The Doc Society Climate Story Fund 2025 for creative fiction/nonfiction projects (up to $125,000 grants)

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Application Deadline: March 10, 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025 Doc Society Climate Story Fund. The fund is looking for tales that illuminate the interconnectedness of all life and exhibit how local weather motion can lead to a brand new period of abundance—one the place techniques are redesigned to be extra inclusive, equitable, and resilient, with out leaving anybody behind. These narratives ought to resonate on a deeply emotional stage, reflecting our collective love for our communities, our environments, and the generations but to come. By amplifying these tales, we hope to activate international audiences to envision and demand a future that balances environmental restoration with social justice, political accountability, moral migration insurance policies, and the accountable use of expertise.

The Doc Society Climate Story Fund helps compelling impartial media storytelling and affect methods from round that world that may assist audiences envision the simply transition, and activate them to make these visions a actuality. The Fund supplies up to $125,000 grants to help the completion of manufacturing of nonfiction initiatives, and for accomplished nonfiction and fiction initiatives trying to implement an affect pilot.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

If your venture doesn’t meet the next necessities, it’ll sadly not be eligible for consideration, and your application shall be rejected.

• The venture should be the unique creation of an impartial storyteller who holds the copyright to their work and maintains full creative, budgetary, and editorial management. Projects directed by a 3rd occasion, resembling a broadcaster, college, basis, or nonprofit group, should not eligible.
• To qualify for manufacturing funding, initiatives should full manufacturing inside a 12 months from being awarded the grant.

• To qualify for affect funding, initiatives should implement an affect pilot inside a 12 months from being awarded the grant.
• The venture will need to have secured monetary help from not less than one lively funder.

Applicant Requirements

• The applicant should be 18 years of age or older.
• Applicants from wherever on this planet can apply.
• The applicant just isn’t required to have nonprofit standing or fiscal sponsorship.
• The fund is glad to obtain purposes from Producers, Directors, Lead Creatives or Impact Producers on the venture.

Grant Award

• grants made will vary from roughly USD $50,000-125,000.

Key Dates:

February 10, 2025	Call for purposes opens
February 26, 2025	Call for purposes info webinar
March 10, 2025	Call for purposes closes at 7:00 AM Pacific Time
June 20, 2025	Shortlisted candidates shall be contacted to provide tough cuts (if prepared)
July 14-16, 2025	Zoom interviews for shortlisted candidates
July 25, 2025	Selected grantees shall be notified
August 1, 2025	Unsuccessful candidates shall be notified
September 8-9 & 17-18, 2025	Virtual Impact Lab

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Doc Society Climate Story Fund