DCS Funding Scheme
Purpose and Approach
Digital Cultures and Societies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences works with researchers across the humanities and social sciences to:
- Foster vibrant, collaborative, and inter-disciplinary culture around digital cultures and societies research focussed on creativity, quality and diversity.
- Create scale to compete for competitive funding, act as node in larger bids, establish ourselves as an ongoing centre and infrastructure.
- Develop partnerships across other universities, public sector, cultural institutions, civil society, and industry.
- Invest in engagement through public events and storytelling.
- Support the development of diversified research income.
Funding is available for 2023 for HASS researchers to pitch activity for completion during 1 July to 31 December. Applications are welcome that provide innovative ways to:
- advance a research collaboration that needs targeted support to take it to the next level on a project idea.
- foster an emerging external partnership that would be supported by directed activity/engagement.
- prepare and submit an external funding bid that would be benefit from strategic support.
- complete a key research output that will boost track record development of you and your team.
Scheme Documentation
Submission
Applicants are required to discuss their projects before applying with the Director at digitalcultures@hass.uq.edu.au to ensure they meet the scheme objectives and draw on both cash and in-kind contributions from DCS where appropriate.
Applications must be submitted to digitalcultures@hass.uq.edu.au by Monday 19 June 2023.