Please excuse the cross-posting, but a) some of the projects funded are
really interesting, and b) there's more funding to come! The current
projects seem really firmly positioned at the intersection of interesting /
hard problems that need expertise from the humanities and AI folk, as
neither domain can address the identified issues on their own. It'd be
great to see more international projects and more GLAM expertise / issues
in the mix!
Cheers,
Mia
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The Collective Wisdom Handbook: perspectives on crowdsourcing in cultural
heritage <https://britishlibrary.pubpub.org/>
Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage
<https://www.miaridge.com/crowdsourcing-our-cultural-heritage/>
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*From:* Brett Bobley <brett.bobley.advisor_at_schmidtsciences.org>
*Date:* Monday, December 15, 2025 at 13:43
*Subject:* New Digital Humanities RFP from Schmidt Sciences
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gift cards.
Here at Schmidt Sciences, we just released a new RFP called HAVI. Please
help us spread the word!
Schmidt Sciences is requesting proposals to the Humanities and AI Virtual
Institute (HAVI), aimed at fostering research in the digital humanities
with a particular focus on artificial intelligence. Ideal projects will
have co-PIs with expertises from both the humanities and AI and will
address research questions from both domains. This request is open to
universities and non-profits globally.
Funding ranges from US $100,000 to US $800,000. Applications are due March
13, 2026.
Please read the RFP here
<https://www.schmidtsciences.org/opportunity/2026-humanities-and-artificial-intelligence-virtual-institute-havi-rfp/>
.
To get a sense for what kinds of projects we funded last year, we are also
excited to announce 23 new HAVI projects
<https://www.schmidtsciences.org/humanities-and-ai-virtual-institute/> (look
under "Featured Projects"). The projects span disciplines such as
archaeology, history, literature, linguistics, art history, music, law, and
film/media studies. Together, they reflect HAVI’s dual mission to apply AI
to the humanities in ways that open new understandings of human history and
culture, and to advance AI itself using humanistic questions, methods, and
sources.
Thank you,
Brett
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