Dear Colleagues,
 
This is just to remind you that the deadline for funding applications to the
AHRC ICT Methods Network is 30 June 2007.
 
The AHRC ICT Methods Network invites the arts and humanities Higher
Education community in the UK to submit proposals for Methods Network
activities. Activities may include workshops, seminars, focused workgroups,
postgraduate training events and publications.
 
The Methods Network is keen to support both single- and cross-disciplinary
proposals and those that encourage new collaborative frameworks between
technical specialists and arts and humanities researchers. The primary
emphasis is on the use and reuse of digital resources.
 
Proposals for hybrid activities such as workshop/seminar/workgroup
combinations are also welcomed, as are proposals for any other activity
which falls within the Methods Network remit to support and promote the uses
of advanced ICT methods in academic research.
 
Funding of up to £5000 is available for workshops and hybrid activities.  
Workshops provide training in advanced ICT methods for community members
within academic institutions. They engage with issues such as: formal
methods in analysis of source data and the creation of technical models;
working with multiple technologies; and other matters of vital practical
interest to the community.  
 
Funding of up to £2000 is available for seminars.  These may concentrate on
highly-defined topics of interest and also problem areas within the
community or may have a more general focus.
 
For information on eligibility and how to apply for funding see the Methods
Network website (www.methodsnetwork.ac.uk).
 
Please be aware that all applicants are expected to submit fully-formed
proposals with full programme, budget and projected outcome details and with
particular emphasis on the research significance of the proposed activity.
Applications that fail to provide all required details will not be
considered for funding. For further information about submitting a proposal
contact Hazel Gardiner ([log in to unmask]).
 
 
Forthcoming Methods Network Funded Activities
 
We welcome applications from individuals who would like to attend Methods
Network workshops and seminars, but must emphasise that registration is
essential for these activities.  Participants are also expected to make an
active contribution to the activity. Occasionally a Methods Network event
will be by invitation only, but all resulting materials, including (where
appropriate) podcasts, wikis, training workbooks, reports and publications
will be made freely available to the community via the Methods Network
website.  All enquiries about registration for the Methods Network
activities listed below should be sent by email to [log in to unmask]  For
further information about the following activities see the Methods Network
website.
 
Data Sans Frontières: Web Portals and the Historic Environment - A workgroup
organized by Stuart Jeffrey, ADS/AHDS Archaeology, University of York. (25
May 2007).
 
Developing an International Framework for Audit and Certification of Trusted
Digital Repositories - A seminar organized by Joy Davidson, HATII,
University of Glasgow. (June 2007)
 
New Protocols for Electroacoustic Music Analysis - A workshop organized by
Leigh Landy, De Montfort University, Leicester (12 June 2007).
 
From Abstract Data Mapping to 3D Photorealism: Understanding Emerging
Intersections in Visualisation Practices and Techniques - A workshop
organized by Julie Tolmie, 3DVisA, Kings College, University of London. (19
June 2007)
 
Real-time Collaborative Art Making - A workshop organized by Gregory
Sporton, University of Central England. (20 July 2007)
 
Space/Time: Methods in geospatial computing for mapping the past - A
workgroup organized by Stuart Dunn, AHeSSC, Kings College, University of
London. (23 - 24 July 2007)
 
Text Mining for Historians - A workshop organized by Zoe Bliss, AHDS
History, University of Essex. (17 – 18 July 2007)
 
Opening the Creative Studio - A hybrid activity comprising presentations and
workshops, organized by David Gorton, Royal Academy of Music. (10 September
- 30 November 2007)
 
Annotating Image Archives To Support Literary Research - A workshop
organized by Omer Rana, University of Cardiff. (October 2007)
 
INTIMACY: Performing the Intimate in Proximal and Hybrid Environments - A
hybrid workshop/seminar activity, organized by Maria Chatzichristodoulou (7,
8, 9 December 2007)