All Archived 2009 Television Grants
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Research Study to Measure Impact of Primetime Program Scheduling Strategy
CPB is interested in measuring the impact of the Program Challenge Fund tent pole program scheduling strategy. To that end, CPB will order and analyze available Nielsen NSI ratings data. CPB is now seeking proposals for a research study (or studies) designed to add insight beyond the Nielsen data with respect to both the tent pole program scheduling strategy as well as the awareness, attitudes, and usage of a segment of the target audience (i.e. Hispanic television viewers).
- Closed: September 7, 2009
- Focus: Analysis, Audience Research, Research, Television
Public Media Barcamp Attendee Support
CPB seeks a vendor to manage a project to assist up to 10 public broadcasting stations in attending the Public Media Barcamp on October 17-18, 2009 in Washington, DC, and then assist those stations in replicating the Barcamp experience in their own communities.
- Closed: August 3, 2009
- Focus: Event Planning, Professional Development, Training
Grow the Audience: Strengthening Local Journalism
This Request for Proposals seeks proposals from groups of 3-6 stations willing to form multi-platform reporting Local Journalism Centers around a single topic or issue that will result in an elevated quality and quantity of journalism. The Local Journalism Centers should create compelling content and community engagement opportunities that include audio, video, text, photos, blogs, social networking, dynamic syndication, and mobile applications.
- Closed: July 16, 2009
- Focus: Collaboration, Emerging Media, Local Service, Multiplatform, Radio, Television
Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) Round 14
CPB will be accepting applications for Round 14 DDF grants from CPB-qualified, non-commercial educational (NCE) television licensees for Priority One: Digital Television Transmission Facilities and Priority Two: Digital Master Control Services projects.
- Closed: July 10, 2009
- Focus: Digital, Engineering, Research, System Support, Television
Ready To Learn Statewide Planning Agreements
CPB Ready To Learn Statewide Planning Agreements will provide funding to public broadcasting stations to work in collaboration with state education agencies to assess, align, and integrate research-tested and curriculum-based RTL products and services into early childhood education. This funding opportunity will enable a partnership between Stations and State Education Agencies to design, pilot and execute an initial plan for integrating RTL digital media reading resources into Pre-K through second grade classrooms, and in other learning environments, (e.g., formal and informal child care settings; before and after school programs, etc.). The RTL products and services will be made available to implement throughout the state during the one-year agreement cycle.
- Closed: April 27, 2009
- Focus: Collaboration, Community Engagement, Digital, Education, Multiplatform, Ready to Learn, TV Programming
STEM Digital Media Resources for Learning Production Grants
The CPB STEM Digital Media Resources for Learning Production Grants will provide grant funding to enable public broadcasting stations to develop, produce and evaluate Digital Media Resources which may include audio, video, interactives, animations, documents, games, simulations and images. Funds are available for up to 12 grants of $75,000-$125,000. Grants will create content to support the Middle School (Grades 4-8) Earth Sciences with an emphasis on Climate.
- Closed: April 22, 2009
- Focus: Education, Television
Economy Response Grant Program
CPB has created the Economy Response Grant program in response to the widespread economic downturn, and is open to all CPB-qualified public radio and television stations. The program seeks to support stations' efforts to help their communities through initiatives that establish collaboration with community partners and that raise awareness of the impact the current economic crisis is having on the station's community.
- Closed: April 17, 2009
- Focus: Community Engagement, Local Service, Public Service Media Economic Response Initiative, Radio, Television
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.
- Closed: April 17, 2009
- Focus: Emerging Media, Interactive, Multiplatform, Research and Development
Engaging Communities on the Economy
The Engaging Communities on the Economy Grants may be used by stations to convene civic leaders, community groups and citizens in productive dialogue - in person, on-air or online - addressing regional and local economic issues. Grants may be used to plan or conduct collaborative projects in response to identified community needs related to the financial crisis (e.g., joblessness, bankruptcies, credit card debt).
- Closed: April 13, 2009
- Focus: Collaboration, Community Engagement, Public Service Media Economic Response Initiative, Radio, Television
2009 CPB/PBS Producers Workshop Scholarship
CPB/PBS Producers Academy is offering a "scholarship" opportunity to 20 individuals for a Producers Workshop to be held at WGBH Boston, Saturday, June 20 through Friday, June 26, 2009.
- Closed: April 3, 2009
- Focus: Media Production, Professional Development, Scholarship, Television, Training
