Closed · 20230809-TD-TR · CFDA 45.164 · Discretionary

Media Projects

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Humanities, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$1M
Award range
Closed
Status
January 10, 2024
Close date
11
Expected awards

The verdict

Media Projects is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Humanities that offered $1 -- $1,000,000 across 11 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 617 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Humanities.

$1-$1M
award range
Closed
application status
11
expected awards
45.164
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Media Projects is closed (last close January 10, 2024). The parent program page for CFDA 45.164 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Endowment for the Humanities still indexes 617 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed January 10, 2024

Posted May 4 Closes Jan 10

Est. Total Funding

$3,500,000

Expected Awards

11

Instrument

Grant

Description

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs is accepting applications for the Media Projects program. This program supports collaboration between media producers and scholars to develop content grounded in humanities scholarship and prepare documentary films, radio, and podcasts that engage public audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. NEH makes Media Projects awards at two levels: Development and Production.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 8 doors

Media Projects bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (8 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +4 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Humanities (HU). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Endowment for the Humanities book (234 peers, 38% of 618).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 45.164

Promotion of the Humanities — Preservation and Access

National Endowment for the Humanities

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Agency Contact

Division of Public Programs National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 publicpgms@neh.gov

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What to do next

Media Projects is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.164 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Promotion of the Humanities — Preservation an… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
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