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Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2011

Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2011 . Getting funding: quality, impact, sustainability David Robey formerly Director of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's ICT in Arts and Humanities Research Programme http://www.ahrcict.reading.ac.uk/.

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Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2011

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  1. Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2011 • Getting funding: quality, impact, sustainability • David Robey • formerly Director of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's • ICT in Arts and Humanities Research Programme • http://www.ahrcict.reading.ac.uk/

  2. Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2011 • Focus on UK Research Council practice • Grants for projects with digital outputs mostly made in general Research Grants schemes • A few in special ICT-related schemes • AHRC pages: http://www.arts-humanities.net/ahrc • See also Report • arts-humanities.net: guide to digital humanities & arts • General considerations for all research project applications first • Then special considerations for projects with digital research resource outputs

  3. Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2011 • General considerations • Who are you writing for? • Specialist in a field close to yours • Make it interesting! • Key points up-front • Descriptive rather than evaluative language • Sound objective! • Not too much detail • But make clear that you know what you are talking about! • Not too technical

  4. Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2011 • More general considerations • Project conception and design: • Research context • Aims, objectives • What’s the point? What will be achieved? • Research questions and methods • Outcomes, outputs • Workplan, milestones • Project management • Impact

  5. Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2011 • Special considerations for projects with digital resource outputs • Quality and optimization • Standards • Quality assurance, user testing • Re-usability • Expertise underpinned by institution • Impact and visibility • Naming! • Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resourceshttp://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/tidsr/ • Preference for open access and open source

  6. Digital.Humanities@Oxford Summer School 2011 • More special considerations • Sustainability • Vs preservation • Time period • Value for money • AHRC 2008 average costs with and without digital outputs • £413,838 vs £324,703 (full cost including overheads) • Don’t underestimate! • Scholarly benefits • Potential vs planned

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