This NEH Division of Public Programs grant supports projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs, aiming to deepen understanding of our lives and world. This grant is for purposes like encouraging dialogue, fostering learning, and stirring thoughtful reflection on culture, identity, and history through creative media. It offers two categories: Development Grants, enabling collaboration between media producers and scholars to develop humanities content and formats; and Production Grants, supporting the preparation of media programs for distribution. A Chairman’s Special Award is also available at the production stage for complex projects of compelling public interest, promising to reach large audiences. Applicants must demonstrate solid humanities scholarship.
Opportunity ID: 49872
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20100113-TD |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | America’s Media Makers Development 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: | Oct 15, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 13, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 13, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Feb 12, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $75,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | County governments Private institutions of higher education City or township governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments Special district governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Public and State controlled 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 that 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. 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 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. 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_development.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 |
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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 | PKG00014269 | Oct 15, 2009 | Jan 13, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
49872 SF424_Short-1.0.pdf
49872 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
49872 PerformanceSite_1_2-1.2.pdf
49872 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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