Research Funding Opportunities: March 27, 2026

Introducing a new tool for research development in the college: Funding Opportunities Database

All active funding opportunities from prior CJC funding digests have been posted to this site and we are continuing to refine and improve it. Please visit it and provide Max Williams your feedback. We want to encourage a culture of extramural funding and sponsored research development.

Media

First Opportunity

• Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
• Funding Opportunity Title: Media Projects
• Key words: radio, podcasts, documentary films
• Link to RFP:  https://www.neh.gov/program/media-projects
• Deadline: 06/25/26
• Funding available: Approximately $6,000,000 with 15 grants awarded. Development up to $75,000, production up to $700,000
• Period of performance: Development: 6-12 months; Production: 1-3 years
• Program Background: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Lifelong Learning is accepting applications for the Media Projects program. The purpose of this program is to support the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, and documentary films that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways.
• Program Objectives: The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, and documentary films that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and incorporate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. Proposals must demonstrate the potential to attract a broad general audience and should be intended for national or regional distribution. Film projects may be stand-alone documentaries that are at least a broadcast hour in length, or a limited series of programs with episodes of any length. Radio and podcast projects may be single programs, a limited series, or segments within an ongoing program. Projects may include supplementary components such as discussion programs or websites. All Media Projects proposals must:
  • build on sound humanities scholarship to deepen public understanding 
  • approach a subject analytically, presenting a variety of perspectives 
  • involve humanities scholars from outside your organization in all phases of development and production 
  • involve appropriate media professionals 
  • employ appealing and accessible formats that will actively engage the general public 
  • demonstrate the potential to attract a large public audience

Second Opportunity

• Sponsor: Park Foundation
• Funding Opportunity Title: Media 
• Key words: investigative journalism, media policy, public broadcasting, documentary films
• Link to RFP:  https://www.parkfoundation.org/funding-priorities/media/
• Deadline: Letters of Inquiry (LOI) are accepted at any time.
• Funding available: not specified
• Period of performance: not specified
• Program Background: The Foundation supports public interest media that raises awareness of critical environmental, political, and social issues to promote a better-informed citizenry in the U.S. It supports quality, non-commercial media that is substantive, fair, and accurate.
• Program Objectives: Program Priorities include:
  • Investigative Journalism-Investigative Journalism supports excellence in reporting on nationally significant public affairs issues in the U.S. Competitive proposals will show evidence of groundbreaking content employing multi-platform media tools with the potential to achieve broad distribution and social impact. 
  • Media Policy-Media Policy supports nationally significant initiatives that promote fair and open media systems and policies in the U.S. The Foundation supports projects that advance universal access to communications, a “neutral” Internet, diverse and independent ownership, public interest media, and the future of journalism.
  • Public Broadcasting-Public Broadcasting supports nationally distributed and aired television and radio programming. Preference is given to in-depth, investigative reporting projects that include diverse, public interest voices and perspectives.
  • Documentary Films-Documentary Films supports a very limited number of small grants to individual documentary projects related to civil society and democracy, the environment, and animal welfare. Requests for funding greatly exceed available resources and preference is given to projects with wide distribution and community engagement.

Journalism

First Opportunity

• Agency: McGraw Center for Business Journalism
• Funding Opportunity Title: McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism
• Key words: investigative journalism, business, finance, economics
• Link to RFP:  www.mcgrawcenter.org/the-harold-w-mcgraw-jr-business-journalism-fellowships/
• Deadline: 4/13/26 for Spring Fellowships 
• Funding available: maximum of $15,000
• Period of performance: not specified
• Program Objective: The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism provides experienced journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories that delve into critical economic, financial or business issues across a wide array of subjects. You don’t need to be a business reporter to apply; many of our previous Fellows have been generalists, or cover beats such as health care, education or the environment. Others have focused on issues such as economic inequality or corporate accountability
• NOTE:
  • Open to anyone with at least five years professional experience
  • No budget is required at time of application

Training Opportunity

• Sponsor: University of Florida
• Funding Opportunity Title: Grantsmanship Workshop with National Expert
• Key words: early career opportunities
• Link to RFP:  click.info.gator360.ufl.edu
• Deadline: There are only 25 seats available, and the cost is $160. To secure your spot, please register by April 8.
• Program Objectives: Join us for an impactful two-day interactive workshop on June 4-5, from 9 AM to 5 PM, designed for early and mid-career faculty looking to enhance their grant success. This intensive program, led by national research development expert Holly Falk-Krzesinski, PhD, will teach you how to align your research with sponsor priorities, identify the right funding opportunities, craft clear and persuasive proposals, and create defensible budgets.
• NOTE: Please note that participants must attend both days of the workshop.

Category: Research Funding Opportunities
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