The Digital Projects for the Public program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments.
All Digital Projects for the Public projects should
All projects should demonstrate the potential to attract a broad, general, nonspecialist audience, either online or in person at venues such as museums, libraries, or other cultural institutions. Applicants may also choose to identify particular communities and groups, including students, to whom a project may have particular appeal.
Optional Draft due: May 3, 2023
Application due: June 14, 2023
To be eligible to apply, your organization must be established in the United States or its jurisdictions as one of the following organization types: • a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code • an accredited institution of higher education (public or nonprofit) • a state or local government or one of their agencies • a federally recognized Native American Tribal government
You may submit multiple applications for separate and distinct projects under this notice. An individual may serve as project director for multiple proposed projects under this notice. If an individual will serve as project director on multiple applications, you should explain in the narratives how the project director would allocate their time between the awards.
The Digital Projects for the Public program includes three funding categories:
• Discovery, to conduct preliminary research
• Prototyping, to design or create prototypes
• Production, to produce the final version of the project
You may request up to $30,000 in the Discovery category; $100,000 in the Prototyping category, or $400,000 in the Production category. This includes the sum of direct and indirect costs.
