practitioners. In some cases, NEH and IMLS may jointly fund DHAG proposals that meaningfully involve museums and/or libraries.
Is IMLS funding guaranteed for museum or library collaborations?
No. The opportunity notes that the partnership and additional support are contingent on appropriated funding.
What types of museum and library collaborations are especially encouraged?
Collaborations are aimed at advancing the preservation of, access to, use of, and engagement with digital collections and services. Joint funding may be more likely when the project strengthens stewardship and the public value of digital cultural resources.
Who is eligible to apply for DHAG?
Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions when applying as nonprofits).
Can a nonprofit college or university apply as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit?
The eligibility statement specifies nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, excluding higher education institutions when applying as nonprofits. Higher education institutions are listed separately under public/state-controlled and private institutions of higher education.
Are tribal governments eligible?
Yes. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are included among eligible applicants.
Are local and regional government entities eligible?
Yes. The eligible list includes state, county, and local governments, as well as special district governments.
What is the CFDA number for this grant program?
The opportunity identifies DHAG as a discretionary grant program in the humanities with CFDA 45.169.
What is the maximum award amount mentioned for the referenced opportunity?
The referenced funding opportunity (number 20190115 HAA) lists an award ceiling of $375,000.
What is the cited closing date for the referenced funding opportunity?
The referenced funding opportunity notes a closing date of January 15, 2019.
Is DHAG offered every year?
The description notes that the program is offered twice per year, implying recurring cycles, although specific deadlines vary by round.
Does "offered twice per year" mean there are two deadlines?
It indicates recurring cycles with two offerings per year, but the opportunity also notes that specific deadlines vary by round.
Is the digital component optional for DHAG projects?
No. The opportunity states that projects may be in any humanities field as long as the digital component is central and thoughtfully designed.
What kinds of outcomes is NEH trying to support through DHAG?
Based on the program description, NEH aims to strengthen humanities research, teaching, and public programming through digital initiatives, and to advance experimental work that can be reused and scaled by others.
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