The Digital Research Creativity Fund [UoL login required] is now open for applications for 2025-26. We are running two schemes, open to University of Leeds Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures research staff, this year: Digital Kickstarter (up to £500; rolling deadline) and Digital Accelerator (up to £1000; deadline 20 November 2025 at 14:00). We are...
Leo is a web app designed for historians, archivists, and other researchers working with handwritten manuscripts and printed text in Latin scripts (including English, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, German, etc.) from the later medieval period to the present. They are offering grants for up to 100,000 free credits for the use of their platform for...
Expressions of interest are now open for the AHRC and SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)'s jointly-funded artificial intelligence humanities sandpits. These sandpits are open to 60 researchers from the UK, Canada and the United States, leading to collaborative projects. More information is available on AHRC's website. If you would like to...
The Software Sustainability Institute's call for Fellowship applicants is open for 2026! Please see below for more information from the SSI: Are you passionate about research software or digital research infrastructure? The SSI Fellowship Programme offers a unique opportunity to join a vibrant community of over 240 Fellows. Participants benefit from a Mentorship Programme and...
We are delighted to have joined LinkedIn! We will be posting about our activities, updates about digital research in the University of Leeds Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures and the University of Leeds Library, along with news we find interesting about digital methods. See our page and follow us to keep up to date...
The University Library are looking to recruit a Research Fellow in Cultural Collections and AI to this role who can design and deliver a project that will enhance our knowledge and contribute to collective understanding of the consequences of the use of Generative AI in relation to the Library's Cultural Collections. This is an exciting...
This role is only open to current students at the University of Leeds or those who have graduated from the University within the last two years. Do you have an interest in cultural collections? Do you want to help others use cultural collections? Do you want to support a team delivering the University’s Digital Library...
We featured in the Faculty's news pages recently with an article about our amazing Intern students and the work they did with us and the impact it had on them. You can read all about it here.
We are pleased to announce that University of Leeds will be hosting the 2025 IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) Conference. The conference will take place in-person and we will provide an update when tickets are available. For now, save the dates: 2-5 June 2025. IIIF (pronounced triple-eye-eff) is a set of open standards that enables...
N8 are looking for a community leader who is passionate about Research Data Management (RDM) to organise events and networks in N8 Universities. This is a 0.2FTE role for anyone based at an N8 University who is involved in RDM. More information and job specification: https://n8cir.org.uk/news/join-our-team-research-data-management-theme-lead/ Applicants should send a covering letter and a 2-page CV...