Doc Movies - Here's a great link for trailer and funding info. Scroll to the bottom for a number of well cut documentary trailers to look at: http://docmovies.com/documentary-industry-dir/fund-raising.html

Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting - Offers grant to emerging authors writing for film or television.  http://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl/index.html

Solaris Entertainment Finishing Fund - Solaris created a "Finishing Fund" to support emerging independent filmmakers who seek the financial and technical resources necessary to complete their films.  http://www.solarisentertainment.com/funds.htm

Student Academy Awards - An annual national competition conducted by the Academy and the Academy Foundation that give awards and cash grants for film students with outstanding work in each of the four categories: Animation, Documentary, Narrative and Alternative. http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/index.html

Sundance Documentary Fund - Supports worldwide documentary films that focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice, civil liberties, and exploring critical issues of our time.   Grants provided to projects that are in the early research or pre-production stage and works-in-progress grants are provided to projects in the production/post-production stage. First time filmmakers may apply.  http://www.sundance.org/press_subgen.html?articleID=4&colorCode=green

Sundance Creative Producing Initiative - Program conceived to develop and support the next generation of American independent producers.  Candidates must have produced at least one short or feature-length narrative or documentary film (no more than 2 narrative features total), and have a legally-optioned scripted narrative project in hand. http://www.sundance.org/press_subgen.html?articleID=26&colorCode=green

Terra Firma Emerging Writers Program - Providing new writers a door into Hollywood by helping them learn from industry professionals, the fundamentals of storytelling, the process of script development, and the business of selling a screenplay. http://www.terrafirmafilms.com/emerging_writers_program.html

Tribeca Youth Film Fellowship - A program that allows young filmmakers to exchange ideas, explore the possibilities of cinema, and develop their own visions and voices through film. http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/youth/film_fellows

Working Films: The Content + Intent Documentary Institute - Offered to documentary filmmakers and film students with works-in-progress that brilliantly expand the understanding of the "American story." The program focus on the development of outreach plans for the selected films. http://www.workingfilms.org/article.php?id=61

WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival - Is a cash award program for independent films in all categories including student films, shorts, features, documentaries, experimental films, and others. The 10 winners present their work at the Houston Film Festival. http://www.worldfest.org