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  • DEADLINE: Southeast Asia Ocean Reporting Fellowship

    "Mongabay is now accepting applications for the 2026 Southeast Asia Ocean Reporting Fellowship. "This six-month, fully remote fellowship supports early- and mid-career environmental journalists from and based in coastal Southeast Asian countries in building their reporting portfolios while covering critical ocean issues and solutions in the region. "Fellows will work closely with Mongabay editors to

  • DEADLINE: Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists

    "The award is intended to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting and writing in any field of science. The award is given in memory of Ev Clark, a veteran journalist at Business Week, The New York Times and Newsweek, and Seth Payne, his long-time friend and colleague at Business Week and a founder

  • DEADLINE: Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting

    CASW established the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting in 2000. Given annually, the prize seeks to honor a writer for a body of work published or broadcast within the last five years which, for reasons of uncommon clarity, accuracy, breadth of coverage, enterprise, originality, insight and narrative power, has made a

  • DEADLINE: European Science Journalist of the Year

    "The European Science Journalist of the Year Award recognizes and promotes excellence and innovation in science journalism around Europe. "Entries are accepted from European science journalism associations as well as individuals working in a European country or whose work has been published in European media. "The first-place winner will be awarded a prize of 2,000

  • DEADLINE: Banff Mountain Book Competition

    "The annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival celebrates mountain literature, film, and photography, bringing together filmmakers, writers, publishers, editors, photographers, athletes, adventurers, and of course an audience filled with avid readers! "As a key program of the Festival, the Banff Mountain Book Competition is an internationally recognized literary competition that celebrates mountain literature

  • DEADLINE: BanffPitch

    "Are you developing a film project that celebrates mountain culture, adventure, mountain sports or the environment? Are you looking for funding opportunities and support? "The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is proud to announce the return of BanffPitch, its newest initiative to support emerging filmmakers in pitching their film ideas to an international

  • DEADLINE: Women Photograph + Leica Project Grants

    "Thanks to generous support from Leica USA, these three $10,000 grants will support photography projects — either new or in-progress — from visual journalists working in a documentary capacity. "Funding

  • DEADLINE: Ansbach Science Communication Master’s Program

    Ansbach University of Applied Sciences in Germany invites applications for the three-semester, English-language Ansbach Science Communication Master’s Program, starting in Fall 2026 (winter semester). "Because we need science to address many of today's most pressing issues like pandemics, climate change or artificial intelligence, science communicators are in demand—be it in journalism, governments, NGOs, think tanks,

  • DEADLINE: Visual Journalism Support for Mental Health Reporting

    "For this second cycle of the Mental Health Visual Desk, CatchLight is looking to support local newsrooms whose reporting efforts are helping reframe how mental health is seen, felt, and understood — and, crucially, what can be done about it. "Building on our first year of work across California, CatchLight is expanding this initiative nationally.

  • DEADLINE: Richard J. Margolis Award

    "The Richard J. Margolis Award is given annually to a promising new journalist or essayist whose nonfiction work combines warmth, humor and wisdom and sheds light on issues of social justice. "The award combines a one-month residency at Blue Mountain Center, an acclaimed writers' and artists' colony in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, with a $10,000