Digital Humanities at Carolina: Funding, Support, and Space

A resource for those interested in practicing and surveying the digital humanities at UNC.

Getting Support at UNC

The digital humanities is widely-supported at UNC with diverse funding opportunities, expert support, and flexible spaces.

Arts & Humanities Research Grants
The Arts & Humanities Research Grant awards range from $2,500 up to $7,500 for a one-year project.
Digital Humanities and Arts Curricular Incubation
Up to $5000 in funding to support course development by graduate students with support from the Digital Innovation Lab, College of Arts and Sciences, Information Technology Services (ITS), Office of Arts and Sciences Information Services (OASIS), and UNC Libraries.
Humanities for the Public Good
A variety of public humanities grants that may support digital humanities work.

Davis Library Research Hub
The Davis Library Research Hub offers personal support for Project/Grant Planning, Data Visualization, Mapping, Text Mining, Data Management, and Repositories.
Odum Institute
The Odum Institute offers personal support for Qualitative Research, Quantitative Analysis, Mixed Method Analysis, Survey Research, Data Science, Cyberinfrastructure, Data Management, Qualtrics, Multimedia, and Transcription.
Digital Humanities and Arts Research Project Incubation
Use the space and staff of the Digital Innovation Lab (DIL) with extra support from the College of Arts and Sciences, Information Technology Services (ITS), Office of Arts and Sciences Information Services (OASIS), and UNC Libraries.

Carolina CloudApps
A managed platform for developing and deploying web applications, provided by Information Technology Services.
Web.unc.edu
Simple self-service web publishing at Carolina. UNC affiliates can create their own WordPress website at no charge. Provided by Information Technology Services.
Omeka
A flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. The University Libraries maintains an Omeka site for hosting student and faculty-created exhibits.
Carolina Digital Repository
A long-term access and safekeeping for scholarly works, datasets, research materials, records, and audiovisual materials produced by the UNC-Chapel Hill community.

National Endowment for the Humanities
The Digital Humanities division of the NEH is dedicated to funding research projects.
Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation often funds projects that are larger in scope ($300k-$1m+)

Davis Library Research Hub
The Davis Library Research Hub offers a 100-person presentation, collaboration tables with large-screen monitors, research cubes for project meetings. The space features specialized equipment and personal support for Geographic Information Systems, Data Services, Statistics, Data Visualization, and Digital Humanities Project Planning.
Odum Institute
The Odum Institute supports social science teaching and research at UNC. They offer computer labs, a distance classroom, and a social computing room.

Digital Media Lab at The Undergraduate Library
The Digital Media Lab at The Undergraduate Library offers equipment for audio/video production.
Design Lab at The Undergraduate Library
The Design Lab is equipped with the Adobe Creative Suite and web development software, a variety of high-resolution scanners, a book scanner, and a virtual reality station.

Digital Innovation Lab
The Digital Innovation Lab features a collaboration and presentation space with a large screen display and flexible seating. The lab promotes a project-focused organizational model to stimulate digital humanities work for the public good.

Kenan Science Library Research Hub
The Kenan Science Library Research Hub offers a makerspace and equipment for 3D printing, 3D scanning, virtual reality, electronics and textiles, design, and modeling.

Health Sciences Library Research Hub
The Research Hub @ Health Sciences Library (HSL) features a large presentation space as well as a collaboration center with a large screen display for video/web conferencing. Librarians at the Research Hub @ HSL are your partners at every stage of the research process, specializing in the tools, technologies, and information that researchers in the clinical and biomedical sciences use in their work.