IRE Fellowship Common Application 2024-25
- If applying for more than one fellowship, only one common application per year is needed (except for the following which have their own application:
---David Dietz Fellowship to the IRE Annual Conference
---R-CAR Fellowship to an IRE data journalism bootcamp
---Freelance Fellowship
---Chauncey Bailey Journalists of Color Investigative Reporting Fellowship
- Fellowships include a complimentary IRE membership/renewal ($25 for students/$75 for pros) and a complimentary registration (varies).
- All recipients are required to meet IRE's membership standards: Someone substantially engaged in news gathering, presentation or production; a student pursuing a degree or someone engaged full-time in research or teaching in the field of journalism.
- Eligibility for IRE fellowships renews every three years. For example, if you received a fellowship in 2024, you will be eligible again in 2027.
- Application requires: resume/CV/LinkedIn profile, college transcript (for students).
- Application requires: one to two clips of investigative or journalistic work, if applicable.
- Application encourages: A letter of support.
- Please review application form below before completing it.
- Questions? Contact Anna Lopez at anna@ire.org

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Email *
First Name *
Last Name *
Affiliation *
Name of your news organization, university, etc. Freelancers and independent journalists, please type "independent journalist"
Email *
Mailing Address *
City *
State (abbreviation)
Please use two-letter postal code, e.g. AZ for Arizona
ZIP code
Country *
Mobile Number *
Gender *
Race/Ethnicity *
Please check all that apply.
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Desired IRE Training *
Please check all the IRE trainings for which you are interested in attending via a fellowship.
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If any of the below apply to you, please check the box(es):
Number of years working in journalism, not including college experience, please check below.
Please provide a link to your resume/CV or to a LinkedIn account. *
You can upload your resume/CV to a cloud hosting service like Google Drive or Dropbox. (Please remember to enable link sharing)
Please provide a link to a sample of your investigative/journalistic work
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Please provide a link to another sample of your work (optional) *
Link to portfolio website (optional)
Please provide a letter of support from your supervisor, a manager or mentor describing how this training would be beneficial and, if it's a supervisor or manager, affirming that you will be given time to attend the event(s). For independent journalists, this letter will serve as a recommendation letter. (optional)
If your applying for multiple scholarships/fellowships, you can make it a general letter of support for additional training rather than listing each one. You can upload your letter using a cloud hosting service like Google Drive or Dropbox. (Please remember to enable link sharing)
Why do you want to attend an IRE training? What would you like to accomplish with the skills you would gain? Educators: How would you put this training to use for your students? *
Please describe a project you'd be interested in pursuing after attending the training (optional).                                                                  
Please describe your financial need for this fellowship (optional).
Students: What is your expected graduation date?  (Month/Year, i.e. 5/21)
Students: Please provide a link to a copy of your college transcript
You can upload your transcript to a cloud hosting service like Google Drive or Dropbox. (Please remember to enable link sharing!)
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