What distinguishes a production grant application from a development grant application?
More research should have been completed for a production grant application, and the project should be described in greater detail in the application. These applications should convey a solid command of the relevant humanities scholarship, the program’s narrative elements, and the visual approach. All production proposals require a detailed program description for a radio project, a script for a television project, or a design document and prototype for a digital media project. Development applications do not need to be worked out to the same extent; nevertheless, they need to describe the intellectual themes, storyline, and audio or visual approach in enough detail so that the evaluators can see the merits of the project. Digital media projects must also describe the nature and the structure of the interactivity and show how it will facilitate the audience’s experience of the humanities content.
