Humanities Grants
Guidelines for Media Projects 2009
The Media guidelines are a supplement to the Humanities guidelines.
In preparing your grant application, follow deadlines and instructions
for a humanities grant, plus the additional information found below.
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to download these Guidelines for Media Projects 2009.
WHAT IS A MEDIA PROJECT?
Media projects involve the production of
- Radio documentaries
- Documentary films or videos (both analog and digital)
The following are eligible for funding, but are NOT considered
media projects:
The following types of activities are NOT eligible for KHC funding:
- Production of docudramas or film dramatizations of history
or literature script research and development
- The videotaping of conferences and/or events
- Production of introductory videos for museums and other institutions
Questions? Contact Dan Carey-Whalen, Director of Programs, at 785/357-0359
or dan@kansashumanities.org.
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR MEDIA PROJECTS
Humanities professionals must play substantive roles in
the development of the script and in assuring the accuracy and humanities
content of the final production. The incorporation of "on
camera" or "on air" interviews with the professionals
into the final production is encouraged, but not required. Professionals
must also be involved in evaluating the final product.
The final product must be of broadcast quality and the
application must describe reasonable plans for securing public broadcast
within the state of Kansas. Submit a letter of support
from one or more public television station or network expressing
interest in broadcasting the program with the grant.
Your final application will include at least one public
discussion programs at the completion of your project for Kansas
audiences. A public media discussion program involves the
presentation of the media production to a live audience, followed
by comments from humanities professional(s) and audience discussion
of the themes, values, and issues raised by the production.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOUR GRANT APPLICATION
Project Description
The applicant should respond to the following points when answering
these questions, which appear in the Project Description section
of the Humanities Grant Guidelines.
1. Provide a short description of the applicant organization.
Include in this section the amounts and sources of funding, if
any, which your project has received to date. In addition, please
note the amounts of any grant requests pending before other state
humanities councils and/or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
2. Describe the topic of your project in some detail,
along with the activities that KHC will be asked to support. Be
sure that your description of the project indicates how the media
production will incorporate the insights of the humanities. A script,
treatment, or outline should be attached as an appendix to the proposal.
3. Provide a tentative schedule of events that
will take place at your public program(s). Describe the implementation
of the media project from pre-production through post-production.
Include a project timetable, indicating by month when you will begin
and complete all significant project activities. The timetable should
encompass the production in its entirety. If desired, a time line
may be presented in chart form on an attached page.
4. Explain who the audience for the program will be,
how you plan to publicize it, and how many people you hope will
attend. KHC funds media productions that are intended for, and of
a quality suitable for, public broadcast. In this section, please
describe:
a) Plans for broadcast or cablecast of your finished
product. Indicate whether you are seeking national, regional, and/or
local airtime. Attach letters of commitment or interest from target
stations or networks, if available.
b) The anticipated audience for public media discussion
programs in Kansas. Please indicate, at least tentatively, the date(s),
location(s), and local sponsor(s) of such programs.
c) Plans to offer your production to other organizations
or groups. Explain the target market, circulation system, and arrangements,
if any, for financial compensation.
Budget
The project budget must follow standard KHC guidelines requiring
cost share at least equal to the KHC grant request. Please note
that your success in obtaining cash cost share (i.e., donations
by third parties such as foundations, businesses, or individuals)
is considered an indicator of the viability of a media project.
Be sure to mention the availability of such funds in your budget.
Please note that federal funds cannot be counted as cost share.
- If KHC funds are requested for only one phase of a larger project,
the applicant must provide a full project budget as an appendix
to the proposal. However, be clear in identifying what it is to
be paid through the KHC grant.
- No grant funds may be used for the purchase of production hardware,
such as cameras or editing equipment, unless approved under special
circumstances. The use of major equipment may be donated to the
project as cost share.
- If members of the production staff are to be paid with grant
funds, please note that compensation levels must be in compliance
with the minimum standards established by the Department of Labor
(see 29 CFR, 505.3 and 505.5).
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WORK SAMPLE
Submit a sample of their work with the final application.
This sample might be a DVD or other product that demonstrates
technical expertise in the medium. Ideally, the sample should also
demonstrate the applicant's ability to address humanities content
and themes relevant to the proposed project. If a sample of the
work-in-progress is available, please submit it as well. All work
samples will be returned upon request.
APPLICATION LENGTH
Media applications may exceed the maximum length for a
Humanities Grant application. However, applicants are encouraged
to keep the Project Description to a reasonable number of pages;
include additional details on the treatment and budget in appendices,
as suggested above.
COPYRIGHT AND DISTRIBUTION
Once KHC approves a media project for funding, the applicant receives
a contract that includes policies on copyright, distribution, credits
and other matters. KHC reserves the right to place additional conditions
or stipulations deemed necessary or appropriate on a grant award.
Unless specifically provided otherwise, the following policies will
apply to media projects and to the use of materials produced with
KHC grant funds.
1. Ownership, copyright, distribution, exhibition, and use rights
for all media products developed with KHC grant funds shall be vested
in the producer, writer, artist, or other originator of the work.
2. One print, copy, set or other appropriate unit of each media
product shall become the property of KHC. (Grant funds may be requested
for the purpose of providing this copy.) KHC reserves the nonexclusive
right to distribute or exhibit its copy for noncommercial purposes
as it deems appropriate.
3. The federal government reserves a nonexclusive, royalty-free
license to use and reproduce for government purposes media materials,
including copyrighted matter, produced through KHC grants.
4. All media products developed through a KHC grant, including
associated publicity or promotional materials, shall carry a statement
indicating that it was funded by the Kansas Humanities Council.
There shall also be a disclaimer statement, to the effect that the
views expressed in the media product are not necessarily those of
KHC or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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