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02/03/2016

Big data and social sciences and humanities: A call for Transnational Research Proposals soon to be launched

The French National Research Agency will launch, in partnership with 10 countries from three continents, the first international grant program of the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP).

The T-AP “Digging into Data” Challenge is scheduled to be open on March. The Challenge will support researchers in examining how "big data," and the methods to use it, are changing the social sciences and humanities research landscape.

The grant program is open to projects that address any research question in social sciences and/or humanities disciplines by using new, large-scale, digital data analysis techniques. All projects must show how these techniques can lead to new theoretical insights. Proposed projects can use any data source.

Application details for the upcoming Challenge will be made available on the Digging into Data Challenge website as of March 1, 2016.

About T-AP

The Trans-Atlantic Platform is an unprecedented collaboration between key humanities and social science funders and facilitators from South America, North America and Europe.

T-AP aims to enhance the ability of funders, research organizations and researchers to engage in transnational dialogue and collaboration. Among other activities, it works to identify common challenges and promote a culture of digital scholarship in social science and humanities research. T-AP also facilitates the formation of networks within the social sciences and humanities and helps connect them with other disciplines.

About the Digging into Data Challenge

The Digging into Data Challenge has been funding cutting-edge digital research in the social sciences and humanities since 2009. Now under the auspices of T-AP, the program will support collaborative research teams from three continents: Europe (Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal (to be confirmed) and the United Kingdom); North America (Canada, Mexico, the United States); and South America (Brazil and Argentina).

Find out more:

  • Website of the T-AP platform: www.transatlanticplatform.com
  • Our Page The T-AP initiative - Trans-Atlantic Platform in Social Sciences and Humanities Research
  • Follow @DiggingIntoData on Twitter for news and announcements.
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