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DARIAH-DE DH-Award 2017
DARIAH-DE DH-award 2017
Announcement
DARIAH-DE – Digitale Forschungsinfrastruktur für die Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften is the German contribution to the European research group "DARIAH-EU - Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities". DARIAH-DE develops a digital research infrastructure for tools and research data and supports the humanities and cultural sciences working with digital resources and methods in the Digital Humanities (DH).span>
The DARIAH-DE DH Award 2017 honors innovative research contributions from students and young scholars in the humanities, cultural sciences, computer science and information sciences working with digital resources and/or digital methods.
The three prizes, each worth EUR 600 , will be presented on 26/27 April 2017 at the DARIAH-EU Annual Conference in Berlin. Within the framework of the conference, the prize winners have the opportunity to present their work to a broad European specialist audience. The travel and accommodation costs for the meeting will be taken over.
Applications may be placed by
- B.A.- and M.A. students, writing at the time of the tender for their final paper,
- junior scientists who have submitted their thesis in the last 12 months and / or are currently working on scientific final projects, software projects, tools, studies or (infrastructure) concepts,
- students with their own DH projects.
The application of (student) groups is expressly desired. All scientific papers, which were or have been created at universities and colleges in the German-speaking countries, are accepted.
The call for proposals is aimed at all areas of the humanities, cultural sciences, information sciences or computer science, which are assigned to the research field of digital humanities. Particularly suitable are projects that enable innovative scientific achievements through the use of digital resources and methods
Submission for all documents is 15th February 2017.
More informations:
https://de.dariah.eu/dh-award-programm
Return address:
DARIAH-DE Project Coordinator
Dr. Wolfram Horstmann (project management)
Place of the Göttinger Sieben 1
D-37073 Göttingen
Contact Person
for administrative questions:
Open Knowledge Foundation
Deutschland e.V.
Markus Neuschäfer
Singerstraße 109
D-10179 Berlin
with regard to the content:
DARIAH-DE Konsortialleitung
Dr. Carsten Thiel
Papendiek 14
D-37073 Göttingen
Tel.: +49 (0)551 - 39 33623
to the award winners of the DARIAH-DE DH-Award 2015
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1. FAQ
1) How and with which projects can I apply?
2) How is the selection process?
3) Why is the DH Award?
1) How and with which projects can I apply?
- B.A.- and M.A. students, writing at the time of the tender for their final paper,
- junior scientists who have submitted their thesis in the last 12 months and / or are currently working on scientific final projects, software projects, tools, studies or (infrastructure) concepts,
- students with their own DH projects.
The application of (student) groups is expressly desired. Approved are scientific papers which have been or are being produced at universities and universities in the German-speaking countries.
The call for proposals is aimed at all areas of the humanities, cultural sciences, information sciences or computer science, which are assigned to the research field of digital humanities. Particularly suitable are projects that enable innovative scientific achievements through the use of digital resources and methods.
2) How is the selection process?
Submission
The application must be submitted online (PDF) at dh-award@de.dariah.eu, containing
- a short cover letter including motivation notes,
- a Presentation or abstract of the thesis, the final project, the software project, the tool, the study or the (infrastructure) concept, including classification into the DH context (1-2 pages),
- brief curriculum vitae (max. 2 pages),
- a digital copy of the thesis, the final project, the software project, the tool, the study or the (infrastructure) concept.
The motif of motivation is intended to briefly explain the current academic career, the previous focus points as well as the thematic and methodological links to the main areas of work of DARIAH-DE.
Selection procedure
Apart from the scientific standards, the selection is subject to the following criteria in particular:
- Innovation and creativity of the research question
- Scientific relevance of the research question
- Theoretical reflection level
3) Why is there the DARIAH-DE DH Award Program?
Digital Humanities need an active and future-oriented promotion of young researchers in order to create lively research networks. With the DARIAH-DE DH Award 2017, DARIAH-DE supports and promotes students and young scientists in their research, in particular projects that are already interdisciplinary and research.
Objectives of the DARIAH-DE DH Award:
- Visualization of new and innovative approaches in digital humanities
- Presentation of the new work in an interdisciplinary, international environment
- National and international communication on the development of digital humanities
In addition to the financial support, the DARIAH-DE DH Award 2017 is particularly concerned with the ideal support in the context of a large collaborative project.