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Film & Media Funding: Fall 2023

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On October 11, 2023

In External Funding Opportunities

The following funders have announced film grant opportunities for Fall 2023. ORCS has compiled this list for School of the Arts and VMA faculty who have expressed interest in finding funding for film and media projects.

Some of these funders make awards to individual artists; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.

Funder Name

Film Type/Topic

Next Deadline

Alfred P. Sloan Episodic Lab Grant

The Episodic Lab is open to any emerging writer applying with a completed draft of a half hour or hour-long television pilot they wish to workshop during the program. The teleplay should have a scientific, mathematical and/or technological theme and storyline or have a leading character that is a scientist, engineer or mathematician.

Application open: 10 November, 2023 – 10 February, 2024

Project: Hatched

Hatched provides support to US-based filmmakers who are nearing completion or have recently completed a documentary film and who have plans to strategize, build, and launch an impact campaign.

Application open: 15 November, 2023 – 17 January, 2024

Climate Story Fund

The Climate Story Fund supports compelling storytelling and impact campaigns from around the world that move us closer to a climate just and biodiverse future. We are looking for creative nonfiction projects that can complete production this year with support from the Fund. Awards will range between $20,000 and $100,000.

Application open: 1 December, 2023 – 1 February, 2024

Panavision’s New Filmmaker Program

The New Filmmaker Program loans digital camera packages (based on availability) to filmmakers for student thesis films and  low-budget independent features.

Application open: 20 January, 2023 – 20 January, 2024

Just Films Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation seeks to reduce inequality in all of its forms, and artist-driven documentary and emerging media projects are crucial to this effort. As part of the Creativity and Free Expression program, JustFilms funds social justice storytelling and the 21st-century arts infrastructure that supports it.

Application open: 5 September, 2023 – 5 September, 2024

National Endowment for the Humanities Funding Opportunities – Fall 2023

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On October 5, 2023

In External Funding Opportunities, Federal Agency Announcements, Federal Funding, Scholarship and Research

Dear Faculty:

The National Endowment for the Humanities currently has two open grant opportunities that may be of interest to faculty. Emerson College may submit more than one application to each program, so long as the applications do not contain overlapping activities or costs. If you are interested in applying, please contact Diana Potter or Eric Asetta. All applications must be submitted by Emerson College via ORCS.

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Media Projects (Deadline: January 11, 2024)

The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series  that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. Media Projects offers two levels of funding: Development and Production.

Development awards (up to $75,000 total funds; $48,077 after overhead) enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and other program elements. Awards must result in a script or detailed treatment(s). You may also use a Development award to plan for outreach and public engagement.

Production awards (up to $700,000; $448,718 after overhead) must result in the production and distribution of radio, podcast, television, and documentary film projects.

Projects may include supplementary components such as discussion programs or websites.

All Media Projects proposals should be intended for national or regional distribution, and must:

  • build on sound humanities scholarship
  • deepen public understanding of significant humanities questions
  • approach a subject analytically, presenting a variety of perspectives
  • involve humanities scholars in all phases of development and production
  • involve appropriate media professionals
  • employ appealing and accessible formats that will actively engage the general public in learning

A pre-recorded webinar on the program can be viewed here. Additionally, a draft proposal may be submitted to NEH for feedback by November 29, 2023.

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Public Humanities Projects (Deadline: January 11, 2024)

The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming.  Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Awards support projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States.

Public Humanities Projects supports projects in three categories (Exhibitions, Historic Places, and Humanities Discussions), and at two funding levels (Planning and Implementation). Proposed projects may include complementary components: for example, a museum exhibition might be accompanied by a website or mobile app.

Project topics may be international, national, regional, or local in focus, but locally focused projects should address topics that are of regional or national relevance by drawing connections to broad themes or historical questions.

Planning awards ($40,000 total; $25,641 after overhead) are available only to Exhibitions and Historic Places applicants. These awards provide up to 24 months of support for projects that have completed preliminary work resulting in the identification of possible analytical themes and interpretive methods that you will further explore during the planning period.

