Deadline: 09-Nov-2025 The Embassy of France in South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi, with the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and in partnership with Electric South, invite applications from immersive artists in South Africa, Malawi, and Lesotho to take part in an exciting new initiative … [Read more...] about Open Call for Applications from Immersive Artist Teams
Latest Grants and Resources for Media and Development
View the latest grant funding and resources in the area of Media and Development for NGOs, companies, startups and individuals around the world.
Call for Entries: Drone Defense Hackathon (France)
Deadline: 15-Oct-2025 The Drone Defense Hackathon invites students to push the limits of drone innovation, encouraging bold ideas, smart approaches, inspiring use cases, and powerful storytelling. Winning teams will share a grand prize of €20,000, and may also receive opportunities for … [Read more...] about Call for Entries: Drone Defense Hackathon (France)
BCMD Grants for Civil Society Organisations in Bhutan
Deadline: 06-Nov-2025 The Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy (BCMD) has announced a Call for Proposals inviting civil society organizations, community groups, and media initiatives to submit project ideas that foster media literacy, digital citizenship, and civic engagement in Bhutan. This … [Read more...] about BCMD Grants for Civil Society Organisations in Bhutan
Call for Applications: Ethical and Inclusive Documentation of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Deadline: 18-Nov-2025 The Chemonics has opened under the “Ethical and Inclusive Documentation of the Russo-Ukrainian War” call, inviting organisations to submit proposals focused on documenting the diverse experiences of war through principled, survivor-centred, and inclusive approaches. The … [Read more...] about Call for Applications: Ethical and Inclusive Documentation of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Apply for Young Voices Contributor Program
Deadline: 30-Nov-2025 The Young Voices Contributor Program is inviting emerging writers, commentators, and policy thinkers aged 18 to 35 to join its four-month professional development initiative focused on writing, media engagement, and mentorship. While contributors are not paid during the … [Read more...] about Apply for Young Voices Contributor Program
Apply for “DyyMO Children and Youth” Grant Program (Ukraine)
Deadline: 28-Oct-2025 A new grant program has been launched as part of the project "Support for Children and Youth with Experience of Staying in Alternative Forms of Care", implemented by UNICEF Ukraine in collaboration with the Public Organization "Ukrainian Network for the Rights of the Child" … [Read more...] about Apply for “DyyMO Children and Youth” Grant Program (Ukraine)
CFAs: Boost your Media Impact with Funding and Mentoring (Kosovo)
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025 Kosovo 2.0 (K2.0), a pioneering media outlet based in Prishtina, continues to shape the regional media landscape through its commitment to explanatory, contextual, and narrative journalism. It has transitioned from producing a series of theme-based print magazines to a … [Read more...] about CFAs: Boost your Media Impact with Funding and Mentoring (Kosovo)
RFAs: Strengthening Organizational Resilience of EaP CSOs
Deadline: 17-Oct-2025 Civil Society Organizations connected to or operating within the Eastern Partnership region now have access to a new funding opportunity aimed at strengthening their resilience. This grant initiative is designed to support organizations in building the internal capacity … [Read more...] about RFAs: Strengthening Organizational Resilience of EaP CSOs
Call for EOIs: Networking Grants for CSOs from across the EaP Countries
Deadline: 17-Oct-2025 The Transatlantic Foundation (TF), in cooperation with the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, is launching a dedicated call for proposals for CSOs from the EaP countries to apply for networking grants to support … [Read more...] about Call for EOIs: Networking Grants for CSOs from across the EaP Countries
Sparklight’s Charitable Giving Fund in United States
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025 The Sparklight is seeking applications for its Charitable Giving Fund to support nonprofits and community organizations working to make life better for local families. This opportunity is ideal for groups that are working to expand their programs, improve their … [Read more...] about Sparklight’s Charitable Giving Fund in United States
Apply Now: IOC Young Reporters Programme
Deadline: 30-Nov-2025 Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the IOC Young Reporters Programme to develop the next generation of sports journalists. The IOC Young Reporters Programme provides young professionals aged 18 to 24 from around the world with hands-on training and … [Read more...] about Apply Now: IOC Young Reporters Programme
