NEA Media Arts on Radio & Television Grant, FY2009

To be eligible, the applicant organization must:

Meet the Arts Endowment’s "Legal Requirements," including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, at the time of application.
All organizations must apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal agent are not allowed.
Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment awards(s) previously received.

Through this category the National Endowment for the Arts seeks to make the excellence and diversity of the arts widely available to the American public through nationally distributed television and radio programs.Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of radio and television programs on the arts. Priority will be given to artistically excellent programs that have the potential to reach a significant national audience, regardless of the size or geographic location of the applicant organization. Only programs of artistic excellence and merit, in both the media production and the subject, will be funded. Projects may include high profile multi-part television and radio series, single documentaries, performance programs, or arts segments for use within an existing series. Programs may deal with any art form (e.g., visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, film/video/audio art, folk & traditional arts). Programs targeted to children and youth are welcome.All phases of a project — research and development, production, completion and distribution costs — are eligible for support. We welcome proposals that include ancillary activities that are intended to increase public knowledge, understanding, and access to the arts. Such activities might include the use of related radio and television programming; interactive Web sites; DVDs or other digital applications; educational material; collaborations with arts organizations, educators, and community groups; video/audio distribution to schools, libraries, and homes; and other public outreach activities.

To be eligible, the applicant organization must:

Meet the Arts Endowment’s "Legal Requirements," including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, at the time of application.
All organizations must apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal agent are not allowed.
Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment awards(s) previously received.

Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of radio and television programs on the arts. Priority will be given to artistically excellent programs that have the potential to reach a significant national audience, regardless of the size or geographic location of the applicant organization. Only programs of artistic excellence and merit, in both the media production and the subject, will be funded.

Projects may include high profile multi-part television and radio series, single documentaries, performance programs, or arts segments for use within an existing series. Programs may deal with any art form (e.g., visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, film/video/audio art, folk & traditional arts). Programs targeted to children and youth are welcome.

All phases of a project — research and development, production, completion and distribution costs — are eligible for support. We welcome proposals that include ancillary activities that are intended to increase public knowledge, understanding, and access to the arts. Such activities might include the use of related radio and television programming; interactive Web sites; DVDs or other digital applications; educational material; collaborations with arts organizations, educators, and community groups; video/audio distribution to schools, libraries, and homes; and other public outreach activities.

To be eligible, the applicant organization must:

Meet the Arts Endowment’s "Legal Requirements," including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, at the time of application.
All organizations must apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal agent are not allowed.
Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment awards(s) previously received.

Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of radio and television programs on the arts. Priority will be given to artistically excellent programs that have the potential to reach a significant national audience, regardless of the size or geographic location of the applicant organization. Only programs of artistic excellence and merit, in both the media production and the subject, will be funded.

Projects may include high profile multi-part television and radio series, single documentaries, performance programs, or arts segments for use within an existing series. Programs may deal with any art form (e.g., visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, film/video/audio art, folk & traditional arts). Programs targeted to children and youth are welcome.

All phases of a project — research and development, production, completion and distribution costs — are eligible for support. We welcome proposals that include ancillary activities that are intended to increase public knowledge, understanding, and access to the arts. Such activities might include the use of related radio and television programming; interactive Web sites; DVDs or other digital applications; educational material; collaborations with arts organizations, educators, and community groups; video/audio distribution to schools, libraries, and homes; and other public outreach activities.