Fellowships

DEADLINE: JANUARY 14, 2025 — Applications are currently open for the Media Mentoring Initiative Documentary Fellowship for Students (MMi-DFS). The documentary fellowship is an immersive, three-month programme for early-career documentary filmmakers. It is for those […]

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2025 — Journalists can apply for this Fellowship for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East. Journalists based in Africa and/or the Middle East with at least three years’ experience […]

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2025 — Internews’ Earth Journalism Network has an in-person fellowship to support selected journalists’ attendance at and reporting from the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3). Fellows will travel to Nice, France to […]

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2025 — International journalists can submit applications for the 2025 World Press Institute (WPI) fellowship programme. WPI selects top international journalists for an immersive programme that explores the US media, culture, politics […]

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2024 — The 2025 Migration and Technology Monitor (MTM) fellowship programme is open for applications. Fellows will get a stipend of $30,000 for 12 months. The goal of the fellowship is to […]

DEADLINE: JANUARY 3, 2025 — The United Nations Foundation is accepting applications for its 2025 Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting to Africa. This fellowship is geared towards journalists interested in reporting stories on polio […]

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 20, 2024 — Early-career journalists interested in public interest journalism can apply for this fellowship. The Jahman Anikulapo Public Interest Journalism Fellowship is one-year fellowship programme in Lagos State. It was launched in […]

DEADLINE: ROLLING — The Tarbell Fellowship is a one-year remote programme for early-career journalists interested in covering artificial intelligence. The 2025 cohort, the Tarbell Fellowship will run from June 2025 to May 2026. Fellows will […]

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 25, 2024 — Journalists from countries with restricted freedom of the press and information can apply for these two RSF reporting fellowships. Two journalists who have been exposed to threats and endangerment due […]

DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2025 — The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship offers experienced journalists the opportunity to enhance their understanding of business, economics, finance and technology. Fellows will spend two semesters at Columbia Journalism School and take most […]