The Summer Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities (Summer DH) supports a small interdisciplinary cohort of Cornell Ph.D. students who together investigate approaches to digital scholarship through collaborative workshops, readings, discussion, and co-work on independent projects. The fellowship is a project of the Digital CoLab, sponsored by Cornell University Library and the Society for Humanities. Read the full call for applications here.
Time and location
The 2026 fellowship program will take place over six weeks, Monday, June 1 – Thursday, July 9, 2026, in person at Olin Library. Meetings will be held on about three weekdays per week, 10am – noon, excluding holidays. Exact schedule to follow. Fellows are expected to attend every meeting of the cohort, except in unusual circumstances that have been approved in advance.
Eligibility
Current Cornell Ph.D. students working in the humanities, who will continue to be enrolled at Cornell in the 2026-27 academic year, are invited to apply. Fellows are selected for their potential to benefit from the program, and their willingness and ability to contribute to a collaborative learning environment. Students who have expressed interest or applied in the past, but who did not participate in the Fellowship, are eligible to apply again. There are no technical prerequisites.
Summer DH provides:
- Small-group tutorials on digital scholarship tools, skills, and approaches, tailored to participants’ interests and prior experiences.
- Orienting readings and discussions.
- An introduction to practical aspects of developing, implementing, and managing complex digital humanities projects, ranging from technical considerations to broader scholarly impact.
- Ongoing guidance and technical support for participants while they develop their own digital projects.
- A stipend of $2000.
Requirements:
- Status as a Cornell Ph.D. student in a humanities or closely related discipline, and continued enrollment in the 2026-27 academic year.
- Desire to explore digital approaches to research and teaching through workshops, readings, discussions, and exchange of feedback with other students.
- Commitment to contribute to a mutually supportive, interdisciplinary summer learning community.
- Commitment to building an independent digital project related to your scholarly goals in research, pedagogy, or public engagement. Methods that Summer DH can support include: computational text analysis; the design, visualization, and analysis of datasets and databases; network analysis; creation of digital collections and exhibits.
- Residence in the Ithaca area during the six weeks of the fellowship period.
How to apply:
Step 1: Express interest and meet with a librarian
Access the 2026 Summer DH Interest form to express interest in the program and schedule an individual meeting with CoLab staff to discuss your project idea. The purpose of this meeting is to help you to determine if your project idea is a good fit for the program’s capabilities, and if not, to identify other resources to support you. If you have any questions about expressing interest in the program, please contact digitalcolab@cornell.edu or visit the CoLab during Office Hours.
Step 2: Submit an application
Access the 2026 Summer DH application at this link. Applications are due by Monday, March 23 at 9am ET. Applicants will be notified about their application results as close to March 30, 2026 as possible.
For more information visit: https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/staff/central-departments/digital-scholarship/colab-programs/summer-dh/
Questions? Write to DigitalCoLab@cornell.edu.