Digital Scholarship in the Arts (DiSA) aims to fund different stages and intersections of digital and computational scholarship, practices and outputs. Click on the following to learn more about the funding offered.
Do you have an idea for an event that would advance awareness or dialogue about digital scholarship and critical issues of technological change in the Faculty of Arts? Collaborate with DiSA to make it happen! We recognize that digital scholarship advances through the conversations, debates, and relationships that form around digital and computational research work […]
Get inspired at the Integrating Digital and Computational Dimensions into Arts Research event on March 23, 2026. The Digital Scholarship in Arts (DiSA) Incubator grant for 2026 will focus on supporting FOA researchers taking their first, or next, experimental steps with digital and computational methods within their research practice. This grant recognizes that methodological risk-taking […]
DiSA offers flexible emergency response DiS-E.R. supports for ongoing research projects using digital and/or computational methods that have come across road blocks, or identified new services or affordances that will aid and advance current research process in practical and specific applications. Award Range: Up to $1,500 per project, and/or DiSA supports Application Deadlines: Rolling until […]
Deadline: November 17, 2025 Value $10,000/grant. Up to 3 grants funded. Eligibility: Principal Investigator or at least one collaborator must be a UBC-V faculty member (tenured/track) in the Faculty of Arts. Research and Educational Leadership roles are eligible as Principal Investigators. Supports collaborative critical inquiry and technological innovation with the intent subsequently to apply for […]
The Digital Scholarship in Arts (DiSA) is launching a new flexible, low-barrier grant to support researchers integrating digital methods and topics into their research and practices. This grant recognizes that digital transformation often requires small but crucial investments that traditional funding does not cover, within timelines and structures that digital scholarship does not always conform […]