DH Graduate Certificate

DH Graduate Fellowships

The Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities provides support for University of Miami students pursuing the certificate through the annual Digital Humanities Graduate Student Fellowships. These fellowships are intended to support student research in the digital humanities, external training in digital methods and tools, and professionalization in the field. Opportunities you may apply to receive funding for include attendance at training institutes or enrollment in courses outside the University of Miami; presenting at scholarly conferences or symposia on topics related to DH; travel for research in the digital humanities; the development of digital projects in the humanities to support or supplement your dissertation research; or work on one of the ongoing digital projects listed below. Funding is usually intended for use during the summer term.

Preference will be given to students enrolled in or planning to enroll in the Graduate Certificate in the Digital Humanities and/or with demonstrated course or research experience in DH. The Advisory Committee will also prioritize those applying to receive funding for training, professionalization, and/or to forward their own individual or collaborative research. Individual fellowship amounts vary depending on the type of funding requested, but in the past we have provided on average around $1000 to each recipient. Fellows will be asked to submit a brief report of activities after the completion of the fellowship (usually at the beginning of the fall semester).

2024 UGrow Fellowship

Digital Humanities UGrow Fellowship Responsibilities: The UGrow Fellow will work under the supervision of a faculty member associated with the Graduate Certificate in the Digital Humanities program. The Fellow’s duties will include: 

1. Researching digital tools and platforms to determine best options for a variety of DH projects;
2. Presenting results of digital tools research to program faculty and students;
3. Open Access publication research;
4. Sharing UM-based DH initiatives with online communities;
5. General maintenance of ongoing UM DH projects as needed.

The UGrow fellow may also be required to help with grant applications and to potentially build a database for, and help to produce, edit, and distribute, a program newsletter.

Qualifications/Skills: Those interested in the position should be current PhD students in the Departments of English, History, or Modern Languages and Literatures. Students enrolled in the DH certificate program are especially encouraged to apply. Suitable candidates must possess excellent communication (verbal and written), organizational, and word processing skills. Ideal candidates will already be familiar with using digital platforms and/or content management systems, but fast learners will also be successful without this prior experience. Several meetings may occur via Zoom, so familiarity with that format is also required.

For more information, please visit the UGrow website.

2025 DH Graduate Fellowship - Call for Applications

To apply, please submit the following to the Digital Humanities Advisory Committee at umdh@miami.edu by Friday, March 21, 2025. Please also include your C-Number and Employee ID in your submission email.

If applying for funding for conferences, travel, training, or other forms of professionalization:

• A brief narrative describing the relevance of the proposed conference/travel/institute/course to your research and/or professional interests or goals (500 words maximum).
• An itemized budget.
• If applicable, evidence of acceptance to institute, symposia, course, or conference.

If applying for funding to develop a digital project to support or supplement your dissertation research:

• A brief narrative describing the relevance of the proposed project to your research (500 words maximum). In this narrative, you should identify a DH faculty mentor who has agreed to be available to consult with you about your research over the summer. This narrative should also include a signature from your dissertation director or advisor, indicating that they are aware of your plans and that they approve them.
  
• An itemized budget. You may use fellowship funds to pay for supplies and technology and/or to pay for your labor. We use the standard rate of $20/hour for labor.

If applying to work on one of the ongoing projects listed below:

• A brief narrative describing the relevance of the project to your research and/or professional interests or goals and listing any experience you have working on other digital projects or with digital tools or methods (500 words maximum).
• A statement of availability during the summer term and an estimate of the total number of hours you are able to work. We use the standard rate of $20/hour.

Digital projects seeking research assistance for summer 2025