Project Grant 19118353423

This Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will support the WGBH Educational Foundation in creating educational resources to improve access to public media archives. Under the $213,358 award provided through the National Leadership Grants program, the Foundation will develop 20 sets of primary resources featuring archival public television and radio programming aligned with commonly taught topics in American history and current events. The sets will include teaching...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $227,420 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program to the Linguistic Society of America to support the creation and distribution of 20 original podcast episodes and 3 mini-series episodes on the history of African American English through the Subtitle podcast. The podcast episodes will range between 20 to 25 minutes and will be distributed through Subtitle's online and social media platforms, with...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID MA256056OMS24, was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) grant program. The $400,000 award will fund BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn to offer 35-40 twelve-session arts and media education residencies per year in partnership with New York City public schools. The residency programs will focus on strengthening students' arts and media mastery, critical thinking skills, and social-emotional...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc. a $100,000 project grant under the National Leadership Grants program to produce One Brooklyn TV in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. One Brooklyn TV will bring educational media content to over 550,000 households in Brooklyn, providing students access to remote curriculum and instructional videos regardless of internet access. Now in its second year, the program will focus on creating...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to Stone Soup Productions Inc., a woman-owned non-profit media production company. The grant will support the production of the second and third seasons of "The People's Recorder," a national podcast series inspired by the 1930s Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. The podcast aims to explore the legacy,...

This federal Project Grant award of $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) supports the production of "Sounds of the Uyghurs", a 3D podcast series exploring the ongoing cultural erasure of the Uyghur people in China's Xinjiang province. The project consists of seven 40-minute podcast episodes, the creation of a digital archive of Uyghur cultural content, and an audio installation for a museum setting....

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Mediatech Institute a $400,254 Formula Grant under the Education Stabilization Fund (CFDA 84.425) program. The grant period runs from April 5, 2021 through April 4, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program aims to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Under this award, Mediatech Institute will likely deliver services and support to postsecondary students impacted by the pandemic such...

The Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation (PRPBC) received a $349,893 Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) on September 1, 2021 to undertake activities under NARA's National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA #89.003). Through August 30, 2024, PRPBC's Planning and Development division will use the funding to preserve, publish, and promote the use of documentary sources related to United States history. As the sole public...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Living Arts Trust Inc., doing business as O Cinema, from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The grant supports personnel expenses under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). This program aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts, integrate arts strategies that promote well-being and community resilience, and build arts sector capacity and...

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston was awarded a $614,382 Museums for America (MFA) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) with a project period from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The grant will support the ICA's implementation of an array of out-of-school programs for 2,000 Boston-area teens that engage young people with art and artists, support their well-being, foster creativity and critical thinking skills, provide professional training, and...