EST/Sloan
Regional Development Grants

Script submissions are now closed, and will next reopen Fall 2025. 

Theatre companies interested in receiving an EST/Sloan Project regional development grant should submit the following as their application for a grant:

1. A current draft of the script, or a one- to two-page description or outline of the project.

2. A resume or biography of each collaborator involved.

3. A one- to two-page cover letter detailing the development history of the project and your goals for the commission.

4. An estimated budget for the project.

Subject Areas Eligible for Sumission

The EST/Sloan Project is open to a broad range of topics related to the issues, people, ideas, processes, leading-edge discoveries, inventions, and/or history of the "hard" sciences and technology, as well as explorations of the culture of those fields.

HARD SCIENCES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

• Mathematics

• Physics (geological, nuclear, theoretical, etc.)

• Biology (evolution, zoology, animal behavior, ecology, molecular, genetics, etc.)

• Chemistry (industrial, biochemistry, etc.)

• Neuroscience

• Anthropology and Archaeology

TECHNOLOGY INCLUDES:

• Computer Science

• Software Development, Computer Development

• Engineering (civil, chemical, mechanical, electrical, aerospace, vehicle design)

• Space Research

AREAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR COMMISSIONS INCLUDE:

• Science Fiction

• Medical Conditions and/or Victims of Disease

• Psychology and Human Behavior

Script submissions are now closed, and will next reopen Fall 2025.