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| The Grant Center Newsletter | May 2013
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News
 The next Grant Center webinar, Building a Strong Art Works Proposal for the National Endowment for the Arts, will take place on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Applications for the current Art Works competition are due August 8, 2013. To help you prepare, the Grant Center will host Alyce Myatt, NEA's Director of Media Arts and a friend of the Grant Center and public media. The conversation will focus on your questions and is intended to help you shape a strong and successful Art Works proposal. Register here.
 NCME Tip: Community Engagement Tips from Santa Cruz. To engage with your community successfully, look for partners that have a genuine passion for sharing their skills and knowledge. That tip -- and several other similar insights -- is from Nina Simon, the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. You can read more tips from her blog.
As sequestration continues to take effect, federal funding agencies are releasing information about how the cuts will impact their programs. To get the most up-to-date information about each agency, continue to check this page on our website.
Have a question for or a tip to share with your colleagues? Be sure to visit the Grant Center's Online Discussion Forum to connect with other public media grantseekers. For more information about how to register for and use the Forum, click here.
Pursuing a large federal grant? Let us know! We want to know about the grants you're pursuing, and we're here to help. |
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Public Media Development and Marketing Conference (PMDMC)
 Are you planning to attend the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference (PMDMC) in Atlanta this July 11 to July 13, 2013? Several sessions will address topics of high relevance to grantseekers, including: Grantseeking 101: This full-day, pre-conference workshop on July 10, 2013, will cover the basics of grantseeking, from building a compelling case to developing relationships with foundations to crafting effective projects and proposals. Read more about this workshop. Conference breakout sessions will address several topics of particular interest to grantseekers, including:
- How to build and cultivate a "culture of philanthropy" at your station.
- The ins and outs of measuring, assessing, documenting and communicating the impact of your station's work in the community.
- A look at the intersections among collaboration, community engagement and philanthropy, featuring Georgia Public Broadcasting and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
A full list of conference sessions is available here. In addition and new this year, the PMDMC will offer one-on-one coaching sessions on grantseeking. Experienced public media grantseekers will be available to meet with you to discuss specific questions and issues related to grantseeking. Customized to your station's specific needs, the free, 50-minute sessions can address a wide variety of topics, including identifying prospects, approaching funders, creating budgets, and working with programming and content. Click here to see a longer list of possible coaching topics. If you are interested in signing up for a coaching session, please email Amie Miller. Please indicate your areas of interest. Sessions will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. To learn more about the grantseeking resources available at the PMDMC, visit the Grant Center website. To receive the Early Bird Discount, register for the PMDMC before May 31, 2013. |
Success Story
 WOSU Receives Funding through State Humanities Council for Continued ProductionOn April 1, 2013, WOSU Public Media (Columbus, OH) was awarded a $10,000 Media Grant from the Ohio Humanities Council to support continued production of the station's Columbus Neighborhood series. An ambitious initiative established by WOSU to celebrate the Columbus bicentennial in 2012, the Columbus Neighborhood project explores the city's diverse neighborhoods. The initiative combines a series of six hour-long documentaries with neighborhood story-sharing events, in-depth reports from NPR affiliate 89.7 FM, lesson plans and videos for Columbus City Schools, social media activities and an official Columbus Neighborhoods website. WOSU Public Media is no stranger to the Ohio Humanities Council, and the two have worked on previous iterations of the Columbus Neighborhoods project. The station and Council communicate regularly, and early conversations were key to WOSU's success. Brent Davis, Director of TV Content at WOSU Public Media encourages stations to work with their state humanities councils. Read more about his experience and advice. |
Federal Trends and Opportunities
Last month, the White House released the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget request, which addresses key areas of interest and priority in FY 2014. Additionally, each federal agency has submitted a detailed budget request. While this is just the beginning of budget conversations in Washington, this is a good indication of the President's priorities and of what activities the Administration will try to invest in. The President's budget is not expected to be enacted as-is, but it does serve as an indicator of the administration's political will.
Enhancing America's workforce for the 21st-century economy is one major focus of the President's FY 2014 request. His request proposes reforms to education and training and suggests investments in: early childhood education, K-12 schools, innovation, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects, and college affordability. To give you an idea of how key federal agencies would incorporate these areas of emphasis into their strategic plans, we've provided analysis about what to expect in three key areas: Education, Workforce Development, and STEM.
Read more about these trends, learn about what types of new federal grant programs you might be able to expect in FY 2014, and find resources for monitoring the budget conversations.
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| Federal Funding
Investing in Innovation (i3) -- Scale-Up Grants: These U.S. Department of Education grants provide funding to scale up practices for which there is strong evidence that the proposed activities will improve student achievement, close achievement gaps, decrease dropout rates, increase high school graduation rates, or increase college enrollment. Up to two grants for up to $20m each will be awarded. Deadline: Notice of Intent to Apply due May 23, 2013; Applications due July 2, 2013.
Investing in Innovation (i3) -- Validation Grants: These Department of Education grants provide funding to support practices, strategies, or programs that show promise, but for which there is currently only moderate evidence that they will succeed in improving student achievement. Up to eight grants of up to $12m will be awarded. Deadline: Notice of Intent to Apply due May 23, 2013; Applications due July 2, 2013.
Training for Realtime Writers Program: The objective of this Department of Education program is to promote training and placement of individuals as realtime writers in order to meet the requirements of closed captioning of video programming. An estimated $1m is expected to be granted across four awards. Deadline: May 31, 2013.
Strengthening Institutions Program: This Department of Education program works to help institutions of higher education become self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students. Approximately $20m is available for 26 awards under an absolute priority and a competitive preference priority. Deadline: June 3, 2013.
