Women Writers Project Grants

During its history the WWP has received a number of grants from federal agencies and private foundations. Below is a list of these grants and their aims, and (where available) links to grant reports.

The National Endowment for the Humanities

1988-1991 Our first grant from NEH, which funded the initial research and development of the collection; during this grant period we performed the initial transcription of substantial numbers of texts, and created several anthologies for classroom use.

1991-1993 Further transcription, and initial research on TEI/SGML encoding; this grant also enabled us to experiment with various forms of output, including traditional printed books (in our series with OUP)

1993-1995 During the period covered by this grant, we began extensive research on the newly published TEI Guidelines to determine how to apply this encoding system to early women's writing. Very few texts were transcribed during this period.

1995-1997 This grant period saw resumed transcription, with emphasis on Renaissance texts, and also the beginnings of our research into electronic publication. We also developed comprehensive documentation systems to track workflow and document methodology more systematically.

1997-2000 This grant supported extensive additions to the textbase, including a wide range of 18th-century materials. In 1999, the textbase was published electronically as Women Writers Online. A final report is available.

2003-2006 This three-year grant supported the publication of an encoding guide for scholarly text encoding using the TEI Guidelines, based on the WWP's encoding documentation.

2007-2008 This two-year grant supported a two-year series of twelve seminars in scholarly text encoding.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

1997-1999 This three-year grant funded the development of Renaissance Women Online, a subset of Women Writers Online which includes 100 Renaissance texts, together with biographical and contextual materials. The goal of the grant was to study and compare the use of digital and print materials in research and teaching, and in addition to the online collection it also funded a survey of faculty attitudes, beliefs, and practices with digital tools. An interim and final report are available.

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

2003-2004 This one-year grant funded the initial phase of work on the publication of the WWP's encoding documentation.