Grants

Africa No Filter’s fund opens to African storytellers

DEADLINE: ROLLING — African storytellers below 35 years can apply for Africa No Filter’s Kekere Storytellers Fund to support their next project.

Content creators, wordsmiths, performance artists, visual artists, or journalists, whose works tell African stories beyond stereotypes of poverty, conflict, disease, poor leadership and corruption, can apply for the fund.

The fund will pay micro-grants between $500 – $2000 to emerging African storytellers offering fresh and alternative perspectives of Africa.

Applicants must be Africans based anywhere in Africa or the Diaspora. They must be able to express themselves in English or French, and must have at least two years of related work experience.

In addition, applicants must have a minimum of 5000 followers across Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Interested applicants must also fall in at least one of these categories: Journalist, Blogger, Vlogger, Podcaster, Fiction & Non-Fiction Writer, Photographer, Poet, Musician, Spoken Word Poet, Dancer, Painter, Sculptor, Illustrator or Animator.

Applications for this fund for African storytellers are accepted on a rolling basis (till the end of the year).

APPLY HERE

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITIES FROM I-79 MEDIA

Howard G. Buffett Fund for female journalists

DEADLINE: ROLLING — Female journalists around the world can apply for the Howard G. Buffett Fund offered through the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). APPLY HERE

O’Shaughnessy Fellowships offer innovative creators up to $100,000

DEADLINE: ROLLING — The O’Shaughnessy Fellowship is a one-year programme open to innovative creators around the world. APPLY HERE

Pulitzer Centre will fund investigative stories on science misinformation

DEADLINE: ROLLING — The Pulitzer Centre is offering grants for in-depth and investigative stories related to science misinformation, science denial, and the spread of pseudoscience. APPLY HERE

Grants for underreported stories in Sub-Saharan Africa

DEADLINE: ROLLING — The Pulitzer Center is offering grants for underreported stories in Sub-Saharan Africa. Proposals should focus on issues such as water and sanitation, land degradation and coastal erosion, education, maternal health, and climate resilience. APPLY HERE

Pulitzer Center is offering global reporting grants

DEADLINE: ROLLING —The Pulitzer Center’s global reporting grants support in-depth, high-impact reporting on critical issues that are often overlooked in the media, from global health to climate change. APPLY HERE 

Call for applications: RCDIJ Africa Fund

DEADLINE: ROLLING —The RCDIJ Africa Fund is currently open for applications from journalists across Africa. APPLY HERE

Mongabay seeks pitches from journalists

DEADLINE: ROLLING — Mongabay seeks story pitches from journalists interested in writing about carbon credits, offsets or markets. APPLY HERE

Unbias the News seeks pitches on underreported stories

DEADLINE: ROLLING — Unbias the News is accepting pitches on underreported stories with global relevance. APPLY HERE

Code for Africa seeks a senior copy editor

DEADLINE: JULY 25, 2023 — Code for Africa (CfA), a technology and data journalism nonprofit, has a remote vacancy for a Senior Copy Editor. APPLY HERE

Apply for AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards

DEADLINE: AUGUST 1, 2023 —Reporters working for independent news organisations around the world can apply for the science journalism awards. APPLY HERE

Norbert Zongo African Prize opens to African investigative journalists

DEADLINE: AUGUST 15, 2023 —African investigative journalists in print, radio, television and online media can apply for the African Journalism Prize of Investigation Norbert Zongo (PAJI-NZ). APPLY HERE

Photojournalists can apply for Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant

DEADLINE: AUGUST 31, 2023 — Young and emerging photographers are invited to submit applications for the 2023 Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant. APPLY HERE

2023 Emerging Health Technologies Media Award of Excellence seeks entries

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2023 —African journalists can submit entries for the second edition of the Emerging Health Technologies Media Award of Excellence. APPLY HERE

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