Application Criteria

BEA Research Grants

Application Criteria

  • Grants must fund traditional academic research related to broadcasting, electronic media, or mass communication.
  • Grants will fund direct costs only (no indirect cost overhead) or researcher stipends.
  • Recipients must be a BEA individual member to receive a grant (although non-members may apply).
  • Grant funds will be paid to the recipients after recognition at BEA’s annual convention in April.
  • The selection committee will be encouraged to give at least one award per year to a graduate student.
  • Grant recipients will be required to:
    (a) present their research at a special session during the BEA Annual Convention in Las Vegas in the year FOLLOWING the award of the grant (ie. researchers receiving a grant in winter/spring of 2024 will present their research in April 2025)
    (b) provide a one-page summary of how the funds were expended by January 15 in the year FOLLOWING the award of their grant.