Proposals should be for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in any area of the humanities.

These grants are modeled, in part, on the “high risk/high reward” paradigm often used by funding agencies in the sciences. NEH is requesting proposals for projects that take some risks in the pursuit of innovation and excellence.

Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants have two levels of funding:
Level I Grants range from $5,000 to $25,000 in outright funding.
Level II Grants range from $25,001 to $50,000 in outright funding.

See more on this free grant application here: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html

CLOSING DATE: JULY 09, 2010
Proposals must be posted to www.grants.gov by 11:59 p.m., EST, JULY 9, 2010

Federal award amount for this grant will be $150,000, subject to available funding. The recipient organization is required to match awarded funds on a 1:2 ratio for the first two years of the grant and a 1:1 ratio for the next three years

Eligibility: Private 501(c) organizations that provide technical assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women and that meet all other criteria identified in Section III: Eligibility Information.

See complete information on this grant application here: http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_program_office/wbc_2010_initial_grant.pdf

Teaching Development Fellowships cover durations lasting from three to five months and carry stipends of $4,200 per month. Thus the maximum stipend is $21,000 for a five-month award time period.

Applicants must request award periods that suit their schedules and the requirements of their projects. A request for a shorter award period will not boost one’s chances of receiving a fellowship.

Recipients can begin their award as early as June 1, 2010, and as late as March 1, 2011.
The award period must be continual. Fellows might carry up to a half-time teaching load while on tenure of the fellowship. The proposal’s workplan should reflect the applicant’s teaching load during the term of the proposed fellowship

Applicants need to have their department or program chair or dean certify in writing that the institution supports the proposed project and will offer the proposed course after the completion of the award..

Applicants must have completed formal education by the application deadline. Although applicants need not have advanced degrees, individuals presently enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible to apply. Graduate students seeking support for a degree in the humanities should consider the Department of Education’s Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program.

Those who have satisfied all the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral may apply for a Teaching Development Fellowship, but such applicants need a letter from the dean of the conferring school, attesting to the applicant’s status as of October 1, 2009. This letter may be faxed to the Teaching Development Fellowships program at 202-606-8204; alternatively, a PDF version of the signed letter may be included as an attachment to an e-mail message sent to TDFellowships@neh.gov.

NEH does not accept applications by e-mail or fax

See more on this grant here: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/TD_Fellowships.html