CPB AND PBS PROGRAM CHALLENGE FUND – DEADLINE APPROACHING
Deadline: August 5, 2010
The Program Challenge Fund was created in 1987 to support high profile, primetime limited series and specials for the national public television schedule. The Challenge Fund is jointly administered by CPB and PBS, which make funding decisions based on mutually established programming goals and objectives.
CPB and PBS have re-defined the purpose of the Program Challenge Fund in an effort to bring additional impact to the National Program Service schedule. The Program Challenge Fund has begun to more fully fund high-visibility, high-impact limited series and feature length documentaries that offer a definitive take on a subject or break new ground in popular, public service media.
CPB and PBS expect a successful Program Challenge Fund program to be the highlight of a given season's schedule and have the potential to generate publicity.
Furthermore, to address industry-wide goals for development of digital content, CPB and PBS will dedicate Program Challenge Fund dollars to high-definition or standard-definition widescreen programs only, and recipients will be expected to deliver all digital content with the underlying rights.
Note: There is no standard application process for the Program Challenge Fund, and producers should submit projects according to the general CPB Recommended Submission Guidelines. Producers should also contact PBS. Only those projects deemed to meet the Challenge Fund priorities by CPB and PBS programming teams will be among the final projects considered for investment at the appropriate Program Challenge Fund meeting.
For questions about the Program Challenge Fund, please send an e-mail to
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or visit the CPB website at: www.cpb.org.
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