Introduction
Leading the development of the use of ICT in research
Information and Communications Technology plays a vital and growing role in research. In its simplest form it is used to gather, collate and disseminate information from advertising funding opportunities through to publishing conclusions.
Background
For many people, use of ICT has not progressed beyond word-processing, using email and web browsing. The wider implications for new practices and research methods need to be recognised. With this in mind, the ICT in Arts and Humanities Research was launched in October 2003 to build capacity in the use of ICT for arts and humanities research and to advise the AHRC on matters of ICT strategy. The programme will end in December 2008.
The Programme
The programme has a broad range of objectives which act as a framework and guide for the types of funding opportunties available under the programme.
- To develop a focussed and integrated portfolio of projects, workshops and dissemination events complementing the activities already funded by the AHRC and other national bodies.
- To enhance research capacity in the arts and humanities by developing innovative resources, tools, standards and training materials that will be used in the conduct and dissemination of research, and in the preservation of and access to research materials.
- To enhance the contribution that the arts and humanities community is able to make to discussions on ICT issues that impact across all research disciplines.
- To create new research outputs that are valuable in themselves, arising from projects that demonstrate the extension and enhancement of ICT applications in arts and humanities research.
- Where appropriate, to facilitate and develop co-ordination and communication with the AHRC on ICT matters.
- To initiate and develop projects and strategic patnerships with other bodies for the development and use of ICT resources and tools for arts and humanities research.
- To provide a focal point for outreach to stakeholders beyond academia.
- To develop international collaboration where appropriate and to disseminate findings to an international audience.
Programme Contacts
Professor David Robey, Programme Director, 0118 378 5064
Find out more
Full details about the programme, including contact details and current funding opportunties are at www.ahrcict.rdg.ac.uk/.
About AHRC Initiatives
This programme is one of the AHRC programmes which opens up opportunities for research that has intellectual and wider cultural, social or economic urgency and that the Council considers is best supported by concentrated investments. It will also assist researchers working on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary areas which do not fit into conventional funding opportunities.