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DEADLINE: SciWri25 Support Grant

"Are you in need of financial support to participate in ScienceWriters2025 either in person or virtually? Apply for a grant to increase bandwidth, offset travel costs, purchase a headset or other equipment, and/or assist with caregiving costs (including, but not limited to, childcare and elder care). Awardees will also receive complimentary meeting registration. As part

DEADLINE: GHHIN/EJN Extreme Heat Photo Contest

"The Global Heat Health Information Network, in partnership with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN), is launching a global photography competition to showcase the real impacts of extreme heat, and the ways communities around the world are responding to it. "This competition seeks original, compelling photographs that capture the human, environmental, and infrastructural impacts of extreme

DEADLINE: Civic Science Media Funding Opportunity

"Amidst declining public trust in science, civic science media offers a transformative approach to journalism. It moves beyond one-way information dissemination to foster multi-way conversations involving scientists, journalists, and the communities directly affected by scientific advancements. This collaborative model aims to make the public active shapers of the scientific narrative, addressing real-world challenges like climate

DEADLINE: USC Annenberg Health and Climate Change Reporting Fellowship

"From the Los Angeles wildfires to Hurricane Helene, we live in an era of mega-disasters and other climate change effects that have enormous implications for health and well-being. The Health and Climate Change Reporting Fellowship supports ambitious investigative or explanatory projects about health in the context of wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, extreme heat and other disastrous

DEADLINE: NASW Travel Fellowship for Indigenous Journalists

The National Association of Science Writers (NASW), an organization of 2,400 journalists, authors, editors, producers, public information officers, students, and people who write and produce material intended to inform the public about science, health, engineering, and technology, is proud to offer up to three travel grants to support the attendance of Indigenous journalists and communicators

Talking Shop: The 89 Percent Project’s Next Phase

Virtual

"CCNow’s 89 Percent Project made news in April reporting that 80 to 89% of the world’s people want their governments to take stronger climate action. The next phase of the project explores the people behind the numbers: who are they, why do they care, are they surprised to learn they’re the overwhelming majority? At this

DEADLINE: Covering Climate Now Academy

"The Covering Climate Now Academy is a free, live online course for journalists looking to strengthen their climate skills. From September to December 2025, you’ll join a cohort of journalists from around the world to explore key climate topics, from science and justice to health, diplomacy and misinformation, through interactive and practical sessions."

Bridging Buddhist Wisdom and Modern Science: The Dalai Lama at 90

Virtual

"Join us on Wednesday, September 10 as the Mind & Life Institute lifts up the yearlong celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday and his extraordinary scientific legacy through the release of a special tribute. "As visionary co-founder of Mind & Life, the Dalai Lama fostered the unprecedented dialogue between Buddhist wisdom and

AHCJ Webinar: Preparing for Reporting on Autism, Vaccines and Related Science

Join moderator Tara Haelle and an expert panel — including Alison Singer (CEO of the Autism Science Foundation), Paul Offit, M.D. (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), and Jessica B. Steier, DrPH (PMP and CEO of Unbiased Science) — for a webinar that will help reporters navigate the science behind autism, vaccines, and the expected Health and

DEADLINE: Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Fellowships

"The Pulitzer Center invites applications to join the third cohort of the Ocean Reporting Network (ORN), a fellowship program that gives professional journalists the opportunity to spend up to a year working on an in-depth or investigative ocean story. "We welcome ambitious proposals on the main ocean threats of climate change. We continue to seek

ASC Webinar: Science Engagement With People of Faith

"More than 7 in 10 U.S. adults claim a religious affiliation. In STEM fields however, faith is often thought to be a source of tension. The U.S. public views scientists as mostly trustworthy in their areas of expertise, but also as hostile or indifferent to faith. Additionally, many scientists of faith are quiet about their