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Finding Funding Opportunities and Navigating Grants.gov
Who: Judy Ceresa, Senior Program Advisor: Grants.gov Program Management Office
What: Establish the basics of finding funding opportunities on the grants.gov site, searching, and navigating the opportunities found.
When: Monday January 25, 2021, at 10:00 am EST
Where: Zoom
- Meeting ID: 161 380 1198
- Passcode: 514244
The Roy W. Dean Film Grant for Spring 2021 is now open for submissions
The grant is open to documentaries, narrative features, short films and web series. Films must be unique, make a contribution to society, and be budgeted at $500,000 or less. Students are welcome to apply.
Deadline for submission to the Roy W. Dean Grant for spring is March 30, 2021.
For any questions about the grants, email “From the Heart Productions” or call them at (805) 984-0098.
New SBA Grant Program for Shuttered Venue Operators
Emergency assistance for eligible venues affected by the COVID pandemic.
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program was included in the new federal COVID relief funding bill signed into law on December 27, 2020. The program includes $15 billion in grants to shuttered venues and related businesses, to be administered by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Assistance.
The SBA is in the process of setting up the grant program so get prepared now to apply as soon as it opens:
Production Seeking a Camera Operator
Details from the production:
Seeking a camera operator with own kit to film a remote interview in Mount Vernon, ME, one day in mid to late January for Discovery/ID Channel.
Must have own kit, preferably Sony camera (we use FS5/FS7/FS9) basic lighting kit, basic audio.
Must have experience with filming remote interviews.
Interview will be conducted through Facetime or Zoom with producer in London.
Once the candidate is selected the interview will be scheduled. $1,250/day all in.
With Cases Rising in Maine & Nationwide, Mills Administration Announces Measures to Prevent Spread of the Deadly COVID-19 Virus
The measures include extending the Keeping Maine Healthy Grant Program; reducing Indoor Gathering Limits; Postponing the Reopening of Bars and Tasting Rooms; and Adjusting States Exempt from Maine’s Quarantine or Testing Alternative.
Effective Wednesday, November 4, 2020, people traveling from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are no longer exempt from Maine’s quarantine or negative test requirement; and indoor gatherings will return to a maximum of 50 people, regardless of capacity.
