Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Program

by: Iola Bonggay

The National Endowment for the Humanities, otherwise referred to as NEH, is an independent federal agency of the United States that was established to support research, education, preservation, and public programs in the field of humanities.

The NEH seeks to strengthen and promote the field of humanities by awarding grants to to cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges, universities, public television, and radio stations, and to individual scholars.

The National Endowment for the Humanities has recently constituted the Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Program wherein they aim to support regional and national training programs intended for scholars and advanced graduate students in an effort to widen and strengthen their abilities and understanding of digital humanities.

The primary goal of the program is to increase the population of humanities scholars that are utilizing digital technology in the process of disseminating their work, and all the other advanced technological tools and methodologies that are associated to the humanities.

In addition, the Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Program also intends to:

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About The Author Iola Bonggay is an editor of TopGovernmentGrants.com one the the most comprehensive Websites offering information on government grants and federal government programs. She also maintains Websites providing resources on community grants and health grants.

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