Request for Applications: NIHCM Foundation’s Journalism Grants (US)
Deadline: 27-Oct-2025 The NIHCM Foundation is offering an exciting opportunity for journalists and educators to pursue projects that can inform managed care organizations, policymakers, health care consumers, and other stakeholders about critical issues in the U.S. health care system. With a … [Read more...] about Request for Applications: NIHCM Foundation’s Journalism Grants (US)
Apply for Western Balkans Environmental Media Grant 2025
Deadline: 30-Oct-2025 The Western Balkans Environmental Media Grant 2025 has opened for organizations and journalist networks across the region to boost environmental reporting from its biodiverse landscapes. Crafted by Earth Journalism Network, this grant aims to help local media tell the … [Read more...] about Apply for Western Balkans Environmental Media Grant 2025
Open Call: WD2026 Media Scholarship Program
Deadline: 15-Oct-2025 The Women Deliver is offering Media Scholarships for journalists and content creators worldwide, especially those who may not otherwise be able to attend and report. The Women Deliver 2026 Conference (WD2026) will take place from 27–30 April 2026 in Narrm (Melbourne), … [Read more...] about Open Call: WD2026 Media Scholarship Program
Apply for Record Label Development Scheme (Australia)
Deadline: 14-Oct-2025 The Music Australia Record Label Development Scheme provides support to competitive Australian labels that take risks discovering, developing and promoting Australian talent to local and global markets. Concerns with Australian artist discoverability, the fragmented media … [Read more...] about Apply for Record Label Development Scheme (Australia)
Open Call for the Michel du Cille Fellowship Program (US)
Deadline: 14-Nov-2025 The National Press Photographers Foundation (NPPF) is pleased to announce its Michel du Cille Fellowship Program to encourage photojournalists to cover topics of great importance in today's changing world. Recipients are expected to submit a completed work that represents … [Read more...] about Open Call for the Michel du Cille Fellowship Program (US)
Call for Entries: Elizabeth O’Neill Journalism Award (Indonesia and Australia)
Deadline: 30-Oct-2025 The Elizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award is awarded to one journalist from Indonesia and one journalist from Australia each year. The award covers international airfares and domestic transfers from the participant's home city, accommodation, internal transport, … [Read more...] about Call for Entries: Elizabeth O’Neill Journalism Award (Indonesia and Australia)
Call for Submissions: SCOJA Fellowship Programme (Nigeria)
Deadline: 10-Oct-2025 The HumAngle Foundation is seeking applications for its Strengthening Community Journalism and Human Rights Advocacy in Northern Nigeria (SCOJA) Fellowship Programme to promote accountability for human rights violations in rural contexts and locally-led solutions to various … [Read more...] about Call for Submissions: SCOJA Fellowship Programme (Nigeria)
RFPs: The Alan Hagman Photojournalism Grant Program (United States)
Deadline: 10-Oct-2025 The Alan Hagman Photojournalism Grant Program is offered annually to facilitate projects ranging from human rights to environmental issues. Recipients of these grants and fellowships are responsible for all taxes and expenses, and a completed IRS form will be required … [Read more...] about RFPs: The Alan Hagman Photojournalism Grant Program (United States)
CFPs: The Bob and Millie Lynn Grant Program (US)
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025 The Bob and Millie Lynn Grant Program encourages photojournalists to pursue stories that expose the side of American society that tends to be under-covered and ignored. The focus areas, objectives, priorities, and themes of the grant are: recipients are expected to adhere … [Read more...] about CFPs: The Bob and Millie Lynn Grant Program (US)
Call for Proposals: “Heritage is our brand” Project in Albania
Deadline: 15-Oct-2025 The “Heritage is our Brand” is a joint initiative of DMO Albania and the EU Policy Hub, bringing together expertise in sustainable tourism, cultural preservation, and European integration. DMO Albania has long worked on developing sustainable tourism products that protect … [Read more...] about Call for Proposals: “Heritage is our brand” Project in Albania
Nominations open for the Environmental Photography Award
Deadline: 02-Nov-2025 Entries are now open for the Environmental Photography Award to reward photographers annually for their efforts to raise awareness of environmental protection. It is considered one of the flagship awareness-raising events of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and a … [Read more...] about Nominations open for the Environmental Photography Award
Regional Call for Investigative Journalists in the Western Balkans
