English Associate Professor Helen Burgess has been selected for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) review panel for the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant Program.
The grant program is designed to encourage innovation in all aspects of the digital humanities. The panel reviews proposals that involve approaches to new media, e-literature, innovative uses of technology, and new digital modes of publication.
The NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants have averaged 151 applications per competition over the last five years, and the program has issued an average of 26 awards each year.
You can find more information about the grant program here.