Brief Summary
Through NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication, the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation jointly support individual scholars pursuing interpretive research projects that require digital expression and digital publication. To be eligible for this special opportunity, an applicant’s plans for digital publication must be essential to the project’s research goals. That is, the project must be conceived as digital because the nature of the research and the topics being addressed demand presentation beyond traditional print publication. Successful projects will likely incorporate visual, audio, and/or other multimedia materials or flexible reading pathways that could not be included in traditionally published books, as well as an active distribution plan.
All projects must be interpretive. That is, projects must advance a scholarly argument through digital means and tools. Stand-alone databases and other projects that lack an interpretive argument are not eligible.
Applications submitted for this special opportunity will be evaluated separately from other NEH Fellowships applications, but, like applications submitted to the NEH Fellowships program, will be held to the highest standards of scholarship.
NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication may not be used for
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projects that result in traditional print books or e-books;
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projects to construct or add to stand-alone databases that do not result in interpretive research;
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projects that seek to promote a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view;
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projects that advocate a particular program of social action;
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specific policy studies;
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research by students enrolled in a degree program, including research for doctoral dissertations or theses;
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the preparation or revision of textbooks;
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curriculum development;
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the development of teaching methods or theories;
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educational or technical impact assessments;
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empirical social science research, unless part of a larger humanities project;
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inventories of collections;
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works in the creative and performing arts (for example, painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.);
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the writing of autobiographies, memoirs, or creative nonfiction; or
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the writing of guide books, how-to books, and self-help books.
Award information
NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication cover periods lasting from six to twelve months at a stipend of $4,200 per month. The maximum stipend is $50,400 for a twelve-month period. Applicants should request award periods that suit their schedules and the needs of their projects. Requesting an award period shorter than twelve months will not improve an applicant’s chances of receiving a fellowship.
Recipients may begin their awards as early as January 1, 2018, and as late as September 1, 2019.
The award period must be full-time and continuous. Teaching and administrative assignments or other major activities may not be undertaken during the fellowship period.
Prospective applicants who have questions are encouraged to contact the Fellowships staff at fellowships@neh.gov.
Award information
NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication cover periods lasting from six to twelve months at a stipend of $4,200 per month. The maximum stipend is $50,400 for a twelve-month period. Applicants should request award periods that suit their schedules and the needs of their projects. Requesting an award period shorter than twelve months will not improve an applicant’s chances of receiving a fellowship.
Recipients may begin their awards as early as January 1, 2018, and as late as September 1, 2019.
The award period must be full-time and continuous. Teaching and administrative assignments or other major activities may not be undertaken during the fellowship period.
Prospective applicants who have questions are encouraged to contact the Fellowships staff at fellowships@neh.gov.
For more information click "Further official information" below.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/neh-mellon-fellowships-digital-publication