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Grant Guidelines

This program will assist public TV stations with grants to pay for equipment or fees that are required to participate in existing multi-station master control projects. CPB will provide grants of up to 50% of total project costs for eligible budget items up to $50,000.

Priority for grant support will be given to stations that are likely to encounter difficulty in securing capital equipment funding (based on market size, type of service, location or other circumstance), with the highest priority among these being rural stations.

Grant support is available for:

• Last-mile fiber or other connectivity;
• Special automation, storage, remote control or other equipment or needed at either the station or the centralcast facility;
• One-time entry or operational fees for joining the multi-station master control. Such fees must effectively reduce or eliminate the grantee station's master control equipment "refresh and replace" costs for several years.

Please also note that priority will be given to grantees that plan to participate in multi-station master control projects that are currently operated by public television stations and organizations.

Please download the Grant Guidelines for detailed information, including application requirements.

• Grant Guidelines 116 KB

Eligibility

An applicant must meet CPB's TV Community Service Grant (“CSG”) general eligibility criteria, must have been entitled to receive CSG funds for the current CPB fiscal year, and, under the terms of the CSG agreement, must be entitled to expend CSG funds for operations for station(s) for which the grant is being submitted, and must be in good standing, with no outstanding CPB audit or other issues. Stations must be in sound financial health, as evidenced through financial data provided to CPB annually.

An applicant must continue to meet the eligibility criteria outlined above during the course of the application process and throughout the grant period. If at any time during the application process or, if awarded, the grant period the applicant ceases to meet the criteria above, the applicant must immediately notify CPB.

Contact

Any questions about program guidelines and grant requirements should be submitted by email to:

DIANNE YOO
Project Manager, Digital Technology Projects
dyoo@cpb.org

Questions will be answered by CPB staff members, and shared (without applicant attribution) on CPB's website on the page for this grant program using a Frequently Asked Questions format.