EST/Sloan
Rewrite Commissions

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

Applicants for rewrite grants will be notified of decisions by the end of 2025.

Individuals or creative teams interested in receiving an EST/Sloan Project commission should submit the following as their application for a grant:

  1. A draft of the script.

  2. A one- or two-page cover letter detailing the development history of the play, your goals for a rewrite commission, and any questions you have about the current draft.

  3. A resume or biography of each collaborator involved.

A selection committee evaluates the proposals and makes the final decisions. Candidates may be asked to revise aspects of their proposals, provide writing samples, and/or arrange a meeting to discuss their project as part of the selection process.

Subject Areas Eligible for SuBmission

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.