Opportunity Information: Apply for 20220810 TD TR
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Division of Public Programs, is offering the Media Projects grant program to support the creation of public-facing humanities media. The core aim is to fund collaborations between experienced media producers and humanities scholars so that strong scholarship is translated into compelling, accessible storytelling for broad audiences. Supported formats include documentary film, radio programming, and podcasts, with an emphasis on projects that engage the public with humanities questions, perspectives, and ideas in creative and appealing ways. A key requirement is that every project be firmly grounded in humanities scholarship, meaning the humanities research and interpretive framework must meaningfully shape the content rather than serving as a superficial backdrop.
This opportunity is a discretionary grant program (CFDA 45.164) in the humanities funding category. NEH plans to make awards at two distinct stages: Development and Production. Development funding typically supports the work needed to refine and prove out a project before full production, such as shaping the narrative approach, conducting or validating research, securing key creative elements, building scholarly and production partnerships, and preparing materials that demonstrate readiness for production. Production funding supports the actual creation and completion of the media project, including the intensive work of filming, recording, editing, sound design, and other steps required to deliver a finished program intended for public release and distribution. The two-level structure signals that NEH supports both early-stage projects that need time and resources to become production-ready and later-stage projects positioned to be completed and shared with audiences.
Eligible applicants span a wide range of public and nonprofit entities, reflecting the program's public humanities mission. Applicants may include state, county, city or township, and 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 IRS 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions). This eligibility design makes it possible for universities, public media organizations, museums and cultural nonprofits, and governmental or tribal entities to apply, so long as the proposed project aligns with the program's humanities-centered objectives and demonstrates substantive collaboration between media professionals and scholars.
The opportunity listed an award ceiling of $1,000,000, indicating that NEH may support projects at a significant scale when the scope, public impact, and production needs justify it. NEH anticipated making approximately 12 awards under this competition cycle. The notice lists a creation date of May 2, 2022, and an original closing date of August 10, 2022, situating this specific solicitation within the 2022 application calendar.
Overall, this grant opportunity is designed for teams that can combine rigorous humanities interpretation with strong media craftsmanship, resulting in documentaries, radio programs, or podcasts that are both intellectually substantive and engaging for general audiences. The program prioritizes projects that bring humanities scholarship to life through narrative, sound, and visual storytelling, and it supports applicants at either the planning-and-development stage or the full production stage depending on project readiness.Apply for 20220810 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 May 02, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 10, 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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