Retraction Watch Research Accountability Reporting Fellowship

"Retraction Watch and The Open Notebook are thrilled to announce a new fellowship program funded by The Center for Scientific Integrity. This six-month program will equip up to six reporters and editors at local newsrooms to report stories of scientific integrity unfolding at research universities or institutions in their areas. The scientific process is designed to be rigorous and objective, but it’s also innately human, just as prone to bad actors, tricky financial ties, and broken incentives as any other industry. With the training and mentorship provided by this fellowship, reporters will gain skills and confidence in covering issues of scientific misconduct, fraud, data manipulation, ethical missteps, and problematic publishing that frequently go uncovered at the local level. Newsrooms working with selected fellows will receive $7,500 to support a reporting project investigating a local scientific integrity issue. Fellows will also receive one-to-one mentorship from Retraction Watch staff throughout the six-month fellowship period as well as a series of virtual trainings on the craft of scientific accountability reporting."

• Applications open March 26. Rolling deadline.
• Open to all U.S.-based local or regional journalists working on staff or freelancing for a media outlet that has a research university or institution in their coverage area
• Info webinar: March 26 @ 1:00 p.m. ET. Register here.