Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities

Overview

The Dangers & Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities program (DOT)
supports humanistic research that explores the relationships between technology and society,
and the impacts technology has on culture, health, social interactions, government, cultural
institutions, the environment, and other aspects of life. NEH encourages you to interpret the
term “technology” broadly. It is up to you to define and make a compelling case for the
technologies you choose to examine.

NEH is particularly interested in projects that examine current social and cultural issues that are
significantly shaped by technologies and expand understanding of a particular topic in the
humanities. You may involve communities affected by these technologies as collaborators or
contributors. Projects must not engage in political advocacy.

NEH invites projects at different stages of development that link their research to compelling
social issues where technology plays a key role. Projects may address a wide range of topics,
such as:
• climate change
• racial justice
• social media, disinformation, and the democratic process
• medical technologies
• wealth inequality
• data privacy and ethics of algorithms
• cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens (NFTs)
• supply chains and infrastructure
• educational technologies
• the streaming economy (e.g., music, television, film)

The DOT program can fund activities and final products such as:
• research time (e.g., course releases)
• research assistance (e.g., student researchers)
• research travel
• community partner participation
• conducting studies or interviews
• convenings
• data collection and analysis
• experiments or prototyping
• development or production of articles, books, web sites, or other forms of intellectual
output

This program will support projects at any research stage.

Institutions may submit multiple applications for separate and distinct projects under this
notice. Individuals may serve as a project director (or co-director for the Collaborative category)
on one DOT application per deadline but may be listed as personnel (not in a leadership role) on
more than one DOT application per deadline.

The program support projects led individual researchers (up to $75K) and by collaborative teams (up to $150K).

Period of performance: Up to 24 months

Application Deadlines: October 11, 2023 and September 12, 2024