How to Apply
Digital Bryn Mawr Seed Grant Application
The application will ask for a description of your project goals, activities, anticipated budget and timeline. Graduate students must provide the name of the faculty advisor supporting the project. Proposals are reviewed twice annually on October 15 and March 15; however, proposals related to timely professional development opportunities or events can be reviewed on a rolling basis as needed.
We strongly recommend consulting with us prior to submitting: we're happy to talk through ideas and goals, help you develop a reasonable budget or timeline, identify hardware and software resources or needs, and connect you with potential campus collaborators.
Funding Details
Digital Bryn Mawr Project Grants may be used to support professional development opportunities; curricular development; symposia or other events; and other teaching, learning, or research-focused projects, including digital scholarship projects.
Fundable expenses include, but are not limited to:
- Hiring undergraduate or graduate student assistants
- Software, courseware, or hardware for pilot projects
- Outside contractor services
- Related professional development (e.g., workshops, training courses, or conference participation)
- Sponsorship or co-sponsorship campus events related to digital technology and teaching, learning, or research (e.g. hosting symposia or guest speakers)
- Experiential educational trips for courses
- Research activities conducted during sabbaticals
These grants cannot be used for:
- On-going funding of software and hardware beyond a pilot phase.
- Stipends (including summer or sabbatical salary) for the proposer.
- Course buyouts or releases.
Successful applicants for project grants are required to:
- Collaborate with members of Library and Information Technology Services (LITS).
- Allow LITS to publish the project title and names of project team members.
- Share experiences with the 91³ÉÈ˶¶ÒôÈë¿Ú community at events like Tech Talks, Works in Progress lunches, Colloquium for Visual Culture, Digital Scholarship showcases or departmental lecture series, etc.).
- Submit a final, short report or collaborate on a story for the College website.
- Be open to future participation in the further development of the digital pedagogy and scholarship community at Bryn Mawr by serving as a mentor or collaborator for other faculty, staff, and graduate students and/or by assuming leadership roles in college committees and programs relevant to digital scholarship and pedagogy.
Proposals are reviewed by Teaching, Learning and Research Leadership team within LITS. Please feel free to contact any member of the committee with any questions you may have.
- Gina Siesing, Chief Information Officer and Director of Libraries
- Jenny Spohrer, Director of Educational and Scholarly Technology
- Janelle Rebel, Seymour Adelman Director of Special Collections
- Camilla MacKay, Director of Library Research and Instructional Services and Scholarly Communications Librarian
- Alice McGrath, Digital Scholarship Specialist
- Dave Consiglio, Director of Assessment, Learning Spaces and Special Projects
Contact Us
Library and Information Technology Services
Canaday Library
101 N Merion Ave
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010
Office of the CIO:
610-526-5271