Applications for the 2025-26 season are due on August 13, 2025!

Eligibility

This grant is open to US-based nonprofit art houses and museums with film programs. Film festivals with a year-round footprint are also eligible to apply. Current and previous grantees are eligible to reapply.

Application fees

There is no application fee.

Deadlines

The 2025–2026 Science on Screen season runs from October 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

The application process will open again this summer, with a deadline of August 13, 2025. Please send all completed application materials to info@scienceonscreen.org by August 1, 2025, with the subject line "2025–26 SoS application: [your organization's name]."

All applicants will receive a response via email in late September. Contact info@scienceonscreen.org with any questions.

RETURNING GRANTEES

If you have received a Science on Screen grant within the past five years, please submit the following materials:

1) Application form

Please complete this 2025–26 Science on Screen application form (returning). (The form is available as a PDF here, for reference.) Please use the following convention to name your application form: [Your organization's name]_2025-26_SoS_application (e.g. Coolidge_Corner_Theatre_2025-26_SoS_application)

2) Program budget

All applicants must complete the 2025-26 Science on Screen proposed budget template as part of their application. Please use the following convention to name your proposed budget: [Your organization's name]_2025-26_SoS_proposed_budget (e.g. Coolidge_Corner_Theatre_2025-26_SoS_proposed_budget)

3) Current operating budget

You can either paste a copy of your organization’s current operating budget into your application form or submit it as an attachment.

NEW / NON-RECENT GRANTEES

If your organization has never received a Science on Screen grant OR has not been granted within the past five years, please submit the following materials:

1) Application form

Please complete this 2025–26 Science on Screen application form (new). (The form is available as a PDF here, for reference.) Please use the following convention to name your application form: [Your organization's name]_2025-26_SoS_application (e.g. Coolidge_Corner_Theatre_2025-26_SoS_application)

2) Program budget

All applicants must complete the 2025-26 Science on Screen proposed budget template as part of their application. Please use the following convention to name your proposed budget: [Your organization's name]_2025-26_SoS_proposed_budget (e.g. Coolidge_Corner_Theatre_2025-26_SoS_proposed_budget)

3) Current operating budget

You can either paste a copy of your organization’s current operating budget into your application form or submit it as an attachment.

4) Tax-exempt determination letter from the IRS

Please include proof of your organization’s nonprofit status with this application.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the application process or the application form itself, email info@scienceonscreen.org. We're happy to help you!