Posted on January 13, 2012
Deadline: March 16, 2012

Native American Public Telecommunications Invites Applications for Public Media Content Fund

With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Native American Public Telecommunications' Public Media Content Fund will award grants for video projects boasting significant Native American involvement to help bring the projects to public television for national broadcast.

NAPT invites proposals for projects intended for public television that represent the values, experiences, histories, and cultures of Tribal Nations, communities, and people. Programs should be accessible to a broad audience and have the potential for national broadcast, as well as the potential to be used for effective outreach and engagement activities to reach audiences beyond the public television broadcast.

Priority will be given to projects that can be part of an overarching PBS series about Native American peoples, history, culture, and contemporary issues. NAPT is particularly interested in projects that profile Native American leaders, activists, and artists whose work has great impact on Native culture today. The working title for this documentary series is "Native Word: Stories Past & Present."

Eligible applicants are independent and public television producers, filmmakers, and videomakers. Applicants must exercise artistic, budgetary, and editorial control of the project; own the copyright; be at least 21 years of age and a citizen or legal resident of the United States or its territories; and have previous television or filmmaking experience as demonstrated by video work samples submitted with the application.

NAPT will consider funding projects at any production stage. Awards for research and development will range from $5,000 to $20,000, awards for production or post-production will range from $25,000 to $100,000, and awards for new media will range from $5,000 to $20,000. Because NAPT does not fully fund programs, awardees are required to seek additional funding from other sources.

For complete fund guidelines and application materials, visit the NAPT Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Arts and Culture
Geographic Funding Area: National

Looking for additional funders in the field of Arts and Culture?
Foundation Directory Online allows you to search the entire universe of U.S. grantmakers. Target your search by field of interest, type of support, geographic focus, and more. Find the plan that's right for you»