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Digital Media
Media Projects: Development & Production Grants
07/29/26
Development funding of up to $75,000 and production funding of up to $700,000 is available through this NEH grant program. New guidelines have been released for the first full competition post-changes. Deadline:June 25, 2026. -
Digital Media
Ready To Learn Programming (RTL)
05/12/26
This is the beloved Ready To Learn program, which historically has been competed every five years, with CPB/PBS as the biggest recipient, managing smaller grants and outreach efforts by local public television stations. The competition is open once again, and public television stations producing nationally distributed early education content, or a coalition of stations doing so, are eligible to apply. Deadline: July 8, 2026. -
Digital Media
Collections Stewardship
04/24/26
Up to $350,000 over 3 years is available from NEH to create and implement training programs for staff members of cultural institutions. Consortia of organizations are eligible for up to $500,000. Smaller planning grants are also available. Stations with experience in digitally preserving recorded sound and moving image collections may find a fit here. This grant program now has two annual deadlines, in May and December. -
Digital Media
Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) mini-grants
11/14/25
LABF provides $2,500 mini-grants to assist stations in preserving broadcast history. The 2026 grant cycle has closed. The deadline was January 15, 2026. -
Digital Media
NIHCM Journalism Grants
09/10/25
Grants of up to $100,000 are available for local and national organizations involved in healthcare reporting. The 2025 cycle has closed. We expect the next competition to have a deadline in October 2026. -
Digital Media
Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Grant Program
08/07/25
Supports awards ranging from $50,000 to $300,000 for the digitization of rare and unique materials that deepen the public understanding of underrepresented communities. The 2026 grant cycle is the last one and will be by invitation only. -
Digital Media
Celebrating America250: Arts Projects Honoring the National Garden of American Heroes
06/13/25
NEA will award $25,000 grants (no match required) to create art about one of the historical figures listed in the recent executive order for the Garden of American Heroes (includes figures such as Harriet Tubman, Benjamin Franklin, Sacagawea, Frank Lloyd Wright and many others). Deadline: July 14, 2025 This cycle is now closed. -
Digital Media
Public Impact Projects Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary
06/13/25
NEH Public Impact Projects are designed to support public-facing humanities organizations as they use scholarship to inform the stories that they tell to the public. In this case, all projects will focus on the founding of the United States and the interpretation of the Declaration of Independence. Up to $200,000 over 2 years is available for projects including podcasts, virtual tours, and curriculum resources. The 2025 round is now closed. The deadline was July 7 2025 -
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Celebrate America!
04/15/25
New NEH matching grants will provide up to $25,000 for celebrations of the nation’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026. NEH anticipates making 250 awards. Allowable activities could include screenings, community events, digital content, educational content, teacher training and documentary work. The deadline for submitting applications is May 31, 2026. -
Digital Media
Recordings at Risk
01/14/25
CLIR's Recordings at Risk grant program awards $10,000 - $50,000 to preserve "at-risk" recorded content. We expect to see the next round open in the fall of 2026. -
Digital Media
The American Revolution Initiative (PBS)
12/06/24
Up to $45,000 is available for station grants from PBS LearningMedia. Stations may seek funding to create classroom content for PBS LearningMedia, host in-person teacher learning events, or both. The target audience for content and activities created from the education grants are teachers of grades 3-12, especially those teaching U.S. history, civics and English language arts. This grant is now closed. The deadline was February 28, 2025. -
Digital Media
Press Forward Infrastructure Open Call
11/14/24
The second open call from Press Forward (the $500 million funding collaborative that aims to support local news) focuses on strengthening the infrastructure in newsrooms. They are looking for scalable, replicable or new solutions to common challenges to sustainably creating and disseminating local news. 20-30 grants ranging $500,000 - $1.5 million are available to stations alone or as part of a collaboration. LOIs were due January 15, 2025, and selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal. This open call is now closed. -
Digital Media
Executive Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative
11/08/24
50 six-month fellowships are available to station managers of CSG-qualified public broadcasting stations through a partnership between CPB and Poynter. The program is designed to strengthen editorial leadership and provide custom instruction on how to build capacity within public media.This grant is now closed. The last deadline was December 6, 2024. -
Digital Media
The American Revolution Community Engagement Grants
09/17/24
WETA is offering community engagement grants of up to $35,000 in conjunction with the Ken Burns series The American Revolution. This competition is now closed. The deadline was January 31, 2025. -
Digital Media
Elections and Civics: Station Engagement Grants
05/13/24
These PBS station engagement grants will award $10,000 - $20,000 for work that fosters community-level connections ad amplifies the stories of localized efforts related to elections and civics. Applicants may apply in one of three categories: content creation, community engagement and education. This grant is now closed.