Implementation awards support projects that are in the final stages of preparation to “go live” before the public. Activities may include final scholarly research and consultation, design, production, and installation of a project for presentation to the public. The period of performance must include the required minimum exhibition time. Implementation awards range from $50,000 to $400,000 ($32,051 to $256,410 after overhead) with a period of performance from 12 to 48 months.

You can watch the Applying for Public Humanities Projects webinar here. Additionally, a draft proposal may be submitted to NEH for feedback by November 29, 2023.

Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) Program (Deadline: October 20, 2023)

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On October 3, 2023

In Internal Grant Announcements, Scholarship and Research

In partnership with the Graduate Student Association and the Office of Graduate Studies, the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship (ORCS) is again soliciting proposals to support Graduate Research Assistants to work with and be mentored by a faculty member for the 2023-24 academic year.  The intent is to extend the student’s classroom learning, expose them to current challenges in their discipline, build analytical skills, and provide a meaningful work experience that will also benefit faculty in the development of their research and scholarship agenda. Through this program, we also hope to encourage faculty to submit external grant applications that include graduate research assistants.

Funds are available to support a limited number of GRA positions for this academic year. If you are interested in mentoring a GRA this year, please submit a completed proposal, using the GRA Application Form, by October 20, 2023.

Note: Proposals that do not use the required Google Form application will not be reviewed.

Deadlines

The application deadline for the FY2024 GRA grant will be on October 20, 2023.

Upcoming Grant Period

Grants awarded in FY2023 must be conducted between November 1, 2023 and June 15, 2023.

GRA Funding

The maximum award will be $2,000 per student, though amounts awarded are dependent on the number of applications received and availability of funding. The funds can be used to hire a graduate student assistant at a recommended hourly rate of $15.25. Additionally, a portion of the amount requested may be allocated to the costs associated with a mentored GRA attending a relevant academic or professional conference.

Proposals need to include a clear and concise description of the project, the expected outcomes, and how the work will be evaluated and/or disseminated. Applicants should outline how this work benefits their discipline, their professional research/scholarship agenda, and the student. Applicants should include a short job description for the Graduate Research Assistant position, including responsibilities, required skills, and any other pertinent aspects that will be used when the open position gets posted on the Student Employment website. If the application includes funds for conference travel, the applicant must identify the conference, its location and dates, and explain how it will enhance the student’s learning and academic growth.

Eligibility

FOR FACULTY Full-time term and tenured/tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply.

FOR STUDENTS

Students must be enrolled in Emerson graduate courses during the academic year, and not be employed by the College as a teacher or affiliated faculty member.

Eligible Projects

Examples of Eligible Projects:

  • Support for a student to assist in research, literature review for a book or other project
  • Support for a student to assist in development or curating of curricular or scholarly materials
  • Support for a student to assist in data collection, cataloging, and analysis
  • Support for a student as a film or production assistant
  • Support for the student to attend an academic or scholarly conference related to their field of study (alongside student wages)

Ineligible Projects Examples of Ineligible Projects:

  • Support for a student to provide general clerical and administrative assistance for regular academic and teaching duties
  • Projects that do not clearly demonstrate a meaningful work and learning experience for students
  • Compensation or support for regular curricular, credit-bearing activities, such as coursework, theses, or directed studies
  • Requests for travel/conference funds that do not also include student wages

Criteria & Considerations Proposals must include:

  • A clear and concise description of the project
  • The expected outcomes of the project or research
  • How the work will be evaluated
  • Outline how this work benefits your discipline, your professional research/scholarship agenda, and the student
  • Include a short job description for the Graduate Research Assistant position, including responsibilities, required skills, and any other pertinent aspects that will be used when the open position gets posted in Workday
  • If the application includes funds for conference travel, applicants must identify
    • The name of the conference
    • The dates and location of the conference
    • An explanation of how the conference will enhance the student’s learning and academic growth

The maximum award will be $2,000 per student at a recommended hourly rate of $15.25/hour.

GRA Application Form

Eligible faculty members can access the FY2023 GRA Application Formhere.  Applicants can fill out the application and make changes to the form until the deadline date of October 20, 2022.

FY2023 Calendar

October 3, 2023
GRA Application cycle opens

October 20, 2023
GRA Applications are due via Google Forms.

