Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Television - Grants

Recent grants in this program include:
Organization NameProject DirectorProject Title
Catticus CorporationMichael SchwarzFor co-production for a two-hour PBS documentary based on Michael Pollan's bestseller, The Botany of Desire.
WGBH Educational FoundationPaula S. ApsellTo research, produce and broadcast extended profiles of scientists on NOVA Science Now.
Catticus CorporationArthur L. SingerTo develop a full-length television treatment and other possible media about the consequences of de-institutionalization and its relation to advances in neurobiology.
National Geographic SocietyMichael RosenfeldFor co-funding for a drama documentary about Charles Darwin to be aired on NOVA and National Geographic Channel.
WGBH Educational FoundationMark SamelsTo research and produce four documentaries about the role of science and technology in history for The American Experience.
WGBH Educational FoundationPaula S. ApsellSupport for scientist profiles on NOVA scienceNOW prime time broadcast and on the world wide web
Fred Friendly Seminars, Inc.Richard KilbergFor one-hour PBS broadcast and extensive outreach of a Socratic Dialogue on Severe Mental Illness: Law, Science and Society
MacNeil/Lehrer ProductionsLester M. CrystalTo research, produce and broadcast a regular, branded bi-weekly series on financial and economic literacy as part of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, with extensive web components and outreach
Educational Broadcasting CorporationJared LipworthTo produce and broadcast a 4-part series on technology and land-based military conflict, Ground War.
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. Richard HudsonTo produce and broadcast a 2-hour documentary about the 400-year development of the telescope.
Teachers College, Columbia UniversityRichard D. HeffnerPartial support for the Open Mind Online Digital Archive.
WGBH Educational FoundationPaula S. ApsellCo-funding for a four-part PBS series on space and time, Fabric of the Cosmos.
Living Archives, Inc.Rosemary ReedTo develop, produce and broadcast three one-hour PBS documentaries about three women scientists.
WGBH Educational FoundationPaula S. ApsellTo produce extended, personal profiles of scientists on NOVA scienceNOW.
Catticus CorporationMichael SchwartzTo produce, broadcast and promote a one-hour PBS documentary about fractal geometry.

Program Director: Doron Weber Bio