Grants Archive List

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

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (“CPB”) is accepting proposals from public media organizations seeking to reach new audiences with public affairs programming and content services (“Public Affairs Programming”), prioritizing those that have the greatest potential to increase digital audiences and be sustainable beyond the grant term.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is inviting proposals to increase public media station services to rural communities through innovative, community-informed content strategies that identify and address vital news and information gaps.

In anticipation of a U.S. Department of Education (“ED”) Notice Inviting Applications (“NIA”) for a new round of Ready To Learn (“RTL”) grants, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (“CPB”) seeks one or more grant writers to play an essential role in the proposal development and drafting, working closely with CPB and its partner the Public Broadcasting Service (“PBS”). The grant writer(s) must have demonstrated success in developing a comprehensive grant proposal across multiple organizations with demonstrated success in securing large-scale federal grants from ED or other agencies. and securing large-scale federal grants from ED or other federal agencies. Knowledge of or familiarity with the education sector will be considered a plus.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.