October 21 through October 28, 2023
Review and selection of applications

November 1, 2023
Applicants notified of funding decisions

November 1, 2023 through June 7, 2024
Approved projects conducted

Review and Selection of Applications

ORCS will review the applications and make recommendations for selection to the Office of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Student Association.

Eric Asetta, Executive Director of Research and Creative Scholarship

Kimberly McLarin, Professor and Interim Dean, Graduate and Professional Studies

Robin Van Impe, Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Student Association.

Film & Media Funding: AY23–24

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On August 15, 2023

In External Funding Opportunities

Many Emerson School of the Arts and VMA faculty have expressed interest in finding funding for narrative and documentary film, and media projects. ORCS has prepared a list of film and media funders to get you started.

Some of these funders make awards to individual artists; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.

Funder Name

Film Type/Topic

Next Deadline

Sloan Distribution Grant

narrative fiction feature film related to science, technology or economics in distribution phase

Application open: rolling deadline

LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund

documentary film, new works by New England filmmakers: all stages of production

August 31, 2023: Development/Pre-Production
January, 2024 (expected): Production/Post-production

VMM Public Media Fund

public media film & television projects representing culture & experience of Native Americans

September 30, 2023
December 31, 2023
March 31, 2024
June 30, 2024

CAAM Documentary Fund

documentaries for public television about Asian Americans: production or post-production

October, 2023 (expected)

Roy W. Dean Grant (From the Heart Productions)

documentary; short film; feature film

October 31, 2023
March 31, 2024
June 30, 2024

California Documentary Projects

documentary films related to California: Research & Development, Production

November 1, 2023

CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Fund

social issue documentary films highlighting Asian American narratives: research & development and early production

November, 2023 (expected)

Rogovy Foundation Miller/Packan Film Fund

feature-length documentaries addressing social issues: advanced development, production & post-production

November 15, 2023
May 15, 2024

Puffin Artist Grant Program

small grants to individuals for independent film/media projects focused on environment or climate crisis

December, 2023 (expected)

Filmmakers Without Borders Filmmaking Grants

short films, feature films, new media projects: development, production, post-production

January 1, 2024
June 1, 2024
August 1, 2024

NEH Media Projects Grants

documentary films, radio programs, podcasts that engage with humanities: development, production & distribution

January 10, 2024

Sundance Documentary Film Program

non-fiction projects, priority to raising underrepresented voices

Early 2024

Doc Society Climate Story Fund

long form, shorts or episodic documentaries, podcasts, radio documentaries engaging in climate conversation

February, 2024 (expected)

SFFILM Rainin Grant Program

narrative feature films that address social justice issues: screenwriting, development, or post-production

March, 2024 (expected)

Latino Public Broadcasting Public Media Content Fund

documentaries & limited series on the Latino experience: production & post-production, limited research & development funds

June, 2024 (expected)

Southern Documentary Fund Production Grant

documentary producers with deep roots in southern states: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV. Projects in production only.

August, 2024 (expected)

ITVS Diversity Development Fund

Applicants of color working on standard-length non-fiction projects that have not begun production

August, 2024 (expected)

Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: NEH Summer Stipend

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On July 10, 2023

In External Funding Opportunities, Limited Submission Competition

Provost Nomination Requests are Due August 25; Applications due September 20

The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced its annual Summer Stipends fellowship competition for 2023. The NEH deadline for eligible proposal submissions is Wednesday, September 20. The award amount is $6,000 beginning May 1, 2024. 

From the NEH web site: 
The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Stipends program aims to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publication. The program works to accomplish this goal by:

  • Providing small awards to individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both
  • Supporting projects at any stage of development, but especially early-stage research and late-stage writing in which small awards are most effective
  • Furthering the NEH’s commitment to diversity and inclusion in the humanities by encouraging applications from independent scholars and faculty at Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and community colleges

Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months.  NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research.


NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS

For those of you who may be considering applying, please note that Emerson may nominate two tenured and/or tenure-track faculty members to apply for the award. Because of this limitation, it is necessary for Emerson to review all potential submissions in an internal limited submission process. Applications submitted by tenured/tenure-track faculty without a nomination will automatically be rejected by the sponsor. 