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program: This U.S. Department of Labor program strives to meet the educational or career training needs of workers who have lost their jobs or are threatened with job loss as a result of foreign trade. The program seeks to introduce innovative and effective methods for curriculum development and delivery that address industry needs and lead to improved learning outcomes and retention rates. Up to $474m will be awarded, with at least one award of at least $2m being made to a single applicant in each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Deadline: June 18, 2013.
Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: This National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program is intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Typically, NEH makes an average of three awards per competition, each for up to $100,000. Deadline: June 27, 2013.
Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms: For this program, NSF seeks proposals for projects that improve STEM education practices at a large scale. The goal is to transform institutions of higher education into supportive environments for STEM faculty members to substantially increase their use of evidence-based teaching and learning practices. Planning, Institutional Implementation, Community Implementation, and Research Grants are all available and will be funded at varying amounts. Deadline: July 3, 2013.
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources: This NEH program supports projects that provide an essential foundation for scholarship, education and public programming in the humanities. The maximum award is $350,000, for up to three years. Deadline: July 18, 2013.
Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges: These NEH grants are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at community colleges or community college systems. An anticipated seven to nine grants will be awarded for up to $120,000 each. Deadline: August 27, 2013.
Advanced Technological Education: With an emphasis on two-year colleges, this NSF program focuses on the education of technicians for high-technology fields. The program supports curriculum development, teacher development, and career pathways. An estimated $64m is anticipated to be available for 75 to 90 new and continuing awards. Deadline: October 17, 2013.
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Foundation Funding
Knight Community Information Challenge: This outstanding opportunity will accept applications for local news and information initiatives from May 1 to June 1, 2013. This year's Challenge includes a special focus on projects that improve the way that people and governments interact.
Wounded Warrior Project: Inquiries are now being accepted for projects serving wounded veterans, including through employment, education, financial literacy, health, and community engagement. Letter of inquiry deadline: June 3, 2013.
ASPB Education Foundation: Now accepting applications for projects that increase understanding of plant biology among youth, adults and educators. Projects can include development and use of instructional materials, education and outreach collaborations, and use of media including radio, video, apps, websites, etc. Deadline: June 6, 2013.
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| Recent Grants to Public Media
Has your station received a grant recently? Share the news! Simply tweet an announcement of the grant using #grantstopubmedia. Be sure to mention the amount, the funder and what the grant supports. Don't have Twitter? Just email us the information, and we'll tweet it for you. All award announcements using #grantstopubmedia will appear on the Grant Center website in real time. Large or small, federal or foundation, first-time or renewal, all grants count!
Congratulations to:
American Documentary, Inc., which received a $100,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the selection, acquisition, packaging, and promotion of films for broadcast on the public television series POV.
Art 21, Inc., which received a $100,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support production and post-production costs for the public television series "Art in the Twenty-First Century."
Association of Independents in Radio, Inc., which received a $100,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support Spectrum America. The program will pair media artists with public media stations across the country to create new approaches to storytelling.
Atlantic Public Media, Inc., which received a $70,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support Transom.org, an online publication for audio/radio producers to provide them with resources and information to create and showcase new work.
From the Top, Inc., which received a $75,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support educational outreach activities.
ITVS, which received a $100,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the Online Video Engagement Experience, a digital screening series that brings together audiences to watch and actively engage with the programs.
KBEM-FM, which received a $10,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the "Bluegrass Review" radio show broadcast on KBEM-FM.
KCET, which received a $75,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support Artbound, a transmedia arts journalism initiative exploring Southern California's cultural landscape.
Kitchen Sisters, which received a $60,000 Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the development of open-source software tools and educational materials to facilitate the dissemination and long-term preservation of oral histories, radio broadcasts and other audio content.
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, which received a $50,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support production costs for the Native Artists of Alaska Radio Series.
KQED, which received a $50,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the production of a free mobile and tablet application to provide audiences with information about the Bay Area arts scene.
KCRW, which received a $75,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support Sonic Trace, a transmedia project including audio, video, and mapping that will explore the Latin American immigrant experience.
Latino Public Broadcasting, which received a $75,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support production and related costs for Voces, a four-part public television series presenting Latino arts and culture.
Newark Public Radio, which received a $30,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the production of a weekly jazz performance series.
National Black Programming Consortium, which received an $85,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the public television series AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange.
NPR, which received a $100,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the production and distribution of NPR's music programming.
Public Radio International, which received a $50,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the producation and distribution of The World's Global Hit.
Public Radio International, which received a $100,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the production and distribution of Studio 360 with Kurt Anderson.
Sesame Workshop, which received a grant of $2,030,307 from the Gates Foundation to promote hygiene and sanitation among children and families in high-needs areas in Bangladesh, India and Nigeria.
Tulane University, which received a $50,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support production of American Roots, a public radio program exploring issues of American culture through its vernacular.
Tulane University, which received a $146,000 America's Media Makers Production grant from the NEH to support the production of six two-hour radio documentaries and four one-hour programs for the American Routes radio series.
Twin Cities Public Television, which received a $75,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the production of the television program TV Takeover.
WBGO, which received a grant of $55,000 from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation for general operating support.
Wisdom of the Elders, which received a $30,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the production of the Wisdom of the Elders Radio Program's STEAM Video Series.
WNET, which received a $100,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support development and production of the American Masters television series.
WNET, which received a $500,000 America's Media Makers Production grant from the NEH to support a documentary series and corresponding website on William Shakespeare.
WNYC, which received an $80,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support the production of the Carnegie Hall Live radio and web broadcasts.
WTTW, which received a $20,000 Art Works grant from the NEA to support "Introductions," a weekly radio broadcast of performances by pre-collegiate musicians on the WFMT Radio Network.
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