Grants

DEADLINE: JULY 29, 2022 —Africa No Filter’s Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund seeks applications for projects that amplify entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Africa. The Tony Elumelu storytellers fund of $30,000 is open to journalists, filmmakers, content […]

DEADLINE: AUGUST 16, 2022 —The National Press Foundation is offering an online conference for journalists who wish to cover rare diseases from October 17-18, 2022. Journalists will be supported with $3,000 in reporting grants to […]

DEADLINE: JUNE 24, 2022 —The Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusivity, and Accountability (CMEDIA) project is open for investigative, human interest story pitches. Initiated by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and funded […]

DEADLINE: ROLLING —The RCDIJ Africa Fund is currently open for applications from journalists across Africa. The fund is open to journalists in the following categories: Employed/Freelance, Online, Print, Broadcast, Photo, Cartoon, and Multimedia. The RCDIJ […]

DEADLINE: JUNE 10, 2022 —The African Digital Democracy Observatory (ADDO) seeks targeted research project on how African societies are being targeted by disinformation and hostile information activities. ADDO will offer a series of seed grants […]

DEADLINE: ROLLING — Unbias the News is accepting pitches on underreported stories with global relevance. Personal narratives or opinion will be supported with €250 while longer, reported pieces will be supported with €500 per person. […]

DEADLINE: JUNE 8, 2022 — The 2022 Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF) is open for applications from individuals and organisations Applicants to Nigeria Youth Futures Fund will receive grants ranging from $500-$40,000. The Thematic areas […]

The Continent newspaper invites writers and journalists to submit pitches about organisations and individuals facilitating access to justice. The newspaper seeks an interesting take on an underreported issue or group as well as an original […]

DEADLINE: ROLLING — Mongabay seeks story pitches from journalists interested in writing about carbon credits, offsets or markets. Journalists will be offered paid opportunities to report on carbon offsets for print, video, data, and multimedia journalism. […]

DEADLINE: JUNE 6, 2022 — Filmmakers are invited to apply for the 2022 Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund supports work that has expressed the world in creative, complex, beautiful, and provocative […]