Freelancers and staff reporters working in English or Spanish with community-based news outlets that serve historically disinvested communities. Journalists should be deeply rooted in their communities and can report stories that center local voices and urgent realities often overlooked by mainstream media. Currently prioritizing in-depth projects in regions with low civic health scores, particularly borderland communities in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, as well as areas such as Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, and Puerto Rico

The McCloy Fellowships on Global Trends are designed to empower young U.S. and German professionals to dive deep into the critical issues that shape our world today – issues like national security, demographic changes, urbanization, energy and the environment, sustainability, technological innovation, public health, and global economic concerns such as inflation, trade, and supply chains.

$7,000 stipend covering travel expenses (including transatlantic airfare and domestic travel) and room and board for at least 21 days

A significant work of journalism, in any medium, on an under-reported subject in the public interest.

AHCJ offers a variety of reporting grants that support short-term and long-term projects and travel for education or reporting

The Bertha Challenge is an opportunity for activists and investigative journalists to spend a year focusing together on one pressing social justice issue.

Braided River invites proposals from journalists and social media influencers for revelatory and in-depth reporting that examines the politics and consequences of public and private land management impacts to communities and biodiversity from resource development in Alaska

The fellows are selected by a distinguished panel of jurors and comprise scholars and academic and intellectual leaders from some of the nation’s most prominent educational institutions, foundations, and scholarly societies. The criteria prioritize the originality and potential impact of a proposal, as well as a scholar’s capacity to communicate the findings to a broad audience.

The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program is open only to citizens or permanent residents of the United States who have been nominated by the head of an institution designated by Carnegie Corporation of New York. Candidates must have a PhD, hold a terminal degree, or be a high-level professional working outside of academia. You cannot self-nominate. Mostly given to academics, 1-2 journalist recipients annually

Print, digital, audio, visual and broadcast reporting projects in public health

Eligibility: A U.S.-based journalist with a minimum of 10 years of experience in a professional setting

They consider proposals from both freelance and staff journalists in all forms of media — text, audio, photo, and short-form video — and encourage those that combine formats to create a multimedia package.

Document-focused, investigative journalism that serves local and/or underrepresented communities in the US and Canada

This partnership between Google News Initiative and Medill at Northwestern supports investigative journalism substantially based on documents or other datasets and should be plausibly aimed at publication within the next 12 months. While some language here may refer to organizations, freelance journalists with a proven track record are invited to apply.

Journalism grants for reporting on economic inequality in the U.S.

They generally pay reporters roughly $1 a word or a $300-$500 day-rate for photojournalists. Grants generally range from $500 for an op-ed to $10,000 for a documentary.

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world.

Opportunities for professionals, artists, and scholars at all career levels

Varies depending on the country, the type of grant, and the grantee's academic or professional rank for teaching projects

Projects overseas lasting 14 to 42 days (length varies depending on project).

Specialists receive a daily honorarium, typically $200, in addition to round-trip airfare, a transit allowance, and enrollment in health benefits.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students and young professionals and artists to study, conduct research,

Those not enrolled in schools are eligible but should have relatively limited professional experience in the fields (typically 7 years or less) in which they are applying

Varies depending on the country, the type of grant, and the grantee's background

Freelancers, book authors, and other professional journalists for projects on US and international issues.

Open to journalists who represent general-audience or ethnic/community news outlets in the U.S. and who are covering/wish to cover issues in aging

The GGSC supports nonfiction content and reported stories related to love. They are interested in projects that extend well beyond romantic love; they define love as a deep, unselfish commitment to another person’s well-being—even to put their interests before your own. The GGSC distributed grants to two dozen journalists and media producers who approach the topic of love from a variety of angles and across a range of media, including articles, videos, radio stories, podcasts, social media content, and more.

The Grist Fellowship Program is a paid opportunity to home skills at a national news outlet and deepen understanding of environmental issues. The experience is designed to give early-career journalists with a demonstrated interest in environmental issues the experience to succeed in climate and environmental media. They offer real-world experience at a fast-paced news site, training in a variety of skills key to a journalism career, and exposure to the leading sustainability thinkers and theories of our time.

Fellowship for activists, artists, scholars, workers, and others with ideas for public initiatives that bring people together to address community-identified issues.

U.S.-based artists, writers, scholars, journalists, activists, workers, organizers, performers, and others

$25,000 as well as intellectual, administrative, and professional support

Independent and staff journalists conducting an investigative project involving public health issues or issues affecting the disabled community

Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting -- In These Times

They support investigative projects that align with the magazine In These Times’ “mission of advancing democracy and economic justice, informing movements for a more humane world, and providing an accessible forum for debate about the policies that shape our future.”

$5,000 production grant provided at the beginning of the fellowship.
An additional $25/hr for the 16 hrs/week spent in-office on arts administration work, paid bi-weekly.

Not specified, indicates a "generous stipend"

The travel award provides an opportunity for an NABJ member to gain foreign correspondence experience in Africa and the necessary assistance to complete a project or singular report on Africa.

Reporting on how to make cities or metro regions work better

This travel grant is open to both freelancers and staffers for travel within the U.S. to produce one or more undercovered stories on how to make cities or metro regions work better.

Reporting on health and well-being

full-time journalists with established records of publication or broadcast in local, regional, or national markets. Local, community, nonprofit and/or student-led newsrooms are also invited to apply;

$60,000 disbursed over 12 months, with up to an additional $7,500 reimbursed for expenses such as travel and conference fees

Investigative journalism from early-career reporters

Exceptional journalists with two to five years' experience are eligible

£4,444 per month (equivalent to a pro-rata salary of c.£53,333 per year). In addition, there is a £1,250 per month living stipend and a one-off payment of £1,800 for travel and related expenses

Journalism fellowship on artificial intelligence reporting

The Tarbell Fellowship is a one-year program for early-career journalists interested in covering artificial intelligence. Fellows secure a 9-month placement at a major newsroom, participate in an 10-week study group covering AI governance & technical fundamentals, and attend a week-long journalism summit in San Francisco.

Original reporting on artificial intelligence and its impacts. They primarily focus on written journalism, but they also fund journalism in other formats.

Tarbell offers grants of $1,000 - $15,000 for original reporting published in established outlets, whether from freelancers or staff. They seek to fund forward-looking stories, examining how today’s technical advancements and policy decisions lay the groundwork for how artificial intelligence will shape our future. In particular, we seek to fund reporting on five focus areas: 1. Investigations into frontier AI companies. 2. National and international AI policymaking 3. Integration of AI in governments and militaries 4. AI capabilities, safeguards, and evaluations 5. Future of work and society in an age of advanced AI