Deadline: 03-Oct-2025 The European Fund for the Balkans invites investigative journalists from the Western Balkans to apply for research grants to produce in-depth regional investigative stories. The initiative invites journalists to investigate critical issues across several thematic areas. … [Read more...] about Regional Call for Investigative Journalists in the Western Balkans
Apply for Jiri Dienstbier Journalism Fellowship Program
Deadline: 03-Oct-2025 The Jiri Dienstbier Journalism Fellowship Program is available to aspiring, independent journalists in the Western Balkans. The purpose of the Fellowship is to help aspiring journalists from the region pursue their profession in support of media pluralism and … [Read more...] about Apply for Jiri Dienstbier Journalism Fellowship Program
RFAs: Journalism Futures Fund Organizational Funding Stream Fall 2025 (Canada)
Deadline: 29-Sep-2025 The Journalism Futures Fund was created by philanthropic foundations and individual donors in Canada to support independent journalism that strengthens civic life and democracy. The focus areas of this funding opportunity include supporting journalistic excellence, equity … [Read more...] about RFAs: Journalism Futures Fund Organizational Funding Stream Fall 2025 (Canada)
Grants for empowering Palestinian and Israeli Civil Societies and Media Program
Deadline: 26-Oct-2025 Canal France International (CFI), in partnership with the European Union, has announced a new grant call aimed at strengthening independent Palestinian media through support for new media initiatives, traditional outlets, and fact‑checking organizations. The fund’s goal … [Read more...] about Grants for empowering Palestinian and Israeli Civil Societies and Media Program
Open Call for Early-Career Fellowship Program
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025 The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time Fellowship Program for early-career science journalists. Applicants should demonstrate a clear commitment to pursuing science journalism as their primary professional path, with the goal of doing journalism rather than other … [Read more...] about Open Call for Early-Career Fellowship Program
Literary Creation Projects Grant Program (Works for Performance) – Canada
Deadline: 21-Oct-2025 The Ontario Arts Council is accepting applications for its Literary Creation Projects Grant Program to support Ontario-based literary artists to complete new works for book-length publication or for public performance, and literary performers who wish to record their own … [Read more...] about Literary Creation Projects Grant Program (Works for Performance) – Canada
Entries open for Annual Online Ideathon Hatathon 6.0 (Ukraine)
Deadline: 20-Oct-2025 The Hatathon 6.0 has started — the annual online ideathon of the HATA Hub platform, implemented as a joint project of Digitizing Space, House of Europe and Goethe-Institut Ukraine. The focus areas, objectives, priorities, and themes cover digital platforms and services … [Read more...] about Entries open for Annual Online Ideathon Hatathon 6.0 (Ukraine)
Open Call for Anahad’s Fellowship Program (India)
Deadline: 15-Oct-2025 Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the Anahad Fellowship Program to cultivate deep expertise in cultural development and production skills while encouraging participants to explore folk music of India. The Anahad Fellowship is a three-month immersive … [Read more...] about Open Call for Anahad’s Fellowship Program (India)
Grants available for Underreported Stories in Africa
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025 The Pulitzer Center is seeking proposals to advance wide-reaching and relevant journalism on issues impacting communities in Africa, including but not limited to water and sanitation, land degradation and coastal erosion, education, maternal health, and climate … [Read more...] about Grants available for Underreported Stories in Africa
Apply for Seed, Feature and Impact Grants Program (HongKong)
Deadline: 20-Oct-2025 The Design Trust offers Seed, Feature and Impact Grants to individual designers, curators, collectives and non-profit organisations for projects and activities that are relevant to various design disciplines. The Design Trust Feature Grant supports cross-disciplinary … [Read more...] about Apply for Seed, Feature and Impact Grants Program (HongKong)
Submissions open for AI Reporting Grant Program
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025 The Pulitzer Center seeks applications for their reporting initiative focused on AI and surveillance technologies and their impact on communities around the world. Focus: AI industry supply chains, procurement processes for algorithmic and surveillance systems, … [Read more...] about Submissions open for AI Reporting Grant Program
Scholarship Competition for Ukrainian Journalists and Media