THE LIMITED SUBMISSION PROCESS
On or before Friday, August 25, potential applicants must complete the Application Form for Provost’s Nomination via Google Forms.  Applicants must include a one-paragraph summary of their proposed project for review by the Provost.   

By September 1, after review by the Provost, nominations will be announced by the Office of Academic Affairs. The nominees will then have the opportunity to complete their proposals in time for submission to the NEH by its September 20 deadline.   


PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Applications to NEH are submitted via Grants.gov directly by the individual. ORCS will assist the nominees with this process. 

FURTHER INFORMATION: To find more information about the program, including a previously recorded webinar in which NEH staff answer questions from potential applicants, click on this link. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Eric Asetta or Diana Potter. 

Call for Proposals: Norman and Irma Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award – Pre-Approval due March 17; Applications due April 10

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On March 3, 2023

In Internal Grant Announcements, Scholarship and Research

Norman & Irma Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award

Description

Several years ago, the late Dr. Norman Stearns and Irma Mann Stearns established a distinguished faculty award in their name to honor a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member in recognition of outstanding scholarly or creative achievement. A $3,000 award is presented annually to at least one applicant. This funding may be used to enhance an ongoing project or for the development of a new scholarly or creative endeavor. In accordance with the family’s wishes, travel is strongly encouraged to be a part of the project activity.

Key Due Dates

  • Pre-Application Notification Due: March 17,2023
  • Final Applications due to ORCS: April 10, 2023
  • FDRC Review of Applications: April 11 – April 20, 2023
  • FDRC Recommendations submitted to Provost: by April 25, 2023
  • Applicants Notified of Funding Decision: by May 5, 2023

Current Mann Stearns awardees must utilize their funds between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

Eligibility

Full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty members are eligible to apply for the Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award.

Criteria

In evaluating proposals, the Faculty Development and Research Council (FDRC) will consider:

  • The applicant’s scholarly or creative achievement(s);
  • The quality, merits, feasibility, of the project for which the award funds will be used;
  • The inclusion of travel as a necessary component of the project; and
  • Publications, audio/video samples, or other supporting material.

Pre-Application Notification

If you intend to apply for a Mann Stearns Award, you must first submit a Pre-Application Notification email to ORCS by March 17, 2023. The body of the email should include a summary (1-2 paragraphs) of your proposed project, and a brief description of how you would use the $3,000 award. After you have submitted your notification, you will be sent the link for the Mann Stearns application form (see “Application Instructions” below).

Review Process

All applications will be reviewed by the Faculty Development and Research Council (FDRC), and with input from department Chairs, school Deans, and Academic Affairs. The FDRC will make the final recommendations to the Provost for funding. The Provost’s selections are final.

AY23–24 Calendar

DATEEVENT
March 3, 2023Norman & Irma Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award is announced.
March 17, 2023Pre-Application Notification Email due to ORCS.
April 10, 2023Applications due via Google Forms.
By April 20, 2023The FDRC will evaluate all proposals and make recommendations to the Provost for funding.
By May 5, 2023The Provost, in consideration of the recommendations provided by the FDRC, along with feedback from Department Chairs and School Deans, will make final selections
By May 12, 2023Recipient(s) are notified that they are receiving the award.
July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024Grant Period
June 15, 2024Receipts for expenditures needing reimbursement must be submitted via Workday by this date.

Application Instructions

This year, we have migrated the application packet to Google Forms. The advantages to this format include:

  • Email recognition: The form will recognize your Emerson email and open a blank application that will be automatically saved in your name.
  • Elimination of portable document errors: Reviewers will log directly into Google forms to read applications, removing the need to send electronic documents back and forth and reducing the chance for error.
  • Auto-save: The form saves your work automatically as you proceed.
  • Document uploads: Budget requests are now uploaded as a separate file, and you can also upload supplementary documents to bolster your proposal. 
  • Ability to make revisions until the deadline: Applicants can make changes to their form up until the due date (April 4).

After you have submitted your pre-approval, you will be sent the link for the Mann Stearns application form.  After you submit your proposal, you will receive a copy of your responses via email, and will have until April 10, 2023, to make any changes. 

Applicants may include supplemental materials (publications, PDFs, media) that support their proposals with their submissions.

In addition to the application form and supplemental materials, a two-page curriculum vita should be included with each submission.

