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  • DEADLINE: National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF)

    The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ), the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) together offer this development opportunity for early-career, U.S.-based journalists. The fellowships are designed to support early-career journalists who are pursuing — or have a strong interest in pursuing — careers in science,

  • DEADLINE: Tyler Prize Media Fellowship

    "Applications are now open for the Tyler Prize 2026 Media Fellowship, offering selected journalists a trip to Amsterdam and rare access to the world’s leading environmental thinkers during the Tyler Prize, considered the 'Nobel Prize for Environment'. Fellows will have the opportunity to report from the State of the Environment Address, the Award Dinner &

  • DEADLINE: AAAS Mass Media Fellowships

    "This 10-week summer program places science, engineering, and mathematics students at media organizations nationwide. Fellows use their academic training as they research, write, and report today’s headlines, sharpening their abilities to communicate complex scientific issues to the public." The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) program typically accepts applications in the fall for

  • DEADLINE: Sloan Foundation Book Program

    The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation provides grants to authors working on science-related books. Grants typically range from $20,000 to $50,000 and may support research and writing activities. Eligible book projects include: books that elucidate important subjects where the science is confusing or controversial; books that profile important figures in science and technology; books relating science

  • DEADLINE: Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT

    "Every year, the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT offers academic-year fellowships to 10 science journalists from around the globe, giving them an opportunity to explore science, technology, and the craft of journalism; to concentrate on a specialty in science; and to learn at some of the top research universities in the world. While in

  • DEADLINE: R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship

    "The Fellowship was created to help finance a significant foreign reporting project by a Canadian journalist — staffer, freelancer or student — working in any medium. "This international reporting bursary reflects the importance that Travers attached to his six years reporting from Africa and the Middle East. He believed Canadians deserve first-hand, in-depth coverage of

  • DEADLINE: USC Annenberg California Health Equity Journalism Fellowship

    "Our California Fellowship is designed to support reporters in the Golden State pursuing ambitious, enterprising projects on overlooked health and health equity issues. You decide what stories need to be told in your community to improve health outcomes and we work to support you." Open to California-based professional journalists (including freelancers and national correspondents with

  • DEADLINE: Logan Science Journalism Program

    "The Logan Science Journalism Program, founded in 1986, offers science journalists, writers, editors, and broadcast journalists a chance to forget about story deadlines and immerse themselves in basic biomedical or environmental research." Journalists can apply for an introductory course in biomedical research or one in environmental research, both of which are hosted in-person at the

  • DEADLINE: Professional Development Grants for Environmental Journalism In Europe

    "Journalismfund.eu's Earth Investigations Programme in 2025/2026 will award €75,000 (per call) in Professional Development Grants for Environmental Journalism for projects on collective development and support services for environmental investigative journalism as a whole. "Any incorporated legal entity can apply. Applying entities do not necessarily need to be based in Europe. However, the proposed project should

  • DEADLINE: Investigation Grants for Environmental Journalism in Europe

    "This Journalismfund.eu's Environmental Investigative Journalism programme supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets investigating illegal, unreported, and unregulated environmental issues linked to European interests, both within and beyond Europe. "Supported investigations must result in publications in at least two media outlets based in different countries, with at least one "being a European outlet

  • 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: Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism

    "The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship offers experienced journalists the opportunity to enhance their understanding of business and economics, finance and technology. Fellows spend two semesters at Columbia Journalism School and take most of their classes at Columbia Business School. They meet weekly for off-the-record seminars and dinners with top journalists, entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. The program accepts