The David McClure Public Interest Journalism Fellowship (£15,000 funding)

DEADLINE: MAY 31, 2026 — The Oxford International Centre for Publishing (OICP) seeks applications for the David McClure Public Interest Journalism Fellowship.

Non-fiction writers can apply for the annual Public Interest Journalism Fellowship Fund of £15,000. The Fellowship exists to recognise the time-consuming and costly endeavour of rigorously researching and surfacing public interest journalism.

The fund will support one nonfiction writer to produce a piece of long-form journalism that is of significant contemporary resonance.

Applicants are required to submit a 1500-word pitch including a synopsis of their investigation and its aims, objectives, key research undertaken and progress to date, and what support they need to complete it, and how the Fellowship funds will be utilised.

The application deadline is May 31, 2026.

APPLY HERE

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