Request for Proposals: Spreading Love Through the Media (North America)

They are interested in projects that extend well beyond romantic love; they define love as a deep, unselfish commitment to another person’s well-being—even to put their interests before your own.

Funding Information

• Grants will range from $5,000 to $50,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• They encourage any journalist or other nonfiction media producer located in North America to apply for a grant.
• The grants will support the reporting and production of stories on love across a range of media, including stories for print newspapers and magazines, video, radio, podcasts, social media, and other digital publications or platforms. They have a particular interest in partnering with podcasts and social media creators, with some funding earmarked for projects produced for social media platforms.
• They believe pieces on love may be of particular interest to the following audiences:
  • Educators, caregivers, and parents, interested in how the capacity for love can be nurtured in children and to build more caring communities;
  • Politically minded audiences, particularly those seeking constructive strategies for moving past social division and polarization;
  • Science-minded audiences, eager to learn about cutting-edge research findings on the psychology or biology of love;
  • Spiritually minded audiences, curious about the role of love across faith and spiritual traditions and also about the relationship between scientific and religious conceptions of love;
  • Others interested in personal growth, human flourishing, and the implications of the science of love for pressing cultural issues of the day.

Application Requirements

• The project overview should include the following sections and address these questions:
  • Project Title (100 characters max)
  • Short description (600 characters max)
  • The medium in which your project will be produced
  • Outlet/Platform: Where do you plan to publish your project (i.e., for what publication, radio program, podcast, YouTube channel, website, etc.)? If you have not yet confirmed the outlet, please tell them where you hope to publish it and why you believe they are likely to publish it.
  • Output: Will it be a single piece or a series of pieces?

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