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Digital Intergenerational Family Literacy Game Development

CPB is seeking to fund the development of an innovative interactive game that engages family members and their young children in "literacy practice and play" with the goal of promoting literacy development of children ages 6-8.

Public Media Innovation Fund Round 1

The Public Media Innovation Fund provides between $5,000 and $20,000 to stations to support small-scale experimentation in new distribution platforms.

Public Media Innovation Fund Round 2

With the proliferation of new distribution platforms, the public broadcasting system is able to reach the American public in ways not before possible. In order to help stations seize these new opportunities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has established a Public Media Innovation grant program (PMI) to support small-scale experimentation.

Public Media Innovation Fund Round 3

Round Three of the Public Media Innovation Fund will focus on new media sustainability by distributing as much as $200,000 in grants of up to $50,000.

Public Media Innovation Fund Round 4

The Public Media Innovation Fund Round Four is seeking to make investments in a small number of educationally-oriented projects that can support public broadcasting's role to increase economic and financial literacy.

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