The Oregon Outdoors & Health Grant
***THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR THIS GRANT IS NOW CLOSED.***
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WINNING PROJECT BY GOING HERE.
THANK YOU.
The "Outdoors and Health Film Grant" is being provided by the #OregonMade Creative Foundation in conjunction with Travel Oregon. This grant will offer $15,000 in funding to enable the selected applicant to explore the notion that spending time outdoors can improve health outcomes.
Oregonians and visitors are inspired by nature. It feeds our souls and enriches our well-being. We instinctively know that a life spent outdoors, is a life well spent indeed.
Not coincidently, it also turns out that taking time off to explore and spend time in nature can heal us.
Exploring the statement, “the relationship we have with the outdoors has the power to improve the health of everyone,” use the below shortlist of suggestions to find inspiration for your short film:
- Outdoor experiences can reduce inflammation, can combat mental fatigue and reduce the symptoms of depression.
- Walking in the woods (or “forest bathing”) can lower stress hormones and improve immunity.
- Hiking can help improve cognitive ability such as memory recall and can lower blood pressure.
- Exposure to green spaces can reduce the risk of type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stress and high blood pressure.
- Humans have an affinity for water – it can induce a meditative, calm mind that can result in better sleep.
- Pilot programs (such as Park Prescriptions programs) connecting time spent in the outdoors to positive health benefits are an increasing part of the portfolio of many healthcare providers.
- Camping can improve academic performance in students.
In addition to “documentary styled” content, proposed projects are encouraged to embrace different types of mediums (for example, 2D, 3D, Stop Motion animation, or graphics) and story structure (for example, narration, or non-linear storytelling). Ultimately, the successful Outdoors Film Grant project will tell a unique story that correlates the effects of spending time outdoors with better health and well-being.
Application period closed on May 17, 2019
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WINNING PROJECT BY GOING HERE.
THANK YOU.
The "Outdoors and Health Film Grant" is being provided by the #OregonMade Creative Foundation in conjunction with Travel Oregon. This grant will offer $15,000 in funding to enable the selected applicant to explore the notion that spending time outdoors can improve health outcomes.
Oregonians and visitors are inspired by nature. It feeds our souls and enriches our well-being. We instinctively know that a life spent outdoors, is a life well spent indeed.
Not coincidently, it also turns out that taking time off to explore and spend time in nature can heal us.
Exploring the statement, “the relationship we have with the outdoors has the power to improve the health of everyone,” use the below shortlist of suggestions to find inspiration for your short film:
- Outdoor experiences can reduce inflammation, can combat mental fatigue and reduce the symptoms of depression.
- Walking in the woods (or “forest bathing”) can lower stress hormones and improve immunity.
- Hiking can help improve cognitive ability such as memory recall and can lower blood pressure.
- Exposure to green spaces can reduce the risk of type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stress and high blood pressure.
- Humans have an affinity for water – it can induce a meditative, calm mind that can result in better sleep.
- Pilot programs (such as Park Prescriptions programs) connecting time spent in the outdoors to positive health benefits are an increasing part of the portfolio of many healthcare providers.
- Camping can improve academic performance in students.
In addition to “documentary styled” content, proposed projects are encouraged to embrace different types of mediums (for example, 2D, 3D, Stop Motion animation, or graphics) and story structure (for example, narration, or non-linear storytelling). Ultimately, the successful Outdoors Film Grant project will tell a unique story that correlates the effects of spending time outdoors with better health and well-being.
Application period closed on May 17, 2019
