Media Projects | 20220112 TD TR

Opportunity Information: Apply for 20220112 TD TR

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Division of Public Programs, is offering the Media Projects grant program to fund public-facing humanities media. The core aim is to bring together media producers and humanities scholars to create strong, scholarship-based content that can reach broad audiences through compelling storytelling and high-quality production. The program specifically supports the creation of documentary films, radio programs, and podcasts that explore humanities topics and invite the public to engage with historical, cultural, ethical, or interpretive questions in accessible and imaginative ways. A key requirement is that every project be firmly grounded in humanities scholarship, meaning the intellectual framework, research base, and interpretive approach need to reflect credible humanities methods and expertise rather than being purely journalistic, promotional, or entertainment-driven.

Awards are available at two stages, reflecting the way major media projects are typically built. Development funding is intended for early work that helps a project take shape, such as refining the narrative approach, confirming scholarly foundations, conducting key research, scripting, planning, and assembling the creative and academic team. Production funding supports later-stage efforts to actually produce and finalize the media work for public distribution, which can include filming or recording, editing, post-production, and other activities needed to deliver a completed documentary, radio program, or podcast series. In both categories, the program emphasizes collaboration, so competitive proposals typically demonstrate clear roles for both media professionals and humanities scholars and show how scholarship will meaningfully inform the final content, not just appear as a token advisory component.

This opportunity is a discretionary grant (not an entitlement program) under the humanities funding activity category (CFDA 45.164). The maximum award amount listed is up to $1,000,000, and NEH anticipated making about 12 awards for this cycle. Eligible applicants include a wide range of public and nonprofit entities, including state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions). The opportunity was created on August 16, 2021, with an original application deadline of January 12, 2022, under funding opportunity number 20220112 TD TR.

• The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Media Projects" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.164.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 16, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 12, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district 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, Private institutions of higher education.

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