Grants Archive List

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) seeks services from individuals or firms with expertise in federal and state education policy priorities, drivers in education policy considerations, promising programs and practices that achieve educational impact, and established subject matter knowledge on these topics. The consultant will provide strategic advice, guidance, and research services to inform CPB’s response to an anticipated U.S. Department of Education Request for Proposals for a new round of Ready To Learn grants and for other CPB education priorities.

Deadline: Aug 12, 2024
Eligibility: Open to all applicants.

In collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (“IPAWS”), CPB will be administering the Next Generation Warning System (“NGWS”) Grant to extend the reach and quality of IPAWS alerts throughout the United States. CPB will issue subgrants to public television and radio stations for the purchase, installation of, and training on equipment that will allow IPAWS alerts to be distributed over public radio and television broadcasts, as well as support projects that result in the adoption of the Common Alerting Protocol standard (“CAP”) which permits a single CAP compatible message to activate multiple compliant warning systems.

Deadline: Sep 12, 2024
Eligibility: See guidelines for specific qualifications.

CPB seeks to engage a public media station to lead, research and develop a civic content and engagement initiative, expected to unfold over two phases across two years, beginning with Phase I for an 8-month term. This project will inform a national, multi-station initiative that will amplify stories of individual Americans contributing to their communities.

Deadline: Jul 12, 2024
Eligibility: Open to all applicants.

CPB seeks a consultant to develop and provide training on data-driven storytelling for leaders and staff from up to 20 public media stations.

Deadline: May 10, 2024
Eligibility: Open to all applicants.

CPB is accepting applications from noncommercial educational radio stations to enter the Radio Community Service Grant Program.

Deadline: Apr 30, 2024
Eligibility: See guidelines for specific qualifications.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) seeks the services of a broadcast engineering consultant knowledgeable in television and radio broadcasting technology, broadcast spectrum, business operations, and policy to advise CPB on technical and regulatory issues relating to market transition considerations for NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0), broadcast spectrum allocation, content distribution interconnection systems (Interconnection), 5G, emergency alerting technology, FCC matters, and other similar issues as they relate to public broadcasting technology.

Deadline: Jan 10, 2024
Eligibility: Open to all applicants.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) seeks the services of a creative producer to provide audio video content to advance CPB’s priorities in education and journalism, as well as to support public media stations’ work.

Deadline: Dec 13, 2023
Eligibility: Open to all applicants.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is accepting proposals to increase and deepen public media’s news and public affairs coverage of state government and policies and their impact on state residents. This is a second call for state government coverage proposals, following an initial round of $2.25 million in grants that was announced in September 2023.

Deadline: Jan 31, 2024
Eligibility: Open to CSG-qualified TV and Radio Stations.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) seeks an entity to design and implement a professional development fellowship initiative for station managers who oversee public media newsrooms (“Initiative”). The Initiative will engage 50 fellows (“Fellows”) in small cohorts, over a timeframe of two years, with a customized curriculum of onsite and virtual training and activities, supported by ongoing mentoring and coaching, to improve the knowledge and expertise of these managers.

Deadline: Jan 16, 2024
Eligibility: Open to all applicants.

initiative (“RTL”), intends to contract with up to 14 public television stations to collaborate with state-level partners to more broadly extend the impact of RTL resources, relationships, and approaches with children ages two to eight, especially those who live in low-income communities, as well their families and educators (“the Target Audience”). There is a particular interest in partnerships with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Preschool Development Grant (PDG) recipients, but stations may also align with organizations that allow for broader impact with the Target Audience in their states, such as departments of education, library agencies, affiliates of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and others.

Deadline: Nov 17, 2023
Eligibility: See guidelines for specific qualifications.