Opens January 2, 2026
Incubator Fund
Get early-stage program development funding and join an incubator to help you grow your skills within a community of documentarians.
What the Incubator Fund Supports
Development support for nonfiction features and web series, plus a three- to six-month incubator to advance your program materials.
What You Get With ITVS Funding
- Up to $10k in funding for an early-stage nonfiction feature or web series
- Potential for additional funding up to $30k
- Three- to six-month incubator alongside other storytellers
- Editorial feedback and guidance from ITVS
- You maintain full editorial, creative, and financial control
- You maintain your copyright
Are you an inventive, impact-driven storyteller? One who uses nonfiction stories to foster understanding, spark dialogue, and connect people across lived experiences?
The ITVS Incubator Fund offers early development support and a three- to six-month incubator for nonfiction features and web series crafted for public media’s streaming platforms, like YouTube and the PBS app. Selected documentarians receive funding, hands-on guidance, and a collaborative space to strengthen program materials—from concept outlines to visual samples—while growing their creative instincts and craft.
We’re seeking curious and courageous documentarians who are committed to creating work for public media streaming audiences, makers who tap into the ITVS ethos of curiosity, empathy, and bold, human-centered storytelling. If your work explores underrepresented experiences, challenges assumptions, or helps people see the world with greater clarity and compassion, we want to hear from you.
Bring us your ideas, show us your vision, and build the next wave of public media storytelling alongside the team at ITVS.