General Fellowships
International Fellowships
Specialty Fellowships
Reporting Grants
Documentary Grants
Other Grants
Seeking a chance to improve your skills and expand your world? Tired of the everyday routine in your newsroom? We regularly update our guide to grants and fellowships. These are programs of special interest to investigative journalists around the world. There are plenty of short-term and long-term opportunities, both for staff and freelance reporters. Follow the links for information on deadlines and background on the various programs.

Do you know of a great opportunity we haven’t listed? Send it to us at: hello (at) gijn (dot) org.

GENERAL FELLOWSHIPS

Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University offers fellows a chance to study at Harvard for an academic year; shorter-term fellowships are also available.

Who: Journalists with at least five years’ experience.

Amount: $65,000 stipend, books, tuition, housing, health care, travel expenses and childcare.

John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford allows journalists to spend an academic year working on innovative projects.

Who: Journalists with at least five years’ experience.

Amount: $65,000 stipend, books, tuition, housing, health care, travel expense and childcare.

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship is a year-long program hosted by the University of Maryland and the U.S. Department of State.

Who: Non-U.S. journalists.

Amount: tuition, fees, travel, book and computer allowance and room and board.

The Fullbright Program offers research and teaching opportunities both for visiting U.S. and non-U.S. faculty and professionals.

Who: faculty and experienced professionals in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. Journalists from some countries may be eligible for research Fulbrights in the U.S. Teaching Fulbrights are also available to those who serve on faculty at non-U.S. universities.

Amount: varies according to length of grant and location.

The Knight-Wallace Fellowships offer an academic year-long study program at the University of Michigan.

Who: 12 American and 6 journalists with at least five year’s eperience.

Amount: $70,000 stipend, plus tuition and course fees, travel expenses for news tours and health insurance.

Reuters Institute Fellowship Program offers journalists the chance to study and reflect at the University of Oxford in the UK.

Who: Experienced, mid-career journalists from any country. There are also country-specific fellowships available for Australia, Austria, the Middle East, Norway, South Korea, and elsewhere.

Amount: Awards may include travel expenses (including air travel economy class) and a modest living allowance.

Fellowships in Global Journalism are available through the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.

Who: 20 «outstanding professionals, scholars, and specialized freelancers from around the world.»

Amount: C$10,000 (about half of tuition). Fellows also get free coaching after the program through monthly online bureau meetings.

American Council on Germany Journalism Fellowship provides opportunities for a cross-cultural journalism exchange.

Who: German or American reporters.

Amount: Varies.

Investigative Reporting Fellowship is offered through American University and the Center for Public Integrity, one of the oldest nonprofit investigative centers in the U.S.

Who: U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Amount: Master’s degree awarded and $24,000 stipend.

The Reporting Award is offered annually by the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University to support a significant work of journalism in any medium on an under-reported topic in the public interest.

Who: The Institute urges applications from journalists with a substantial body of work and an under-reported project in the public interest already in progress. The project must have demonstrable prospects for timely completion. Ineligible to apply: journalists with staff positions at established media outlets in a position to fund such projects on their own. Open to journalists of any nationality.

Amount: The institute will select up to two winners of the Reporting Award. The maximum award is $12,500. The total award comprises $2,500 on announcement of the winning proposal and up to an additional $10,000 on completion of the project.

UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program at the Graduate School of Journalism offers year-long fellowships in investigative reporting.

Who: The fellowships are open to all working investigative journalists. Graduates from UC Berkeley’s master’s program in journalism are encouraged to apply.

Amount: Fellows will receive an annual salary of $54,336 and be eligible for full UC benefits. Fellows will also be provided with office space, basic expenses and up to $10,000 in funds for approved travel.

Yale World Fellows is a program for mid-career professionals to spend four months at the US Ivy League school «to explore critical global issues and cross-disciplinary studies, sharpen leadership skills and build relationships with other emerging leaders.»

Who: Sixteen «rising stars» in technology, art, finance, politics, social entrepreneurship, journalism, advocacy and more. Open to non-U.S. citizens.

Amount: The Program provides fellows with a travel allowance, housing, healthcare, and a stipend to cover living expenses. Yale also pays for all costs associated with the educational and extracurricular aspects of the program.

Investigative Reporting Fellowship for Journalists of Color and Other Diverse Backgrounds is sponsored by Buzzfeed News and the Columbia Journalism School. The year-long award offers an opportunity to tackle big, investigative stories and improve skills by auditing courses at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

Who: Mid-career journalists of color and other diverse backgrounds with at least five years of professional journalism experience. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

Amount: A stipend of US$85,000, plus benefits and related expenses for one year.

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS

Knight International Journalism Fellowships are for journalism trainers to use digital tools “to instill a culture of news innovation and experimentation worldwide.” They are administered through the International Center for Journalists.

Who: Reporters with at least 10 years experience.

Amount: living costs, travel fees, health insurance, paid vacation and honorarium.

World Press Institute Fellowship provides reporters from around the world the opportunity to travel for three months and learn about journalism in the United States.

Who: Non-U.S. reporters working outside the United Sates with at least five years experience.

Amount: Travel costs, food and lodging.

Persephone Miel Fellowship is offered by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and provides an opportunity for reporters to work cross-borders.

Who: Non-United States reporters.

Amount: up to $5,000 for reporting costs.

Abe Fellowship for Journalists supports reporters working on projects about security, trade and social issues involving Japan and the United States.

Who: Japanese or U.S. reporters with at least five years experience.

Amount: Up to $25,600.

Open Society Fellowship seeks “idea entrepreneurs” from across the world. Project themes should cut across at least two areas of interest to the Open Society Foundations: human rights, government transparency, access to information and to justice, and the promotion of civil society and social inclusion.

Who: Journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners in a variety of fields.

Amount: stipend of $80,000 or $100,000, depending on work experience, seniority, and current income, plus a travel budget.

Netherlands Fellowship Programmes are offered in various subjects by the Radio Nederland Training Centre (RNTC), a Netherlands-based training institute. Courses include Mastering Social Media, Training the Trainers, Using Media for Development, and Video Journalism.

Who: «Young and mid career journalists, programme-makers, print and online media professionals as well as media trainers and senior managers.»

Amounts: varies.

European Fellowships and Grants for specific countries and lregions are listed by Journalismfund.eu.

Asia-Pacific Fellowships are offered by the East-West Center for journalists from Asia and Pacific Rim countries. Includes the Jefferson Fellowships, health fellowships, and exchange programs for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Pakistani, and U.S. journalists.
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