Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities
2026 LUCDH and COIn Grant Projects
The LUCDH foster the development of new digital research by awarding a number of Small Grants each year. COIn Grants support Infrastructure development. We congratulate our four successful awardees for 2026.
Small Grants 2026 Research Projects
Big Books, Big Data: A Metadata and HTR Approach to Three-column Medieval Manuscripts in Search of Professional Scribes
Bram Caers
Further project details to be added soon.
A Digital Atlas of Istanbul of Fire (1700-1923)
Koca Mehmet Kentel
Further project details to be added soon.
Reading Tool Marks on Egyptian Tomb Reliefs Using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)
Nico Staring
Further project details to be added soon.
Segmenting the Dutch Atlantic Archive: AI-supported Enrichment of 17th-Century Colonial Sources
Johan Visser
Further project details to be added soon.
Project results will be presented at our Pilot Project Symposium during the Digital Skills Winter School in the last week of January 2027.
If you wish to apply for a 2027 Small Grant, more details can be found at Call for Applications (deadline circa mid-December 2026). For further information on COIn grant applications for 2026, see here.