[InetBib] DFG/NEH Bilateral Digital Humanities Program

["Hintze, Ulrike" <Ulrike.Hintze@xxxxxx>]

DFG/NEH Bilateral Digital Humanities Program



The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V., DFG) and 
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and are 
working together to offer support for digitization projects in the humanities.



1. 2008 Call for Joint Digitization Projects:

These grants provide funding for up to three years of development in any of the 
following areas: (i) new digitization projects and pilot projects, (ii) the 
addition of important materials to existing digitization projects and (iii) the 
development of related infrastructure to support international digitization 
work and the use of those digitized resources.



Guidelines for this call are available here: 
<http://www.dfg.de/forschungsfoerderung/wissenschaftliche_infrastruktur/lis/download/neh_dfg_bdhp_guidelines.pdf>



The receipt deadline is 15 October 2008.



2. 2008 Call for Bilateral Symposia and Workshops: Proposals for Bilateral 
Symposia or Workshops can focus on any area of the digital humanities, 
including, but not limited to: (i) capacity building or networking workshops to 
prepare for future collaborative humanities projects based around a single 
theme, technology, media form or scholarly discipline, (ii) comparing and 
discussing the needs of researchers in both the U.S. and Germany and their uses 
of digitized resources, and (iii) exploring possible and existing use of 
information technology in the humanities in both communities.



Guidelines for this call will be available in late-August. Please contact Dr. 
Max Voegler (max.voegler@xxxxxx<mailto:max.voegler@xxxxxx>) to receive a copy 
by email when they are available.



The receipt for deadlines has been extended to 2 November 2008.


Further information on the Joint Programme can be found here: 
<http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/scientific_instrumentation_and_infrastructure/scientific_library_services_and_information_systems/project_funding/international_cooperation/digitization.html


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Ulrike Hintze
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft  (DFG)
-Wissenschaftliche Literaturversorgungs- und Informationssysteme-
D-53170 Bonn

Tel. +49 (228) 885-2399
Fax +49 (228) 885-2272
Ulrike.Hintze@xxxxxx<mailto:Ulrike.Hintze@xxxxxx>
http://www.dfg.de