All Open Grants and RFPs
Rural Station Digital Equipment Emergency Recovery Grants
CPB has set aside $500,000 of the remaining Digital appropriation funds to provide emergency financial assistance to rural, economically-challenged public TV and radio stations to purchase and install digital master control room and/or transmission equipment that has been damaged or destroyed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or act of terrorism.
- WHO Rural public TV and radio stations who meet additional eligibility criteria.
- WHAT Emergency financial assistance to rural, economically-challenged public TV and radio stations to purchase and install digital master control room and/or transmission equipment damaged or destroyed by a natural or man-made disaster or act of terrorism.
- DEADLINE Rolling
Support for Participation in TV Multi-Station Master Controls
This program will assist eligible 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. 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.
- WHO CSG-eligible TV stations who meet additional eligibility criteria.
- WHAT This program will assist eligible public TV stations with grants to pay for equipment or fees that are required to participate in existing multi-station master control projects.
- DEADLINE December 31, 2013
Collaborative Operations and Services Grant Program
The Collaborative Operations and Services Grant Program (COS) supports projects that use mergers, consolidations, functional integration, centralization or collaboration to assist public media stations in allocating more of their financial, human and other resources toward delivering content and services and less on administrative or operational activities.
- WHO TV, Joint or Radio CSG recipients in good standing, collaborations of CSG recipients, and/or existing non-profit organizations that deliver services to, or represent, CSG recipients.
- WHAT Assist public media stations in allocating more resources toward delivering content and services and less toward administrative or operational activities, via mergers, consolidations, functional integration, centralization or collaboration.
- DEADLINE Rolling
Development and Implementation of a Grants Management System
CPB is seeking proposals from vendors to create a customized grants management system to address all aspects of grants management from grant inception, grant award, and post award. The new system is to be built using Microsoft Dynamics CRM and provided as a "turn-key" work-for-hire solution, supported by CPB in-house Information Technology Department. The system must be easily managed and scalable and designed to integrate with CPBs existing investments in Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft SharePoint.
- WHO Any qualified entity may apply.
- WHAT CPB is seeking proposals from vendors to create a customized grants management system to address all aspects of grants management from grant inception, grant award, and post award.
- DEADLINE November 12, 2013
Moderated Online Focus Groups and Data Analysis
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB") is seeking proposals to conduct moderated online focus groups over the next year. Each focus group is expected to require multiple sessions. The consultant must design the focus groups in order to gather the thoughts, opinions, knowledge and beliefs of a number of leaders throughout public media on critical issues facing public media, as well as the impact, success, strengths and challenges facing specific projects funded in whole or in part by CPB.
- WHO Any qualified person or entity may apply.
- WHAT CPB seeks proposals from applicants to provide on-line focus groups over the next 12 months. The first focus group, with approximately 200 participants, must be completed no later than November 15, 2013, with a final report due November 22, 2013.
- DEADLINE October 11, 2013