Final Progress Report Requirement

A final written report is not required, but the successful applicant is expected to meet with members of the Mann Stearns family and other members of Emerson College to discuss the final outcome and deliverables.

2024 Creative Capital Award Cycle

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On February 16, 2023

In External Funding Opportunities, Professional Development

Many Emerson faculty artists have been interested in The Creative Capital Foundation’s annual awards. The Foundation will open its 2024 individual grant program on March 1, with letters of inquiry due on March 31, 2023. The Creative Capital Foundation provides awards and advisory services to artists in 34 different disciplines, including visual art, performing arts, film, and literature.

In celebration of their 25th Anniversary, Creative Capital has announced one-time theme for the 2023/2024 grant cycles: “Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact.” In the next grant cycle, Creative Capital is seeking proposals for new artistic work that address social, economic, and environmental justice, and advance the global dialogue around the sustainability of artists, our communities, our planet, and beyond.

This year, artists will be able to submit applications for their projects in

Visual Arts: including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture, design, multimedia, installation, video art, new genres, craft, and socially engaged and/or sustainable visual art-based practices

Film & Moving Image: including experimental film, short film, animation, documentary film, narrative film, and socially engaged and/or sustainable film/moving image-based practices

Creative Capital is one of the only non-profit organizations to offer awards to individual artists through an open application process; therefore, it is very competitive, with less than 1% of applicants receiving awards. Creative Capital provides each funded project with up to $50,000 in direct funding, and career development services valued at $45,000.

In recent years, more than 75% of awardees have been artists of color—including Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous artists—of all ages, abilities, and regions across the United States.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
orcs@emerson.edu
Follow us on Twitter: @Emerson_ORCS

Summary of Emerson’s Internal Grant Programs

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On January 31, 2023

In Internal Grant Announcements, Scholarship and Research

Emerson has a number of internal grant programs with deadlines in the Spring and Fall semesters. Here is a summary of what grant programs are coming up this spring, and which ones to look for in the fall.

Diversity Fellows Program
due annually in Spring
2023 Deadline: March 13, 2023

The Diversity Fellows Program (formerly known as the Inclusive Excellence Fellows Program) is an annual, cohort-based program. This program invites full-time and affiliated faculty participants to critically reflect upon the relationship between social realities, social futures, and their pedagogical practices. Each Fellow will develop goals unique to one of the courses they teach and a pedagogical action plan based on intertwining sociocultural knowledge, content and industry-based knowledge, and empowering pedagogical practices. Fellows will be compensated $1,000.

Presidential Fund for Curricular Innovation (PFCI)
due annually in March
2023 Deadline: March 13, 2023

Internationalization, diversity, equity, and inclusion are strategic priorities for Emerson. Inclusive approaches to curriculum development and equitable pedagogical practices help ensure that learning experiences at Emerson are designed to foster student success in a culturally diverse and global society. The aim is to offer curricula that assists students in developing the required critical consciousness, values, awareness, skills and knowledge of differences to thrive as culturally competent, global citizens.

In 2022, the PFCI will support faculty participation in a Curriculum Internationalization and Inclusion Studio. Faculty selected for the Studio will receive a stipend of $1,200 for creating new curriculum, or developing or refining existing courses. Faculty will also have the opportunity to apply for further funding for project-related expenses.

Affiliated Faculty Development Fund (AFDF)
due annually in March
2023 Deadline: March 13, 2023

The Affiliated Faculty Professional Development Fund (AFDF) supports the scholarly and creative activities of the affiliated faculty members of Emerson College. The AFDF will provide support for approved projects up to $1,500 each. Types of activities include travel and expenses leading to the production of scholarly, creative and artistic works, conference attendance, faculty development seminars, etc.

Norman & Irma Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award
due annually in April; Pre-Approval forms due annually in March
2023 Pre-Approval Deadline: March 17, 2023
2023 Application Deadline: April 10, 2023

Several years ago, the late Dr. Norman Stearns and Irma Mann Stearns, class of 1967, established a distinguished faculty award to honor a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member in recognition of outstanding scholarly or creative achievement. A $3,000 award is presented annually to one applicant. This funding may be used to enhance an ongoing project or for the development of a new scholarly or creative endeavor. Travel is strongly encouraged to be a part of the project activity.

