The DARIAH Theme is a bi-annual thematic funding call, chosen for investment by the DARIAH Board of Directors. For 2022, we have chosen the topic of Workflows.
Workflows
Arts and humanities researchers tend to be multitasking heroes and versatility buffs. This is probably not a matter of choice. Whether we work on digital editions of literary works, analyze historical events by creating and exploiting corpora of digitized newspapers, or model archaeological sites in 3D, our research processes are often quite complex: they involve multiple steps, different tools and a combination of methods. We are no strangers to heterogeneous datasets, modular system architectures, metadata crosswalks and software pipelines. And we are increasingly aware of the importance of data sharing and the notion of reproducible research in the age of Open Science. A scholarly process may start with identifying and collecting data and end with the publication of some research outputs, but the very beginning and the very end never tell the full story of the research data lifecycle.
In this year’s DARIAH Theme Call, we are looking for proposals and projects that will explore, assess, analyze and embody the challenges of designing, implementing, documenting and sharing digitally-enabled workflows in the context of arts and humanities research from a technical, methodological, infrastructural and conceptual point of view.
What is the state of the art in research workflows in the digital arts and humanities? What are we doing well, and what should we do better? How can we evaluate the appropriateness of a workflow or assess its efficiency? What makes a workflow innovative? What does it mean for a workflow to be truly reproducible? Are there modeling or standardization frameworks that make this job easier? What kind of documentation is necessary and at what level of granularity? What are the hidden costs of our workflows? What should DARIAH do – in addition to treating workflows as a particular content type on the SSH Open Marketplace – to help researchers develop, deploy and disseminate better workflows?
How to apply
To apply, please submit a proposal (3–4 pages in length) which will include:
- A description of the goals of the project, an implementation plan and expected outcomes
- An explanation of how your project will specifically address this year’s DARIAH Theme
- The number of people involved in the project
- The name and postal address of the budget holding institution administering the grant
- The name and e-mail address of the contact person of the budget holding institution which coordinates the project.
- A budget (no more than 1 page).
Applications must be submitted on the website https://dariahtheme2022.sciencesconf.org/ AND by e-mail to theme@dariah.eu.
Key dates
- Deadline for submissions: October 3, 2022
- Review process: until October 21, 2022
- Notifications to applicants: by the end of October 2022
- Signature Grant Agreements: November/December 2022
- Start date of projects: Upon signature of Grant Agreement
- End date of projects: 30 June 2024
