Call for African Poetry Digital Humanities Grant 2026 is open now !!!
The African Poetry Digital Portal Project funded by a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation invites proposals from scholars and researchers for the African Poetry Digital Humanities Grant. These grants support Digital Humanities research in African Poetry. Applicants are encouraged to make use of the resources of the Portal, and in so doing expand the impact of the Portal in the broader community of African Digital Humanities Scholarship. Given the multifaceted nature of African poetry in terms of regional variance, performative elements, archival and textual complexity and range, and the work of African poetry within the fabric of contemporary and historical societies, proposals should take advantage of the range of possibilities afforded to a scholar in the field of Digital Humanities. To be considered, projects must use digital research methods or encompass scholarship that applies computing technologies in humanistic inquiry. Most importantly, African Poetry must be at the center of the research.
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The African Poetry Digital Portal documents the work of African poets and provides equitable digital access to the related creative and intellectual artifacts, materials and research on the subject of African Poetry, housed in academic and cultural institutions in Africa and its Diaspora, to, among other things, create accessible ways to engender an informed, culturally diverse, civically engaged and responsible society. The amount of the award is $10,000.
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The African Poetry Digital Portal is a project of the African Poetry Book Fund. The Portal is a resource for the study of the history of African Poetry providing access to biographical information, artifacts, news, video recording, images and documents related to African poetry from antiquity to the present. It will also feature specially curated digital projects on various aspects of African poetry. The African Poetry Digital Portal has been funded by grants from the Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. It consists of the Index of Contemporary African Poets and African Poets and Poetry in the News (“A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times and the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985″). The additional sections include the African Poetry Collections Hub and the African Poetry Digital Humanities Projects.
Benefits
- All grant recipients will receive a fund of $10,000
- Work to advance or complete a Digital Humanities Project on African Poetry, and make the project or the project details available to be featured on the Portal.
- Complete a critical commentary on the technological and thematic challenge of the project and its effectiveness.
- Complete a plan for future related work of expansion of the current project
Eligibilities
- To be considered, projects must use digital research methods or encompass scholarship that applies computing technologies in humanistic inquiry.
- Most importantly, African Poetry must be at the center of the research.
Application Process
- Applicants have to submit the following documents :
- Project proposal: a description of the proposed research plan
- A detailed budget (1 page maximum) including clear explanations for each item and a justification of their importance to the project.
- C.V. from the primary researcher. Include relevant examples of previous projects.
- Then submit all application documents through Apply Now link.
Application Deadline: January 24, 2026 (22 Days Remaining)
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