The 2026 DH Summer Fellowship will run from June 8 to July 17 as an intensive program designed to accelerate graduate students' research, scholarship, and creative production. Students are expected to be in residence in Lincoln for the first 6 weeks of the fellowship (June 8 to July 17). In the latter half of the summer (July 20-August 16), the program director and cohort will meet weekly via Zoom.
During the fellowship period, students commit to developing a critical contribution to the Humanities, broadly understood, that depends on digital methodologies for research, creation, and/or dissemination. Students might use the fellowship to kickstart a new idea or to advance an ongoing project. While developing their own work, Fellows also support one another through conversation, critical engagement, and knowledge exchange in a collaborative environment. Fellows must be willing to actively engage with others working in different disciplinary areas and with a range of methodologies. Students are expected to have some experience with the technologies/methods they plan to use and will receive additional support from the program director and members of the CDRH community.
Digital Humanities Summer Fellows will receive a stipend of $4500 to support focus on their project during the fellowship period. Fellows will have access to hardware, software, and a shared workspace in Dinsdale Family Learning Commons (East Campus). Fellows learn alongside each other and from faculty and staff in the CDRH and others from the UNL community and beyond. Digital Humanities Summer Fellows are required to spend 20 hours per week in the collaboration space during the first 6 weeks of the fellowship period.
Fellows will coordinate schedules with one another and the program director to make the most of the co-working environment. Applicants must be currently enrolled graduate students (master's or doctoral) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
To apply, submit the following components in a single PDF to the Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship director, Carrie Heitman (cheitman2@unl.edu):
1. A letter of application, including (a) a description of the project you plan to undertake as a Digital Humanities Summer Fellow, with projected outcomes from the fellowship period and the significance of this work; (b) a description of how this project fits within your larger program of study and supports your professional goals, whatever they may be; (c) a statement of your research/creative needs, as you currently understand them, whether technical, informational or content-based, or other; (d) a brief description of any digital humanities course work or project experience; (e) a statement that indicates why this fellowship environment is a good fit for developing this work; (f) a plan for communicating about your work to appropriate audiences (academic, public, etc.); and (g) a statement about your availability during the fellowship period (June 8 to August 16, 2026), including anticipated time away from UNL over the fellowship period. This letter of application should be no more than two pages.
2. A two-page cv.
Each applicant must also ask a faculty member to submit a letter of recommendation and support that speaks to the intellectual strengths of your project; your ability to participate in, share, and learn in a group-based environment; and your potential for success as a Digital Humanities Summer Fellow. The recommendation letter should be submitted by the application deadline directly to Carrie Heitman (cheitman2@unl.edu).
Applications are due via email to cheitman2@unl.edu by February 28, 2026. Digital Humanities Summer Fellows will be selected by a committee comprised of CDRH fellows and staff at UNL. Decisions will be announced as soon as possible after that date.
Please contact Carrie Heitman (cheitman2@unl.edu) with any questions.
More details at: https://cdrh.unl.edu/opportunities/digital-humanities-summer-fellows-program/