The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) offers Production Grants to America’s Media Makers for creating media projects exploring humanities topics in innovative ways. These grants aim to engage public audiences in fields like history, literature, art, and philosophy. Projects should promote dialogue, foster learning, and encourage public engagement with the humanities. NEH provides support for developing scripts or prototypes for radio, television, or digital media projects that showcase solid command of humanities scholarship. Applicants must collaborate with scholars and assemble a media team before submitting a detailed plan and materials for review. Applications may be for various project phases, but only one application per project per deadline is allowed.
Opportunity ID: 43433
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20090128-TR |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | America’s Media Makers: Production Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.164 — Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 24, 2008 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 28, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 28, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Feb 27, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | State governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) City or township governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | Grants for Americas Media Makers support media projects that explore significant events, figures, or developments in the humanities in creative and new ways. Americas Media Makers projects promote active exploration and engagement for broad public audiences in history, literature, archaeology, art history, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities. NEH supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excites, informs, and stirs thoughtful reflection. To that end, NEH urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Grants for Americas Media Makers should encourage audiences to engage with the humanities, promote dialogue and discussion, and foster learning among people of all ages. NEH offers two categories of grants for media projects, Development Grants and Production Grants. Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production. Development grants should culminate in the refinement of the humanities ideas, a script, or a design document for (or a prototype of) digital media components or projects, or a prototype for a digital media project together with a detailed plan for outreach and public engagement in collaboration with partner organizations. See application guidelines for Development Grants. Production grants support the preparation of a program for distribution. Applicants must submit a script for a radio or television program, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital media project, that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship about the subject. The script for a radio or television program, or prototype or storyboard for a digital media project, should also show how the narrative elements, visual approach, and interactive design combine to present the humanities ideas. Applicants must have consulted with appropriate scholars about the project and obtained their commitment as advisers. Finally, applicants must have recruited the media team, including at a minimum the producer, director, writer, and, for a digital media project, the interactive designer. Applications may be submitted for any phase of a project. Applicants are not required to obtain a development grant before applying for a production grant. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline. An applicant must choose whether to apply for development or production of a particular project. If an application for a project is already under review, another application for the same project cannot be accepted |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_production.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Division of Public Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities Room 426 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8269 Email:publicpgms@neh.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Division of Public Programs National Endowment for the Humanities Room 426 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8269 Email: publicpgms@neh.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.164 | PKG00008860 | Nov 24, 2008 | Jan 28, 2009 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
43433 SF424_Short-1.0.pdf
43433 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
43433 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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