Knight Grant Application, Including Introduction

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is seeking proposals for innovative ways to shape the future of news and community.

In a democracy that is organized by geography, the fate of every village, town, suburb and metropolis depends on citizens being able to get the news they need to run their lives and their governments. The Knight Brothers 21st Century News Challenge hopes to recognize transformative ideas, pilot projects, leadership initiatives and investment opportunities that will help improve the flow of journalism, information and news in the public interest.

We're looking for:

* New ways to understand news and act on it, including new ways to collect, prepare and distribute information, news and journalism that reveals hard-to-know facts, identifies common problems, clarifies community issues and points out practical courses of action.
* New ways for people to communicate interactively to better understand one another, to generate real passion in solving local problems and to share the know-how they need to improve their communities;
* New ways for people to use information, news and journalism to imagine their collective possibilities as communities, and to set and reach common community goals.

We want proposals that increase the clarity, not the cacophony. We’re looking for ways to increase a community’s capacity to both understand what’s wrong and to fix it.

The deadline for submitting a Letter of Inquiry is
December 1.

Remember, the categories for this initiative are:

* Ideas
* Pilot projects
* Leadership
* Commercial products and investments
* Open

Please use the form below to apply for the Knight Brothers 21st Century News Challenge.

Prefix

First Name *

Last Name *

Suffix

Organization or Business Name

Tax ID Number, if 501(c)3

Mailing Address *

City *

State *

Province

ZIP or Postal Code *

Country *

Phone *

Fax

Website

E-mail Address *

Confirm E-mail Address *

If you are part of an organization, is your mailing address the same as your organization's address?
Yes No

Organization's Mailing Address (if different from above) *
Mailing Address *

City *

State *

Province

ZIP or Postal Code *
Country *

Phone *

Fax

Project Category and Title *
(255-character maximum)

Total estimated cost of project (U.S. Dollars, Numeric)
$

Project Duration
year(s)
(whole years only. Example: 2)

Briefly describe the project for which 21st Century News Challenge funding is requested. Keep in mind the purpose is to develop physical communities when answering the following questions in your description [your answers to the following questions]

What makes this idea unique? *
(no more than 350 words)

Who else would want to use it, and why? *
(no more than 150 words)

Why are you the best person or organization to develop this project? *
(no more than 350 words)

[And that's it-- their letter of inquiry. I imagine if you don't come off as a complete fool they send a more demanding app.]