Open grants and requests for proposals

Grants and RFPs for Television Stations

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

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