Call for Applications: Digital Matters Graduate Residency Fellowship, Fall 2020

05 Feb Call for Applications: Digital Matters Graduate Residency Fellowship, Fall 2020

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Digital Matters at the University of Utah is pleased to announce the Fall 2020 Graduate Fellowship at Digital Matters in the Marriott Library.

This fellowship provides graduate students in the Humanities, Fine Arts, and Architecture+Planning an opportunity to work on a research project in Digital Studies, broadly defined, which challenge and extend their respective fields. The fellowship will consist of a semester-long residency.

FUNDING AND BENEFITS
Fellows will receive:

• $10,000 per semester stipend to pursue their research, release from teaching responsibilities, and tuition benefits (fellows should purchase health insurance using funds from their stipends).
• A desk in a shared workspace in Digital Matters at the Marriott Library.
• Dedicated time for advancing their project.
• A dynamic and diverse digital scholarship community to advise, collaborate, or otherwise help with their research project.

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must be enrolled full time and in good standing in a graduate program in the Humanities, Fine Arts, or Architecture+Planning at the University of Utah.
• No previous experience in digital scholarship is necessary, but applicants should demonstrate an interest in OR prior engagement with digital scholarship, broadly conceived.

FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIES

• We are an intellectual community. We require Fellows to be in residence during the selected semester, to continue their research and to participate in Digital Matters activities. Brief absences for research-related travel are permitted with notice to staff. If you have significant travel requirements or plans for 2020-2021, please do not apply for a fellowship.
• Fellows will have the opportunity to share their work in multiple venues:
  • The Digital Matters Research Interest Group, where they can receive feedback on their project from faculty and students across multiple disciplines.
  • Fellows may lead a workshop on a digital platform, tool, or method of their choice during the semester in residence.
  • A summary blog post for the DM website about the work completed while in residence.
  • Fellows are encouraged to make the work completed during their residency open access where possible and appropriate.

APPLICATION
Applicants are asked to submit a portfolio that includes:

• Two-page cover letter explaining your research project and qualifications. Your cover letter should include a project title, work plan, and timeline. Please also describe how your project fits into and contributes to your current research. Although not required, applications related to our theme, sustainability, will receive strongest consideration. For more information, please follow the link to our statement on our theme.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• One-page proposal for a possible workshop on a digital platform, tool, or method.

Submit applications by emailing them as PDF attachments to Marisa Snyder, Program Assistant, at marisa.snyder@utah.edu.

DEADLINE
Applications for residency in Fall Semester 2020, must be submitted March 31st, 2020. Applicants will be notified of their status by April 30th, 2020.

QUESTIONS?
Please feel free to contact David Roh (david.roh@utah.edu) or Rebekah Cummings (rebekah.cummings@utah.edu), if you have questions or if you’d like to work through your idea before submitting an application.

Download the PDF of the Call for Applications