PMI Program Updates

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

ROUND FOUR OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

Round Four of the PMI program is now open for applications. Proposals will be accepted until midnight Eastern Time on April 17, 2009. The Public Media Innovation Fund is seeking to make investments in a small number of educationally-oriented projects that can support public broadcasting's role to increase economic and financial literacy. In this round of funding, the PMI Fund will place relative small investments ($5,000 to $50,000 per project) in new media educational tools, applications and content aimed at helping students — both adults and children — , teachers and parents understand and cope with the current economic crisis.

The total investment available for this round is $200,000.

CPB is seeking innovative projects that:

1. Use new media techniques, strategies, applications or products to foster economic and financial literacy and enhance understanding of the current economic crisis
2. Include a broadcast component.
3. Indicate potential to meet a compelling economic or financial educational need.
4. Indicate potential to have a positive impact on learning for a targeted audience.
5. Demonstrate an approach that can be replicated by other stations.
6. Demonstrate a promising structured educational approach to be tested.

Please download the Request for Proposals for detailed information, including proposal requirements. Those wishing to submit a proposal please go to the CPB application site and complete your on-line application there. 

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