Environment
National Geographic Society: Coastal Ecosystems Grant
Grant up to $20,000 from National Geographic Society
The Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic (LEX-NG) Fund is supported by travelers aboard National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions voyages and has a mission to support projects that help better understand and protect our world’s … Last updated August 29, 2025
Knight Center Journalism Courses
Rolling, Training from Knight Center Journalism Courses
The Knight Center offers innovative, free, and low-cost educational training programs to support journalists worldwide. The Knight Center’s comprehensive curriculum covers cutting-edge topics such as AI, digital journalism techniques, fact-checking, … Last updated August 29, 2025
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The W. Eugene Smith Grant
Fellowship, Grant from W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
The W. Eugene Smith Grant is designed to encourage and support visual storytellers whose photographic work renews the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s dedicated compassion as evidenced during his 45-year … Last updated December 2, 2025
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Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants
Grant up to $15,000 from National Press Foundation
The National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute jointly administer the Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants, supporting journalism projects that focus on environmental justice and environmental racism … Last updated August 22, 2025
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SEJ’s Story Grants on the Clean Energy Transition
Grant up to $5,000 from Society of Environmental Journalists
January 8, 2024 (11:59 p.m. ET) is the deadline for proposals to SEJ’s Fund for Environmental Journalism (FEJ) for grants up to $5,000 for stipends and expenses such as travel, multimedia … Last updated December 30, 2023
Early-Career Fellowship Program
Fellowship up to $6,600 from The Open Notebook
What it offers: A 12-month, part-time remote fellowship for early-career science journalists. Fellows work with a mentor to pitch, report, and write articles for publication at The Open Notebook, participate … Last updated February 22, 2026
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Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship
Fellowship from Alicia Patterson Foundation
What it offers: Individual fellowships supporting in-depth reporting projects designed to improve the quality of U.S. print journalism. One additional fellow each year may be designated as the Cissy Patterson … Last updated February 22, 2026
Ocean Reporting Network
Grant from Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for the third cohort of its Ocean Reporting Network (ORN). This yearlong fellowship provides professional journalists the opportunity to conduct ambitious, in-depth, or … Last updated August 21, 2025
California Health Equity Fellowship
Fellowship up to $10,000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
The California Health Equity Fellowship supports reporters across the Golden State who are pursuing ambitious projects on overlooked health and equity issues. Fellows identify the stories that need to be … Last updated August 18, 2025
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Our Work/Environment Reporting Grants
Grant, Rolling up to $20,000 from Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center’s Our Work/Environment Reporting Grants supports reporting on the intersection of climate change and labor, exploring global climate risks affecting workers, workplaces, and industries. The Pulitzer Center encourages … Last updated March 13, 2026
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Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism
Fellowship, Grant/Stipend, Training from University of Colorado Boulder Center for Environmental Journalism
Deepen your understanding of environmental issues, hone your craft, and enjoy a break from deadlines while living at the foot of the Rocky Mountains as a Ted Scripps Fellow of … Last updated February 27, 2026
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Santa Fe Community Fund 2026 Spring Grant Cycle
Grant from Santa Fe Community Foundation
The Santa Fe Community Foundation welcomes grant proposals from organizations in its funding region (Mora, San Miguel, Rio Arriba, and Santa Fe counties) that are engaged in direct service, policy … Last updated February 18, 2026
Southerly Community Reporting Fellowship
Fellowship from Southerly
This is a paid 12-week remote program for a five-fellow cohort to learn community journalism principles and news reporting skills to help meet each of their communities’ information needs, as … Last updated August 25, 2022
Southerly
Southerly is an independent, non-profit 501(c)3 media organization that serves communities in the South who face environmental injustice and are most at-risk of the effects of climate change. It does … Last updated August 25, 2022
The Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute is a global leader in journalism. It is the world’s leading instructor, innovator, convener and resource for anyone who aspires to engage and inform citizens. … Last updated April 10, 2025
Walton Family Foundation Grants
Grant, Rolling from Walton Family Foundation
Grants to organizations are made in three areas: improving education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta region. The … Last updated October 8, 2025
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Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowships
Fellowship from Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) offers $6,000 fellowships to support outstanding journalists and students pursuing graduate-level study in science writing. These fellowships help emerging science communicators … Last updated October 13, 2025
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Type Media Center Journalism Fellowship
Fellowship, Rolling from Type Media Center
The Journalism Fellowship Program at Type Media Center is a multi-year fellowship that allows emerging and established journalists to write on complex social and political issues. Our fellows form a … Last updated October 13, 2025
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The UC Berkeley – 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship
The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism offers ten $10,000 journalism fellowship per year. Aimed at early and mid career journalists, the fellowship presents an opportunity to report ambitious long form print … Last updated May 22, 2022
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National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships
Fellowship up to $2,000 from Association of Health Care Journalists
The National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships are intended to support early-career journalists who are pursuing – or have a strong interest in pursuing – careers reporting on science, health or environmental … Last updated May 5, 2022