Health
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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Reporting on Addiction
Reporting on Addiction is collaborative movement to improve how the media reports on addiction. … Last updated June 9, 2025
Stanford Health Equity Media Fellowship
Fellowship from Stanford School of Medicine
The Stanford Health Equity Media Fellowship is a paid graduate-level training program designed for doctors and journalists. The fellowship strengthens solutions-focused reporting on health disparities in the United States by … Last updated August 22, 2025
Firearm Violence Reporting Fellowship
Fellowship up to $5,000 from Association of Health Care Journalists
Gun violence is more than a political debate — it’s a public health crisis with far-reaching consequences. The Firearm Violence Reporting Fellowship, supported by The Joyce Foundation, offers journalists the time, … Last updated December 17, 2025
AHCJ Conference Fellowships
Fellowship from Association of Health Care Journalists
Funds to attend AHCJ’s annual conference available to: Journalists who write for media outlets serving under-resourced and/or underrepresented communities Freelance journalists Journalists from Detroit, Memphis, New Orleans, Fresno Journalists from … Last updated September 13, 2024
Health Innovation Journalism Fellowship
Fellowship from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
The Health Innovation Journalism Fellowship is administered and managed by ICFJ and is funded through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. ICFJ will award the Health Innovation … Last updated November 30, 2023
California Health Equity Impact Fund
Fellowship up to $10,000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
This program advances the Center for Health Journalism’s Impact Reporting model, which marries powerful narratives, data and community engagement to serve as a catalyst for change. Through their reporting, past … Last updated November 30, 2023
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Rural Health Journalism Workshop Scholarships
Grant from Association of Health Care Journalists
If you’re a journalist based in Kansas or Missouri, you can apply for an AHCJ scholarship to offset the cost of attending the 2023 Rural Health Journalism Workshop in Kansas City, Mo. Scholarships … Last updated July 26, 2023
NOVA Media Fellowship
Fellowship up to $67,500 from NOVA Institute for Health of People Places and Planet
The Nova Institute’s Media Fellowship program supports outstanding print, digital, and broadcast journalists and nonprofit newsrooms reporting on the complex, intertwined factors that affect health and well-being. The program’s goals … Last updated February 27, 2026
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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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Philanthropic Strategy
Grant from Bank of America
Bank of America works to improve financial lives and strengthen communities through its Responsible Growth initiatives. The company aligns its financing, client products, philanthropy, and operations to advance economic mobility, … Last updated August 18, 2025
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Global Health Inequities, Risks, and Solutions
Fellowship from Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center funds ambitious, underreported projects on global health inequities, systemic barriers to care, treatment advances, emerging health threats, and the impact of U.S. aid cuts. Reporting may cover … Last updated August 21, 2025
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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
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
Cannon Charitable Interests
Grant, Rolling from The Cannon Foundation
What it offers: Grants for capital or equipment projects to strengthen organizational infrastructure. A limited number of community grants may be available to journalism organizations engaged in serving veterans, promoting … Last updated February 22, 2026
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Health and Wellbeing Grants
Grant from Santa Fe Community Foundation
The Health & Wellbeing grants cycle takes place in the spring each year, in conjunction with the Community Health Funders Alliance. The 2022 spring grants cycle RFP opens April 1, … Last updated February 20, 2023
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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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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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One World Media Awards
Award from One World Media Trust
The One World Media Awards 2025 celebrate underreported stories from around the world. They champion stories that demonstrate originality, creativity, and the potential to catalyze change. All entries must … Last updated September 20, 2025
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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