Winnemore Digital Humanities Dissertation Fellowships are offered each Spring to promising advanced graduate students whose dissertation includes innovative research agendas involving any substantive intersection between new media or new technology and the humanities. Call for applications are announced each October for the following Spring.
The 2011 competition is now closed. We anticipate announcing the 2012 competition in early October 2012. Please refer to the instructions below as a guideline online. Criteria are subject to change.
We are now seeking applications for MITH’s Winnemore Dissertation Fellowship. Applicants should be advanced graduate students whose dissertation includes innovative research agendas involving any substantive intersection between new media or new technology and the humanities. Preference will be given to projects that align with MITH’s current research agendas in text and image analytics for cultural heritage corpora; data curation; digital preservation; linked data applications and publishing; humanities curriculum transformation; and diversity.
The Winnemore Fellowship for Spring 2012 will be awarded in the amount of $12,092, and will provide the scholar with a stipend and funds towards health insurance and tuition remission up to five credits. In addition, the Fellow will receive the consultation services of MITH staff.
We welcome applications from eligible graduate students from any part of the University. Graduate students must be enrolled in a terminal degree program (M.A., M.F.A, M.S., Ph.D. etc) and agree not to accept any other form of financial support from the University or other fellowships of $2,000 or more during the term for which this fellowship is awarded. Fellows are expected to be in-residence throughout the duration of their fellowship and will be provided with space in MITH to conduct their work. Winnemore Fellows will be expected to attend MITH events, participate in development opportunities, and be engaged with the digital humanities more broadly. By the end of the fellowship, we expect fellows to have made significant progress towards the completion of their dissertation.
A committee composed of MITH staff will judge applications and consideration will be given to the extent to which digital technologies are a part of the research plan and/or the pedagogical methodology being developed. Proposals should specify how a Winnemore fellowship would be crucial to the dissertation’s development.
Application Process
To apply, applicants should provide:
- a cover letter that includes your name, program/department, college, email, phone, title of dissertation, and advisor’s name, phone, and email. The cover letter should also include the date that you completed coursework and any other degree requirements, the date that you passed your prospectus/proposal examination, the date you advanced to candidacy, and the proposed date for your dissertation defense. All dates should include month and year.
- a current short c.v.
- a 250 word abstract of the proposal written for a general audience including your name and the title of your dissertation.
- the proposal itself, which should be no longer than three pages and which should specifically address the following points:
- the project that you will work on if awarded the fellowship
- how the use of advanced technology would help achieve your research goals and contribute to the intellectual outcome
- a statement of work completed to date
- a detailed timetable or work plan for duration of the fellowship including the projected date of completion
- two confidential letters of recommendation, including one from their dissertation director that outlines how the applicant’s advisor will support the student’s effort for the duration of the fellowship in addition to the merit of the applicant.
All materials should be sent to Jennifer Guiliano, Assistant Director of MITH, via email by December 5, 2011 in either .doc or .pdf format. Please direct all application materials and questions to guiliano@umd.edu. We encourage applicants to consult with MITH regarding their applications. Please email Jennifer Guiliano at guiliano@umd.edu or call 301-405-9528 to arrange for a fellowship application consultation. Announcements of Fellows will be made by December 16, 2011.