Archived Grants

Television

Digital Distribution Fund Round 11

• CPB established the Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) to award grants to CPB-qualified, non-commercial educational (NCE) television licensees to assist stations in transitioning to digital transmission. DDF Round 11 is funded through a special federal $29.7 million FY07 CPB appropriation for transition to digital technology.

2008 Audience Awareness, Attitude and Usage Study

• CPB is seeking the services of an outside vendor to design, implement and analyze a quantitative research study of adults 18+ who watch television in primetime.

Ethnographic Research

• CPB is seeking the services of an outside vendor to design and conduct ethnographic research to inform efforts to overcome some of the barriers and obstacles that get in the way of television viewers finding Public Television content in an increasingly complex digital television environment.

Senior Audience Research Analyst

• CPB seeks a senior audience research analyst to provide leadership and technical guidance for CPB's strategic development, analysis, understanding and application of a major quantitative research study known as the 2008 Audience Awareness, Attitudes and Usage Study.

Television Rechannelization Study

• Funds research to establish remaining RF/rechannelization needs of a pre-determined group of public television stations with respect to completion of their conversion from analog to digital transmission of over-the-air broadcast signals.

Audience Awareness, Attitude and Usage Study

• Funds research into the understanding of public television's audience and its motivations and how, if at all, these motivations have changed since 2004.

Ready To Lead in Literacy

• This 3-year, competitive funding initiative will provide funds as well as capacity-building activities for up to 100 stations that are currently Ready To Learn stations.

Public Television Major Giving Initiative Consulting Services Request for Qualifications

• The consulting services sought by this RFQ and a subsequent request for proposals are intended to assist stations with organizational issues that may impede the implementation of a major giving program and the establishment of a culture of philanthropy.

Public Television Major Giving Initiative Consulting Services

• Funds onsite consulting to assist stations in the implementation of their development plan.

Partnership for a Nation of Learners Community Collaboration Grant

• Funds collaboration and shared resources that enable partners to meet clearly defined needs for one or more audience segments within their local communities.

2005 CPB/PBS Producers Academy

• Each scholarship will include the cost of the workshop, and reasonable expenses for airfare, hotel accommodations, meals, and limited ground transportation.

2006 CPB/Emma Bowen Foundation Summer Internship Grant Program

• Grants of up to $2,000 per internship salary per summer will be awarded on a 50% station matching basis.

2006 CPB/PBS Producers' Academy

• Awards scholarships for an intensive seven-day, hands-on training seminar at WGBH in Boston.

AFI-CPB Digital Training

• Awards cash and team participation in a digital R&D project and travel vouchers to selected AFI Digital Content Lab training events.

American History and Civics Initiative

• Supports new, groundbreaking media projects that measurably improve the learning of American history and enhance civic participation among middle and high school students.

Major Giving Initiative: Board Effectiveness Project

• Funds activities to evaluate and improve station board performance.

WETA News Academy 2008

• WETA News Academy 2008 is an intensive, five day residential course designed to offer applicants experience in the practical and technical capabilities of contemporary local news gathering and reporting, both on TV and online.

Manager of Station-Based Election Programming Initiative

• CPB requests proposals from qualified organizations to manage the Station-Based Election Programming Initiative.

Local Service Initiative Round 3

• The Local Service Initiative is designed to provide seed money to develop new or significantly enhance current public service initiatives aligned with a public television station's strategic plan. The amount of each grant will not be greater than $200,000.

Station-Based Election Programming Initiative

• The Station-Based Election Programming Initiative (SEPI) provides grant funding to enable local public broadcasting stations to create television programs and multi-platform media content about 2008 election issues.

Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) Round 12

• CPB established the Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) to award grants to CPB-qualified, non-commercial educational (NCE) television licensees to assist stations in transitioning to digital transmission.

STEM Community Engagement Pilot

• In response to the pressing national need for student improvement in Science and Math subjects, KETC, on behalf of CPB, is pleased to release this Request for Proposals for public broadcasting stations to take part in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Community Engagement Pilot. Note: Responses to this RFP are to be sent to the STEM Initiative Manager, KETC. CPB's posting of KETC's RFP does not constitute a commitment, express or implied, by CPB to fund proposals under consideration.

Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) Round 12b

• DDF funding for Round 12b projects will assist stations in the purchase and installation of digital transmission equipment necessary to (1) complete construction of digital television transmission facilities as required by FCC Construction Permits that expire on February 17, 2009, and/or (2) complete DTV transmission facility changes, whether or not the project completion target coincides with the February 17, 2009 analog shutoff.

My Source Community Impact Awards

• The My Source Community Impact Awards are designed to recognize and showcase examples of local public broadcasting's connection to community. CPB will honor awardees at the 2009 National Leaders Meeting.

Small Station Statewide Collaboration Initiative

• The Small Station Statewide Collaboration Initiative (SSSCI) is a competitive grant program that offers financial assistance to facilitate the creation of collaborative relationships through statewide or regional associations among public television stations that share common cause and collaborative interest in serving a broader definition of community that extends beyond their coverage areas.

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.

American Archive Initiative Manager

• The purpose of this Request for Proposals is to solicit proposals to be the Initiative Manager of the American Archive Pilot Program. The Initiative Manager, working in close consultation with CPB, will coordinate and support the development, execution, and evaluation of grants to public television and radio stations for the collection, coding, digitization, and possible restoration of existing content.

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).

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

America at a Crossroads

• Funds programs that examine and explain where we are and where we're going as a nation -- programs that elevate, enlighten, entertain, and, most importantly, rise above the minutiae of the moment and see the big picture.

Consulting Services Relating to Digital Television, Mobile DTV, and CPB Digital Distribution

• CPB seeks television technical and engineering consulting services for the Digital Distribution Fund ("DDF") Grants Program administered by the Media Technologies department at CPB.

2010 CPB/PBS Producers Academy Scholarship

• Up to twenty-five (25) scholarships will be offered to station-based and independent producers for an intensive seven-day, hands-on training seminar at WGBH in Boston, June 19 through June 25, 2010.

Strengthening Local Journalism, Round Two

• This Request for Proposals calls for the creation of Local Journalism Centers in the South and the Northwest United States.

My Source Impact Communication Grants

• Funding to empower public television and radio stations to communicate their community impact to on a local, regional, and statewide level to key decision makers, community leader and stakeholders.

CPB Workforce Diversity Associates Program

• CPB is initiating this Request for Proposals to encourage and solicit stations and content developers interested in participating in a workforce diversification program, geared towards targeted employment opportunities, for a diverse group of media professionals.

American Archive Legal Consultant

• CPB seeks proposals from individuals and organizations in the intellectual property community to assist in the publication of a "White Paper" that will provide an operational legal framework for the distribution of audio and visual assets resident in the nation's public media archives.

American History and Civics Initiative Phase II Evaluation

• CPB is requesting proposals from a person or firm to conduct an evaluation of Phase II -- Implementation of the American History and Civics Initiative for middle and high school students and their teachers.

ATSC Mobile/Handheld Digital Television Grant Program

• The goal of this grant program is to assist CPB qualified public television stations to develop and install an end-to-end Mobile DTV infrastructure for delivery of Mobile DTV content.

Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) Round 15

• CPB will be accepting applications for Round 15 DDF grants from CPB-qualified, non-commercial educational (NCE) television licensees for the following Categories. Stations should consider that this may be the last opportunity to receive DDF funding.