Government/Politics
The Collier Prize for State Government Accountability
Award up to $25,000 from University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
The Collier Prize for State Government Accountability recognizes the best U.S. professional reporting on state government accountability in any medium or on any platform. Entries will be judged on how … Last updated January 12, 2026
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How Government Responds – A Solutions Journalism Innovation Fund
Grant up to $4,000 from Solutions Journalism Network
This round of the Advancing Democracy Innovation Fund, led by the Solutions Journalism Network, will support reporting projects that highlight how government and civic institutions are responding to pressing challenges. … Last updated December 17, 2025
National Endowment for Democracy
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is an independent, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. Each year, NED makes more than 2,000 grants to … Last updated December 5, 2025
Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship
Fellowship from National Press Foundation
Since 1987, the Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship has introduced promising young(ish) reporters to the city they have been assigned to cover. For 10 sessions each year, this one-day-a-month fellowship … Last updated August 29, 2025
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Democracy Reporting Grant
Grant, Rolling from Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center’s Democracy Reporting Grant supports enterprise reporting on threats to democratic institutions in the U.S. and worldwide. Focus areas include voting suppression, misinformation, election intimidation, politicization of systems, … Last updated March 13, 2026
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Information and Elections in the Digital Era
Training from Knight Center Journalism Courses
While the digital era has presented opportunities for enhancing freedom of expression, social media also poses new challenges. The spread of disinformation and misinformation online, intimidation and harassment (particularly against … Last updated September 5, 2022
Civic Science Fellows
Fellowship, Grant, Rolling from Rita Allen Foundation
What it offers: A fellowship program building an interdisciplinary network of leaders advancing “civic science” — integrating science, community engagement, and evidence-based collaboration. Fellows join a cross-sector cohort that may … Last updated February 22, 2026
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Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship
Fellowship from Council on Foreign Relations
Launched in 1949, the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship seeks to promote the quality of responsible and discerning journalism that exemplified the work of Edward R. Murrow. One Council on … Last updated September 20, 2025
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Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators … Last updated May 22, 2022
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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Driehaus Foundation Grant for Investigative Journalism
Grant from Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
The Driehaus Foundation supports investigative reporting that fosters greater transparency, accountability, and effectiveness in government institutions at the local level. The Foundation supports long- form investigative projects that utilize rigorous … Last updated October 8, 2025
The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism
Grant up to $15,000 from The Harold W. McGraw, Jr, Center for Business Journalism
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism provides experienced journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories that delve … Last updated October 8, 2025
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The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation (PCLB) was formed in 1999, by Dr. Peter Buck and his wife Carmen Lucia as a private family foundation to manage their family’s … Last updated May 30, 2022
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. MacArthur is placing a few big … Last updated May 30, 2022
Craig Newmark Philanthropies Grants
Grant, Rolling from Craig Newmark Philanthropies
Craig Newmark Philanthropies supports public charities in good standing that further the priorities of trustworthy journalism, voter protection, women in technology, cybersecurity and veterans and military families. CNP reviews proposals … Last updated October 9, 2025
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Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University
The Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University is a college dedicated to the advancement of communication research and education through creativity, connectivity, and diversity–creating collaborative relationships for the greater … Last updated October 10, 2022
Open Society Foundations
The Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, are the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights. They provide thousands of grants … Last updated November 26, 2022
Journalism and Communications Summer Programs
Internship from The Fund for American Studies
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) hosts a Washington, D.C.-based Academic Internship Program for undergraduate students each summer. The TFAS program includes academic credit from George Mason University, an internship … Last updated October 13, 2025
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News Leaders’ Association
NLA is the result of a merger between the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) and the Associated Press Media Editors (APME). Their stated mission is to: a. Advocate for the values of … Last updated May 30, 2022
Election SOS
Election SOS is an initiative dedicated to supporting U.S. journalists in responding to critical 2020 election information needs. It offers training for journalists, connecting them to best practices, resources, and … Last updated May 30, 2022