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

Inasmuch Foundation Grants

Grant from Inasmuch Foundation

Inasmuch Foundation administers an open request cycle each spring and fall for all focus areas: Journalism, Education, Human Services and Community. The foundation’s summer cycle is invitation only. The foundation … Last updated February 26, 2023

| Applications open | Deadline: August 15, 2023 | Recurring

Mary G. Hager Memorial Grant

Grant from Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources

Mary Hager was the very first member of IJNR’s Board of Trustees, and served until her death in 2020. Mary was a versatile freelance writer who retired from Newsweek magazine … Last updated February 26, 2023

| Applications open | Deadline: April 14, 2023 | Recurring

Indigenous Reporting Grant

Grant 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 February 26, 2023

| Applications open | Deadline: April 14, 2023 | Recurring

Diversity Fellowships

Fellowship up to $1,700 from Investigative Reporters & Editors

The Diversity Fellowships are funded by the Philip L. Graham Fund, the IRE Diversity Development Fund and individual donors. The goal of the fellowships is to increase the diversity of … Last updated February 26, 2023

| Applications open | Deadline: April 3, 2023 | Recurring

Cross-field collaboration: Apply for a pilot grant to support civic science journalism

Grant up to $15,000 from Center for Cooperative Media

The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University is delighted to announce a new grant opportunity in partnership with Rita Allen Foundation. The project aims to accelerate civic science journalism cross-field collaborations in the … Last updated February 26, 2023

Maynard 200 Fellowship

Fellowship, Training from Maynard Institute

The Maynard 200 Fellowship provides professional development training and year-long mentorship for leaders, storytellers, frontline editors and managers, and media entrepreneurs of diverse backgrounds. Fellows benefit from cutting-edge curricula designed and delivered … Last updated February 26, 2023

| Applications open | Deadline: March 31, 2023 | Recurring

New Mexico Local News Accelerator

Fellowship from New Mexico Local News Fund

The New Mexico Local News Fund is supporting another round of grants to support diverse local newsrooms in the state and help them reach financial sustainability through the New Mexico Local … Last updated February 26, 2023

Gomma Photography Grant

Grant from Gomma Photography

The Gomma Photography Grant is a grant contest tailored to fund and support photographers working in various genre. Begun in 2014, the Gomma Grant has quickly acquired a reputation for being ethical … Last updated February 26, 2023

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Light Work Grants in Photography

Grant up to $3 from Light Work

Light Work is pleased to announce the 2021 Light Work Grants in Photography competition. Light Work began offering grants to CNY artists in 1975 to encourage the production of new … Last updated February 22, 2023

| Applications open | Deadline: April 1, 2023 | Recurring

Magnum Foundation Fellowship

Fellowship up to $6,000 from Magnum Foundation

The Magnum Foundation Fellowship offers mentorship and stipends to early-career practitioners who are at a critical moment in their development as photographers. This fellowship is designed for New York City-based … Last updated February 22, 2023

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Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting

Award up to $3,000 from Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

CASW established the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting in 2000. Given annually, the prize seeks to honor a writer for a body of work published or … Last updated February 22, 2023

| Applications open | Deadline: June 30, 2023 | Recurring

Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship

Fellowship from Stand Together Fellowships

The year-long Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship is for early-career journalists who are aspiring future leaders in the industry. As a finalist for the fellowship, you’ll have the opportunity to … Last updated February 22, 2023

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Ida B. Wells Fellowship

Fellowship up to $25 from Type Media Center

The Ida B. Wells Fellowship, founded in 2016, promotes diversity in journalism by helping to create a pipeline of investigative reporters who come from underrepresented backgrounds, and bring those experiences, … Last updated February 22, 2023

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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. The fellows form a … Last updated February 22, 2023

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The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism

Fellowship from The Carter Center

Every year, eight U.S. journalists are selected and awarded stipends of $10,000 each to cover fellowship project expenses. Selected international journalists are awarded a comparable stipend. If you apply as … Last updated February 20, 2023

| Applications open | Deadline: April 7, 2023 | Recurring

Driehaus Foundation Grants

Grant from Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

Opportunity Description Description The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals. If, after carefully reading the grantmaking guidelines in the relevant program area, you believe your organization might … Last updated February 20, 2023

| Applications open | Deadline: June 30, 2023

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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Rory Peck Trust Assistance Grants

Grant from Rory Peck Trust

Telling the stories the world needs to hear can come at great personal risk to freelance journalists many of whom have been seriously injured, threatened, imprisoned, detained, forced into exile, … Last updated February 20, 2023

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Rory Peck Training Fund

Rolling, Training from Rory Peck Trust

The Rory Peck Training Fund enables freelance journalists to gain the essential skills and knowledge needed to work in difficult and potentially dangerous situations. Launched in 2000, the Training Fund … Last updated February 20, 2023

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Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship 2023-24

Training from The Poynter Institute

As a Poynter-Koch fellow, you’ll receive nearly a year  of career development, delivered by seasoned journalism veterans and industry experts who care deeply for early career journalists. You will have the … Last updated February 20, 2023

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