America’s Media Makers (AMM) grants support the following formats:
- interactive digital media;
- film and television projects; and
- radio projects.
Interactive digital media may be websites, games, mobile applications, virtual environments, streaming video, podcasts, or other digital formats.
Film and television projects may be single programs or a series addressing significant figures or events and drawing their content from humanities scholarship. They must be intended for national distribution.
Radio projects may involve single programs, limited series, or segments within an ongoing program. They may also develop new humanities content to augment existing radio programming or add greater historical background or humanities analysis to the subjects of existing programs. They may be intended for regional or national distribution.
NEH encourages projects that feature multiple formats to engage the public in the exploration of humanities ideas. Proposed projects might include complementary components that expand or deepen the audience’s understanding of a subject: for example, museum exhibitions, book/film discussion programs, or other formats that engage audiences in new ways. America’s Media Makers grants may not, however, be used to support programs’ general operating costs.
Production grants support the production and distribution of digital projects, films, television programs, radio programs, and related programs that promise to engage the public.
Program Statistics
In the last five competitions The America's Media Makers: Production Grants program received an average of 42 applications. The program made an average of seven awards per competition, for a funding ratio of 17 percent.
The number of applications to an NEH grant program can vary widely from competition to competition, as can the funding ratio. Information about the average number of applications and awards in recent competitions is meant only to provide historical context for the current competition. Information on the number of applications and awards in individual competitions is available from publicpgms@neh.gov [1].
Questions?
Contact the staff of NEH’s Division of Public Programs at 202-606-8269 and publicpgms@neh.gov [1]. Hearing-impaired applicants can contact NEH via TDD at 1-866-372-2930.