Opportunities
Opportunities may be grants, stipends, fellowships, free or subsidized training, or in-kind services in support of local journalism efforts. View opportunities with applications open now | View opportunities with applications accepted on a rolling basis
How Government Responds – A Solutions Journalism Innovation Fund
Grant up to $4000 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
FIJ “Seed ” Grants for Early Reporting
Grant up to $10000 from Fund for Investigative Journalism
Overview of grants for seed funding Grants are for preliminary reporting for specific projects. The grants cover early reporting that can lead to full investigative projects. This includes, for example, … Last updated December 17, 2025
FIJ Regular Grants
Grant up to $10000 from Fund for Investigative Journalism
The Fund for Investigative Journalism provides grants and other support for reporters to produce high-quality, unbiased, nonpartisan investigative stories that have an impact. Freelance journalists, staff reporters and media outlets … Last updated December 17, 2025
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Belk Foundation Fall Cycle
Grant from Belk Foundation
The Belk Foundation doesn’t just invest with money. The foundation invests with time, with advocacy, with action. It pursues its mission with a hands-on approach, working “on the ground” and … Last updated December 17, 2025
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Belk Foundation Spring Cycle
Grant from Belk Foundation
The Belk Foundation doesn’t just invest with money. The foundation invests with time, with advocacy, with action. It pursues its mission with a hands-on approach, working “on the ground” and … Last updated December 17, 2025
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The Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
Award up to $5000 from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
The Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, a collaboration between the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), the ONE Campaign, and the Elliott family, honors up-and-coming journalists in Africa … Last updated December 17, 2025
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News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation
Fellowship, Training from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Each year, ICFJ and News Corp accept applications from a different region or country, making this opportunity available to a wide range of global journalists. To complement the four-week fellowship, … Last updated December 17, 2025
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National Endowment for Democracy Grants for Media Projects
Grant up to $50000 from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is seeking proposals for projects that advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions. NED encourages applications from organizations working in diverse environments including newly established democracies, semi-authoritarian … Last updated December 17, 2025
| Applications open | Deadline: January 26, 2026 | Recurring
Arthur F. Burns Fellowship
Fellowship up to $5500 from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship gives working journalists a new opportunity to sharpen their reporting and writing skills, while learning about another country and transatlantic relations. This exchange sends U.S. … Last updated December 17, 2025
Firearm Violence Reporting Fellowship
Fellowship up to $5000 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
Advancing Democracy Innovation Fund
Microgrant, Rolling up to $4000 from Solutions Journalism Network
The Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), Hearken and Trusting News are teaming up to provide selected newsrooms with up to $4,000 to support approaches to covering democracy that build trust, center … Last updated December 5, 2025
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Microgrants for Newsroom Safety and Resilience
Grant, Microgrant, Rolling up to $5000 from Colorado Media Project
The Colorado Media Project is offering rapid-response grants of up to $5,000 to help small newsrooms invest in urgent safety and resilience needs. Funds can be used for expenses such … Last updated December 5, 2025
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Indigenous Reporting Grant
Grant up to $1000 from Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources
Across North America, Indigenous communities are often intimately involved in complex natural resource issues. Whether it’s addressing the realities of sea level rise, fighting to protect water quality and quantity, … Last updated December 2, 2025
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R-CAR Fellowship
Fellowship up to $1825 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Established by IRE member Daniel Gilbert, this fellowship is for reporters at small news organizations pursuing data-driven investigative stories that provide a public service for people in rural communities. The … Last updated December 2, 2025
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R Bootcamp Scholarship
Grant up to $370 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Funding provided by the Park Foundation and the Ottaway Family Fund to strengthen coding skills for journalists, educators and students. Who is eligible? Anyone who has an interest in learning … Last updated December 2, 2025
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Python Bootcamp Scholarship
Grant up to $370 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Funding provided by the Park Foundation and the Ottaway Family Fund to strengthen coding skills for journalists, educators and students. Who is eligible? Anyone who has an interest in learning … Last updated December 2, 2025
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Ottaway Fellowships
Fellowship up to $2325 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Established by David Ottaway and the Ottaway Family Fund, the Fellowship is aimed at increasing the diversity of IRE’s membership. Who is eligible? Journalists, educators and students of color, those … Last updated December 2, 2025
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Napoli Management Group TV Scholarship
Grant up to $1507 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Established by the Napoli Management Group to assist aspiring early-career watchdog journalists, who would not have the financial means, in receiving training at the IRE Conference. Who is eligible? Early-career … Last updated December 2, 2025
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Mike Levine Journalism Education Fund
Fellowship up to $450 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
The Mike Levine Journalism Education Fund was established to honor and memorialize Mike Levine, a columnist and executive editor of the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, N.Y., who died in 2007. … Last updated December 2, 2025
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Jennifer Leonard Scholarship
Grant up to $1531 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Established by former IRE president David Cay Johnston to honor his wife, Jennifer Leonard, the president of the Rochester Area Community Foundation and a national leader in promoting ethical standards … Last updated December 2, 2025
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