Call for Faculty Proposals 2025

3rd Digital Humanities Seed Funding for Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration and RGC Grant Application Support

Dear faculty members,

The DH (Digital Humanities) Initiative is pleased to invite faculty in the Division of Humanities and the Division of Social Science to apply for a further round of Digital Humanities seed funding to support work on a project in the Fall semester of 2025/26. Funding will support the hiring and training of undergraduate students to work on a faculty project, under the auspices of the DH Workshop. This funding is tailored specifically to provide support for faculty members developing a new project in the digital humanities or adding a significant, new DH component to a current project.

The aim is to facilitate further development of a project with the goal of applying for external funding (e.g. a Research Grants Council (RGC) grant under the GRF scheme). This seed funding is not intended simply for digital preservation of a completed research project.

To get more insights, you can view the projects from the earlier rounds below:

• A Study of “Zheng He’s Voyages to the Western Sea” (2023/24) – Prof. Jin Huan
• Mapping History: Yunnan Human Geography Through GIS Perspective (2024/25) – Prof. Jianxiong Ma
• Digitalizing LEE Yonggang’s Diaries: Preserving History and Cultural Connections (2024/25) – Prof. David Cheng Chang

Here are the key steps: 

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1. Proposal Submission

Deadline: 1st August 2025

Interested faculty members are requested to submit a digital humanities project proposal (maximum 1,000 words) via email.
Priority will be given to proposals to develop a new project in the digital humanities or to add a significant new DH component to a current project.

The chosen proposals will be announced in August 2025.

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2. Student Recruitment

August to 15th September 2025

Upon the announcement of successful proposals, we will commence recruitment of student assistants. Our objective is to attract students from diverse disciplines, such as computer engineering and other programmes outside the humanities.

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3. Training and Project Building

Fall term of 2025

Selected students will receive tailored guidance from DH Specialist and a technician on how to contribute to the project, focusing on their unique academic backgrounds and the specific requirements of the chosen faculty member’s project.

The training will cover specific skills like cultural data analysis, text mining, data visualization, network visualization, historical mapping, etc.

Throughout the fall term, the faculty member whose project is funded is expected to meet on a regular basis (at least once and preferably twice per week with the team of students assigned to the project).

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4. Project Preparation

Spring and Summer terms of 2026

In this phase, the faculty member is welcome to consult the DH Specialist while preparing an application for Research Grants Council (RGC) funding to be submitted in early Fall term of 2026.

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