14º Laboratorio de Creación de Series de Televisión 2027
Six television series projects are chosen for this free lab run by Fundación SGAE in the first half of 2027.
closes today
Fellowship or lab Park City, United States
Sundance Institute Episodic Alfred P. Sloan Grant
Run by Sundance Institute Episodic Program, with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Sundance Institute's Episodic Program gives this grant to one original half-hour or hour-long series that centers science, technology or a historical figure or event. A solo writer or a two-person team applies through FilmFreeway, and the award is USD 17,000 with development help from the program.
Deadline Dec 3, 2026 (closes in 44 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Sloan grant deadline, with the published waiver code | Dec 3, 2026 | USD 50 |
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Entry fee
- From $50Non-refundable processing fee per project, paid on FilmFreeway
- Formats
- TV pilot, Series
- Language
- English
- Where
- Park City, United States (enter online)
- Who can apply
- Writers 18 or older with an original English-language series that is new to Sundance or substantially revised; a writer who has already sold an episodic project that was shot is not eligible. The series must give positive weight to a historical figure or event or to a field of science or technology.
- Prizes
- One grant of USD 17,000.
What to send
- File
- Title page
- A dated cover page is required
- Also asked for
- Logline of up to 50 words with running length, pilot synopsis and series overview of up to 500 words each, writer bios of about 250 words, personal and thematic statements of up to 250 words; optional video links up to 10 minutes in total.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
USD 17,000 plus creative development support from the Episodic Program.
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