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  • DEADLINE: Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) Grants

    "The Fund for Investigative Journalism provides grants and other support for reporters to produce high-quality, unbiased, nonpartisan investigative stories that have an impact. "Freelance journalists, staff reporters and media outlets are eligible for grants, and their investigations can be for print, online or broadcast stories, books, documentaries or podcasts. Types of grants: Regular grants: Proposals

  • DEADLINE: FIRE Greenlight Grants

    "FIRE has announced a deadline of April 27, 2026, for an unusual pilot grant program to support freelance investigations—Greenlight Grants. "The program will provide three grants as unrestricted stipends of $25,000 each—an amount that comes closer to compensating the time required by some freelance accountability-reporting than many story grants do. "The winning outlets receive $5,000,

  • DEADLINE: Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award

    "The award, to be given annually, will recognize and support reporting and writing that embodies the high standards exemplified by Sharon Begley (1956–2021), a science journalist of unflinching dedication, skill, moral clarity and commitment to mentoring. The Sharon Begley Award comprises a career prize, recognizing the accomplishments of a mid-career science journalist, and a grant

  • DEADLINE: Roy W. Dean Grant for Filmmakers

    "The Roy W. Dean Grant funds independent films that are unique and make a contribution to society that, without its help, might otherwise never get made." Grants range from $3,000-3,500, along with up to $20,000 in services and discounts for production and post-production. Grant application fee waivers are available for those in financial need. 2026

  • DEADLINE: RTDNF Canada Scholarships

    "The Radio-Television Digital News Foundation was established by the RTDNA in 1978 to offer financial assistance to students in Canada." Categories include, but are not limited to: $5,000 CBC David Suzuki Scholarship "for students from racialized communities with a demonstrated interest in science journalism who are in their final year of a college or university

  • DEADLINE: Stanford Health Media Fellowship

    "We are pleased to announce the third year of the Stanford School of Medicine Health Equity Media Fellowship, a program from Medical Humanities and the Arts. "While health journalism has flourished since the pandemic amid a groundswell of mainstream interest, changes in the media environment have challenged news outlets—especially local newsrooms—with dwindling resources and a

  • DEADLINE: Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop

    The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York invites applications by May 1 for the June 14-19, 2026 workshop. "Join a community of writers, improve your craft, and reimagine how you think about nature. Guided by award-winning instructors, the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop provides an intimate space to connect with writers, artists, and editors, spark creativity,

  • DEADLINE: EJN Biodiversity Story Grants

    "To ensure that local audiences have access to trusted, timely and accurate information on the current critical state of biodiversity, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network’s (EJN) Biodiversity Media Initiative is offering 5-10 story grants to increase the quality and quantity of biodiversity coverage, and to highlight the overwhelming threats to our natural world as well as

  • DEADLINE: NASW David Perlman Mentoring Program

    "This summer, NASW is again offering its virtual summer mentoring program for graduate and undergraduate students, which will run from June 3 to July 29. The program is named for longtime science writer and past NASW president David Perlman, who died in 2020 at the age of 101, three years after retiring from the San

  • DEADLINE: Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund

    "We invite university educators and researchers in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia to use Pulitzer Center-supported journalism to develop impactful educational initiatives on climate and environmental issues. The Impact Seed Fund (ISF) is a microscale grant to support education and research activities with the aim to enrich the perspectives and knowledge within the university

  • DEADLINE: Online Journalism Awards

    "The Online Journalism Awards (OJAs), launched in May 2000, are the only comprehensive set of journalism prizes honoring excellence in digital journalism around the world. ... Open to newsrooms of all types, websites, micro sites, blogs, podcasts and all digital platforms where journalists have originated the content or selected and amplified it. Independent creators producing

  • DEADLINE: Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary

    "The Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary supports a research and reporting trip by an early career Canadian journalist who has recently graduated from one of Canada’s university-level journalism programs. The purpose of the $15,000 bursary is to encourage a young journalist to get off the beaten track for a minimum of six weeks. The successful