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OPEN GRANTS

Program Challenge Fund
CPB's Program Challenge Fund funds high-visibility, high-impact limited series and feature length documentaries that offer a definitive take on a subject or break new ground in public service media.
Rural Station Digital Equipment Emergency Recovery Grants
CPB will make a total of $500,000 in grants providing emergency financial assistance to rural station to replace damaged or destroyed equipment.
Support for Participation in TV Multi-Station Master Controls Grant
CPB will make grants of up to $50,000 to support the costs associated with participating in an existing multi-station master control project.
Collaborative Operations and Services Grant Program
CPB will make grants of up to $750,000 for projects that use mergers and collaborations to improve the efficiency of public broadcasting stations.

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Weekly Primetime Television Series
With this program, CPB plans to fund a new weekly primetime series that will expand viewership and usage, reaching an adult audience that reflects the diversity of the 40-64 year-old population.
Digital Distribution Fund - Round 15
The purpose of this CPB grant, the Digital Distribution Fund, is to support public television stations' ability to deliver digital content, provide multicasting and expand services.
My Source Impact and Communication Grants
CPB created this program to leverage the capacity of public broadcasting stations to communicate their impact on a local, regional and statewide level to key decision makers and community leaders.
American Archive Content Inventory Project
This funding opportunity is specifically for public broadcasters and is intended to help them take an inventory of their assets.
Dropout Awareness and Youth Engagement Initiative
CPB is soliciting proposals from public media stations in high-need communities to form Public Media Community Hubs to address the high school dropout crisis.
American Graduate Community Engagement Grants
As part of the CPB initiative, NCME will provide grants to support stations committed to connecting with and engaging their communities to collaboratively address the high school dropout crisis.
Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) Round 17: Centralcast Projects
CPB is accepting applications for new centralcast projects. Funding level is determined by the number of transmitters included in the project. Deadline is 8/31/11.
Community Outreach to Encourage Game Submissions for the PBS KIDS Prizes in the National STEM Video Game Challenge
This opportunity provides funding for public television stations to host local events to promote the 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge.
Teacher Wall Grants
NCME will award 50 grants of $2,200 to eligible stations for the production of brief video interviews with educators to amplify educators’ voices and the commitment to education in the community.
Ready To Learn Transmedia Demonstration and Mentor Station Grants
CPB intends to fund a second cohort of public television stations to serve as Demonstration sites for the new Ready To Learn initiative, Expanded Learning Through Transmedia Content.
Strengthening Education Reporting
CPB will award up to $1 million in grants to public radio for education reporting aligned with the American Graduate initiative.
Ready To Learn – Sustainability Awards
CPB will award a total of $110,000 to a select number of Ready To Learn stations from cohort one to support their continued Ready To Learn efforts.
Local Journalism Centers
With this grant, CPB seeks to enhance the ability of public broadcasting stations to create high quality journalism by supporting the establishment of Local Journalism Centers.