EST/Sloan
Rewrite Commissions

Script submissions will be accepted from September 15 through November 5, 2025. 

Applicants for rewrite grants will be notified of decisions by the end of 2026.

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

  1. A twenty-five page sample of the script. If appropriate, begin with a short introduction providing context for the excerpt.

  2. A statement (no longer than 500 words) 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

  • Medical Research (NOT the experience of having a medical condition or disease)

TECHNOLOGY INCLUDES:

  • Computer Science

  • Software Development, Computer Development

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

  • Space Research grounded in currently existing technologies

AREAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR COMMISSIONS INCLUDE:

  • Science Fiction (i.e., a work that utilizes science or technology that is neither currently possible nor in late-stage development)

  • The experience of having a Medical Condition or Disease

  • Psychology and Human Behavior