Open Call: Community Deep Mapping Institute Fellowship Program (US)

They seek to develop a cohort of fellows from a diversity of disciplines across the social sciences, humanities, computing, and beyond, from a range of geographical locations, institution types, and experience in the spatial humanities and GIS.

They will prioritize the selection of Fellows who have some demonstrated engagement with digital humanities research, public-facing scholarship, openness to learning interdisciplinary technical and community-based research, and enthusiasm for investment in Institute aims and futures. Technical expertise or public-facing scholarship is not a prerequisite, but in order to achieve the Institute’s objectives a number of participants will need to have some experience in either digital geospatial or heritage-based humanities. An intermediate level of computer and data literacy is needed for all participants.

Fellows must maintain a commitment to ethical standards of practice of inclusivity, integrity, and intellectual property as maintained by the National Council of Public History. Applicants are expected to abide by intellectual property regulations pertaining to the digital media they plan to use during the institute.

Benefits

• Direct access to a team of experts in a wide variety of fields including: the digital and spatial humanities, archaeology, geography, GIS, history, heritage, interpretation, library and archives, public history, and community-based research.
• Develop new partnerships with other Deep Mapping scholars and public facing professionals.
• Technical and intellectual support for their own deep mapping projects.
• Virtual training sessions from February – June 2025
• Two week immersive in-person training program July 7th-18th
• All fellows will receive a stipend to cover transportation to and from the Keweenaw, housing, meals, and local transportation

Eligibility Criteria

• They especially encourage small teams or group of collaborators to apply to work together on a shared deep mapping project.
• Fellows may propose to work on existing deep mapping projects or may propose new projects.
• International applicants are welcome, though the NEH Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities (IATDH) program focuses on scholars currently studying or employed at institutions in the United States. U.S. citizens and/or U.S.-based scholars will thus be given priority. International applicants and/or persons without a current U.S. visa should note that, if selected, a visa cannot be guaranteed.

Application Requirements

• Applications must include:
  • A statement (maximum 3 pages) that directly addresses the following prompts:
    • ​What is your interest in the Community Deep Mapping Institute? What do you hope to learn and how would your participation benefit your research, teaching, or professional practice?
    • Outline your experience working with the public, community groups or in heritage fields.
    • Describe your comfort level with learning new technologies and your experience with data, visualizations, and any technologies such as GIS, augmented reality, mobile technologies or others?
    • Briefly outline your proposed or existing deep mapping project that you will work on during the institute. Please include some details on the type of sources used, time period, spatial extent, and the intended public audience.
    • Describe your project team. Include a brief description of the role of each member of the team to the development of your existing or proposed deep map.
  • A current CV/Resume for each team member.
  • Links to any current or previous digital, spatial, or public facing projects, if applicable.

For more information, visit National Endowment for the Humanities.