The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs offers grants for America’s Media Makers. This grant program supports humanities projects that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs to deepen understanding of our lives and world. The aim is to excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection, encouraging dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement among all ages. The program provides two grant categories: Development grants enable collaboration with scholars, research, and script/design preparation to refine humanities content. Production grants support preparing programs for distribution, requiring strong humanities scholarship. Additionally, the Chairman’s Special Award, a production-stage grant, funds complex projects with compelling public interest and broad audience reach.
Opportunity ID: 55123
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20100818-TD |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | America’s Media Makers Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 100 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.164 — Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 10, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 18, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 18, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 17, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | State governments Special district governments City or township governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education County governments Private institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | Grants for Americas Media Makers support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs in order to deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for Americas Media Makers should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public.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. These grants cover a wide range of activities that include, but are not limited to, meetings and individual consultations with scholars, research, preliminary interviews, preparation of program scripts, designs for interactivity and digital distribution, and the creation of partnerships for outreach activities and public engagement with the humanities. Development grants should culminate in the refinement of a projects humanities ideas, a script, or a design document for (or a prototype of) digital media components or projects. Sample narratives from successful development grant applications are available under the Program Resources section of the sidebar on the first page of the guidelines. You may request additional samples by sending an e-mail message to publicpgms@neh.gov. Before applying, applicants must have a solid command of the major humanities scholarship on their subject, have clarified the ideas that the project will consider, and have consulted with a team of scholarly advisers to work out the intellectual issues that the program will explore. Applicants must also have made preliminary decisions about the format and storyline and located essential materials for the program(s). Finally, they must have recruited the appropriate media professionals, especially the producer, writer, or interactive designer. 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 related to a subject. NEH also supports Chairmans Special Award projects. These projects are more complex and would be of compelling interest to the general public; they have the capacity to examine important humanities ideas in new ways and promise to reach large audiences. These goals can often be accomplished through combining a variety of program formats, forming creative collaborations among diverse institutions, and expanding the scope and reach of a project. The Chairmans Special Award is offered at the production stage, but not at the development stage. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AMM.htm |
| 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
There are no related documents on this grant.
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 | TD | Development Grants | PKG00019140 | Jun 11, 2010 | Aug 18, 2010 | View |
| 45.164 | TR | Production Grants | PKG00019141 | Jun 11, 2010 | Aug 18, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
55123 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
55123 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
55123 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
55123 Attachments-1.0.pdf
Package 2
Mandatory forms
55123 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
55123 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
55123 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
55123 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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