{"id":1892,"date":"2026-07-08T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:21:25","slug":"uk-ie-dha-advocacy-engagement-fellowship-2026-27-deadline-aug-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/2026\/07\/uk-ie-dha-advocacy-engagement-fellowship-2026-27-deadline-aug-17th\/","title":{"rendered":"UK-IE DHA Advocacy &amp; Engagement Fellowship 2026-27 [Deadline Aug 17th]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association is pleased to invite applications for a funded&nbsp;<strong>Advocacy &amp; Engagement Fellowship<\/strong>&nbsp;for 2026-27!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year&#8217;s fellowship theme is&nbsp;<strong>Openness and Transparency<\/strong>. The successful fellow will contribute to the development of the Association&#8217;s advocacy work by undertaking research and community engagement activities that explore how Digital Humanities can foster greater openness, collaboration and transparency across the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are particularly interested in projects that explore the following themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Support for cross-sector collaboration with non-HE organisations and communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen advocacy for Digital Humanities with funders, national bodies and institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Potential projects could focus on (but aren\u2019t limited to):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Developing best practice guidance, collaborative tools or training to support cross-sector partnerships.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Projects to improve research culture, e.g. contextualising the different practices between Ireland and the UK (REF, UKRI, Research Ireland, Impact 2030, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improving public and open access to digital scholarship across Ireland and the UK, highlighting existing barriers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing a value proposition for Digital Humanities for researchers to utilize in policy or funding contexts to demonstrate the significance of their work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fellowship is open to researchers, digital practitioners, technical professionals, and GLAM colleagues. We particularly encourage applications from individuals traditionally underrepresented in Digital Humanities. Joint applications are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fellowship details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Duration: 12 months (from October 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commitment: Approximately 10 hours per month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fellowship award: \u00a34,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional project support fund: \u00a31,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open to applicants\u00a0<strong>residing in the UK or Ireland.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key dates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Application deadline<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Monday 17 August 2026, 23:59 BST<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shortlisted candidates notified: Week commencing 31 August 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interviews: Week commencing 7 September 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fellowship start date: October 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applications should include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Application form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CV (maximum 2 pages)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proposal (maximum 1,000 words)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementation plan (maximum 500 words)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Letter of support (if applicable)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equality and diversity form (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All application materials should be submitted as a PDF to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:uk-ie.digitalhumanities@sas.ac.uk\">uk-ie.digitalhumanities@sas.ac.uk<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For full details, including eligibility, selection criteria and application requirements, please see the full call:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org\/2026\/07\/06\/2026-advocacy-engagement-fellowship\/\">https:\/\/digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org\/2026\/07\/06\/2026-advocacy-engagement-fellowship\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We would be grateful if you could share this opportunity with colleagues and networks who may be interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association is pleased to invite applications for a funded&nbsp;Advocacy &amp; Engagement Fellowship&nbsp;for 2026-27! This year&#8217;s fellowship theme is&nbsp;Openness and Transparency. The successful fellow will contribute to the development of the Association&#8217;s advocacy work by undertaking research and community engagement activities that explore how Digital Humanities can foster greater openness, collaboration and &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/2026\/07\/uk-ie-dha-advocacy-engagement-fellowship-2026-27-deadline-aug-17th\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","post","publish","author-joan-y-murphytcd-ie","post-1892","format-standard","category-fellowships","category-uk-ie-dha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9zaVM-uw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1893,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dariah.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}