Kasteel Well Faculty Development Fund (KFDF)
may be offered in Spring

The Kasteel Well Faculty Development Fund (KFDF) supports the scholarly and creative activities of the affiliated faculty members of the Emerson College Kasteel Well Program in the Netherlands. Castle administrative staff manage the fund with assistance from the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship (ORCS). Small grants of up to $500 are offered from a total available funding pool of $1,500.

Graduate Student Research Assistant Program (GRA)
due annually in October

Formed from a partnership between the Graduate Student Association, the Office of Graduate Studies, and the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship, the Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) grant intends to extend students’ classroom learning, expose them to current challenges in their discipline, build analytical skills, and provide a meaningful work experience that will also benefit faculty in the development of their research and scholarship agenda. Through this program, we also hope to encourage external grant applications that include graduate research assistants.

Faculty Advancement Fund Grant (FAFG)
due annually in December; Pre-Approval forms due annually in November.

The Faculty Advancement Fund Grant (FAFG) supports the scholarly and creative activities of the full‐time tenured and tenure-track faculty members. The Fund was established to enable the professional work of Emerson’s faculty in its efforts to sustain academic excellence in teaching, research/creative activity, and service. The Faculty Advancement Fund Grant supports proposals deemed likely to substantially improve the quality of research, publication, creative activities, teaching, and service that advance the mission of the College and the careers of its faculty.

Greenhawt Family Fund
no fixed deadline

Jeffrey Greenhawt ’68 and Jan Jacobs Greenhawt ’69 have generously provided a gift to Emerson College for the expressed purpose of enabling Emerson faculty to procure resources that might assist them in obtaining external project support. The aim is to assist faculty who desire to pursue external funding for their research and scholarly endeavors, but lack experience in writing successful proposals, or the mentoring connections in grantsmanship that are common at larger institutions.

Funds can be used for activities such as travel to meet with a faculty mentor at another institution for the purpose of assisting in writing a proposal; fees to attend a workshop or seminar on proposal writing and grantsmanship; or consulting services in proposal writing or proposal review. A limited number of grants between $500 and $2,000 will be awarded each year.

External Funding Opportunities: Spring 2023

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On January 30, 2023

In External Funding Opportunities

The Office of Research & Creative Scholarship would like to share the following funding opportunities with deadlines this spring that may be of interest to faculty in the School of the Arts, Marlboro Institute and School of Communication. If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please reach out to the ORCS office.

School of the Arts

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Applications due February 25, 2023
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realizes this vision through making project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications.

NEA Creative Writing Fellowships
Applications due March 8, 2023
The National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Applications are reviewed for artistic excellence and artistic merit of the submitted manuscript. In 2023, the program is accepting applications for fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction). Fellowships in poetry will be accepted in March, 2024.

Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program
Applications due May 17, 2023
The Arts Writers grant supports writers who are writing about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 in three categories—articles, books, and short-form writing—these grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies. The foundation also supports art writing that engages criticism through interdisciplinary methods or experiments with literary styles. As long as a writer meets the eligibility and publishing requirements, they can apply.

Marlboro Institute

National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowships
Applications due April 12, 2023
NEH Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources in the humanities. Award amount ranges from $30,000 to $60,000 for a 6-12 month project period. Faculty may not teach during the grant period.

Boston Athenaeum Fellowship
Applications due April 15, 2023
The Boston Athenaeum (next to campus at 10-1/2 Beacon St) offers short-term fellowships to support the use of Athenaeum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. Each fellowship pays a stipend for a four-week residency and includes a year’s membership to the Boston Athenaeum. Scholars, graduate students, independent scholars, teaching faculty, and professionals in the humanities as well as teachers and librarians in secondary public, private, and parochial schools are eligible to apply.

NEH Humanities Initiative at Colleges and Universities
Applications due May 9, 2023
The NEH Humanities Initiative at Colleges & Universities strengthens the teaching and study of the humanities at institutions of higher education by developing new humanities programs, resources (including those in digital format), or courses, or by enhancing existing ones. Projects must be organized around a core topic or set of themes drawn from such areas of study in the humanities as history, philosophy, religion, literature, and composition and writing skills. The project period can be between 1-3 years and the total award is up to 150,000.

Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Rolling Deadline
The Delmas foundation intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting projects which address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized. Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, both classical and modern; philosophy; ethics; comparative religion; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences which share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship.

School of Communication

Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program
Applications due early April, 2023
The Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program is nurturing a new generation of serious and enterprising journalists. This year-long program allows writers early in their careers to pursue projects they otherwise would be unable to research and report. Applicants should have less than 10 years’ experience as professional journalists and must be U.S. citizens. There are three tiers to the program: Fellowships provide up to $35,000 in grant money and expense assistance. Full Fellowships, which require that recipients devote their full-time efforts to their project, provide up to $75,000. Alumni Fund Fellowships provide support for recipients to write one in-depth, major essay on their topic.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Clinical Research Grant
Applications due April 19, 2023
The ASHA Clinical Research Grant advances knowledge of treatment efficacy and assessment practices.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Century Scholars Grant
Applications due April 19, 2023
The ASHA New Century Scholars Grants supports innovative studies that foster new research ideas and directions for investigators, and that will advance knowledge, tools, and techniques in communication sciences and disorders.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Investigators Research Grant
Applications due April 19, 2023
The ASHA New Investigators Research Grant supports new investigators by funding preliminary studies that could launch larger-scale research investigations.

The Society of Environmental Journalists Fund for Environmental Journalism
Applications due in May, 2023

The SEJ offers a small grant for journalism story projects on a particular environmental topic. Proposals that support multiple journalists are encouraged. Award includes a $2,000 stipend per journalist and other travel or project costs up to a total of $5,000.

Film & Media Funding

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On January 24, 2023

In External Funding Opportunities

Many Emerson School of the Arts and VMA faculty have expressed interest in finding funding for narrative and documentary film, and media projects. ORCS has prepared a list of film and media funders to get you started.

Some of these funders make awards to individual artists; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.

Funder Name

Film Type/Topic

Next Deadline

Sloan Distribution Grant

narrative fiction feature film related to science, technology or economics in distribution phase

Application open: rolling deadline

Doc Society Climate Story Fund

long form, shorts or episodic documentaries, podcasts, radio documentaries engaging in climate conversation

February 1, 2023

SFFILM Rainin Grant Program

narrative feature films that address social justice issues: screenwriting, development, or post-production

March 24, 2023

VMM Public Media Fund

public media film & television projects representing culture & experience of Native Americans

March 31, 2023

Roy W. Dean Grant (From the Heart Productions)

documentary; short film; feature film

March 31, 2023

Creative Capital Award

2023 call for new Visual Arts & Film/Moving Image projects that push boundaries

April 1, 2023

Sundance Documentary Film Program

non-fiction projects, priority to raising underrepresented voices

April 17, 2023

Rogovy Foundation Miller/Packan Film Fund

feature-length documentaries addressing social issues: advanced development, production & post-production

May 15, 2023 November 15, 2023

FWB Filmmaking Grants

short films, feature films, new media projects: development, production, post-production

June 1, 2023

LPB Public Media Content Fund

documentaries & limited series on the Latino experience: production & post-production, limited research & development funds

June, 2023 (expected)

Southern Documentary Fund Production Grant

documentary producers with deep roots in southern states: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV. Projects in production only.

July, 2023 (expected)

NEH Media Projects Grants

documentary films, radio programs, podcasts that engage with humanities: development, production & distribution

August 9, 2023

LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund

documentary film, new works by New England filmmakers: all stages of production

August 31, 2023: Development/Pre-Production
January, 2024 (expected): Production/Post-production

ITVS Diversity Development Fund

Applicants of color working on standard-length non-fiction projects that have not begun production

September, 2023 (expected)

CAAM Documentary Fund

documentaries for public televison about Asian Americans: production or post-production

October, 2023 (expected)

CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Fund

social issue documentary films highlighting Asian American narratives: research & development and early production

November, 2023 (expected)

California Documentary Projects

documentary films related to California: Research & Development, Production

November 1, 2023

Puffin Artist Grant Program

small grants to individuals for independent film/media projects

December, 2023 (expected)

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