Become a Digital Humanities Fellow at the Denbo Center
The Denbo Center offers a one-semester Digital Humanities Fellowship to qualified full-time, tenure-stream UT faculty.
The fellowship offers one faculty member
- a semester’s release from teaching and service,
- $3000 in research funding,
- access to the DCHA library liaison, UT digital media librarians, and on-campus computing facilities (JICS, library maker spaces, etc.),
- opportunities publicly to present research and to work with distinguished visiting scholars,
- use of all Center facilities
All successful applicants are asked to participate in the life of the Center by working frequently at the Center, participating in and presenting their work in a Chandler Seminar during the semester they hold the fellowship, and (if desirable) participating in faculty research seminars related to their work.
How it works
The DH Fellowship helps optimize work toward a significant investigative project by awarding a one-semester leave for concentrated research. Applicants should:
- consult with their department heads to ensure eligibility for leave for spring term of the fellowship year;
- submit DH research projects in their fields of research expertise, not projects concerning DH pedagogy, curricula for online teaching, or public advocacy or policy projects unrelated to their research aims;
- plan to submit an external grant proposal of some kind (NEH, ACLS, etc.);
- be willing to participate in the life of the Denbo Center for the duration of their one-semester residency;
- write their application narratives for a non-specialist audience of evaluators.
How to apply
All application materials must be received in the DCHA office by the close of the workday on November 1 (or the subsequent workday if this date is a holiday or on a weekend) of the current calendar year. Faculty should follow the directions for application at our SharePoint site.
Any faculty applicant with questions should consult with the Denbo Center director by phone or email at any time.
“The humanities are the main course of life, the essential core of meaning in the world, where our values and our best selves are defined.”
—Amy J. Elias, UT Humanities Center Director
UT ranks tenth in the country among all universities, public and private, in the number of NEH fellowships received between 2004 and 2022.
Graduate students chosen to spend a year in the UTHC working on their dissertations graduate, on average, 1.5 years sooner, publish their first book sooner, and receive better job offers than other students in the humanities.
Faculty who spend a year at the University of Tennessee win NEH and other awards and publish award-winning books and research projects more quickly.