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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Media Projects grant supports the development and production of film, television, and radio projects (including podcasts) that bring humanities scholarship to broad public audiences in engaging, creative ways. The core expectation is that funded projects do more than relay facts; they should use humanities methods to interpret and analyze people, events, texts, cultures, or ideas, helping audiences understand why the subject matters and encouraging critical thinking. NEH places special emphasis on projects that are thoughtful, balanced, and analytical rather than purely celebratory, and that are clearly grounded in established humanities disciplines such as history, art history, literature, drama, religious studies, philosophy, anthropology, or film studies.

The opportunity is designed for media intended to reach a wide general audience, since NEH is a national funder. Projects can certainly be designed with particular communities in mind such as families, young people (including K-12 students), teachers, seniors, at-risk communities, or veterans but they should also aim for broader inclusion and national-level relevance. For film and television, NEH will consider either single programs or series that explore significant figures, events, or ideas, and the expectation is national distribution, whether through traditional broadcast/cable carriage or online platforms. The program is open to a wide range of video lengths, from short-form pieces to full broadcast-length productions. For radio and audio, applicants may propose one-off programs, limited series, segments within an ongoing show, or expansions that add humanities depth and historical context to existing programming, with distribution that can be regional or national.

A notable feature of the program is its encouragement of multi-format public engagement. Applicants can propose complementary components that deepen learning beyond the core media piece, such as facilitated book-and-film discussion programs, educational companion websites, or museum exhibitions and related programming. These add-ons are meant to enrich understanding in ways that extend the audience experience and invite further exploration of the humanities themes.

NEH offers two main funding tracks within Media Projects. Development grants support the early work needed to shape a strong humanities-based media program, including collaboration between media producers and humanities scholars. Development proposals are expected to culminate in a script or treatment and a detailed outreach and public engagement plan that explains how audiences will be reached and involved. Production grants support the actual production and distribution of completed film, television, and radio/audio programs that have strong potential to engage a broad public audience.

This is a discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 20150812-TD) under CFDA 45.164, Promotion of the Humanities: Public Programs. The posted date and creation date were June 9, 2015, with an application deadline of August 12, 2015 (as listed in the opportunity data). The award range goes up to an award ceiling of $1,000,000, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligible applicants include a wide mix of public and private organizations: federally recognized Native American tribal governments, state and local governments (including counties, cities/townships, and special districts), public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, as specified).

For more details, the opportunity points to http://www.neh.gov/grants/mp. Applicant questions can be directed to the NEH Division of Public Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20506; phone 202-606-8269; email publicpgms@neh.gov.

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