Deadline: 05-Oct-2025 The Public Interest Journalism Laboratory (PIJL) together with the European Center for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) has announced the continuation of the fellowship project for independent regional media and journalists in the second half of 2025 and a new call for … [Read more...] about Scholarship Competition for Ukrainian Journalists and Media
“Our Work/Environment” Reporting Grant Program
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025 The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for its initiative focused on climate change and its effects on workers and work. This ambitious initiative, Our Work/Environment, seeks to explore the global climate risks playing out in fields and on factory floors and … [Read more...] about “Our Work/Environment” Reporting Grant Program
RFPs: Ocean and Fisheries Reporting Grant Program
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025 The Pulitzer Center is seeking ambitious reporting proposals from freelance and staff journalists from around the world who wish to report on vital ocean and fisheries issues and are in need of support for their reporting projects. They welcome story ideas on illegal, … [Read more...] about RFPs: Ocean and Fisheries Reporting Grant Program
RFAs: Machine Learning Reporting Grant Program
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025 The Pulitzer Center encourages proposals that use advanced data mining techniques, such as machine learning and natural language processing, to solve a data or reporting problem related to a journalistic investigation. The focus areas for this grant include compelling … [Read more...] about RFAs: Machine Learning Reporting Grant Program
Next-Gen GST Infographics Designing Contest (India)
Deadline: 15-Oct-2025 The Government of India has now introduced the Next-Gen GST Reforms, designed to make the tax system even more seamless, efficient, and technology-driven. These reforms aim to empower businesses, reduce complexities, and improve the overall ease of doing business while … [Read more...] about Next-Gen GST Infographics Designing Contest (India)
Submissions open for Independent Media Competition in Ukraine
Deadline: 25-Sep-2025 The Public Space has launched an open competition for independent regional media to participate in the "Pulse of Recovery 1.0" Sub-Grant Program. The goal of the program is to support the creation of high-quality, impact-oriented investigative journalism that includes … [Read more...] about Submissions open for Independent Media Competition in Ukraine
Africa Outreach Initiative: Participative Radio Shows
Deadline: 25-Sep-2025 The Pulitzer Center is seeking partners to advance reporting and engagement in Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso, focusing on critical issues impacting these countries. This initiative aims to raise young professionals’ awareness of key issues that are part of the … [Read more...] about Africa Outreach Initiative: Participative Radio Shows
Application open for Media Travel Grants in New Zealand
Deadline: 20-Oct-2025 The Asia Media Centre Media Travel Grants provide New Zealand journalists with funding to travel independently to Asia to research and prepare stories – to help demystify Asia for New Zealand audiences. Media Travel Grants are offered through the Foundation's Asia Media … [Read more...] about Application open for Media Travel Grants in New Zealand
Open Call for South Asia Journalism Fellowship
Deadline: 07-Oct-2025 The Chevening is pleased to announce its South Asia Journalism Fellowship for mid-career journalists from South Asian countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. The Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship (SAJP) offers a … [Read more...] about Open Call for South Asia Journalism Fellowship
Entries open for the Gambia Press Union National Journalism Awards
Deadline: 30-Sep-2025 Entries are now open for the Gambia Press Union National Journalism Awards to honour and celebrate courage and excellence in Gambian journalism across all type of news and information media – print, online/multimedia platforms, radio, television, and photography. The … [Read more...] about Entries open for the Gambia Press Union National Journalism Awards
BFJ launches “ReAction” Grant Program in Bulgaria
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025 The Bulgarian Fund for Women has announced a new funding opportunity through its "ReAction" program, developed to support fast, flexible responses to growing social and political challenges. This initiative builds upon the success of the “Open Opportunities” program and … [Read more...] about BFJ launches “ReAction” Grant Program in Bulgaria
Submissions open for the Forus Journalism Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 22-Sep-2025 Applicants are now invited to submit applications for its Forus Journalism Fellowship Programme to support journalists in amplifying civil society voices across the globe. Civil society, social mobilisations calling for change and social justice such as actions led by … [Read more...] about Submissions open for the Forus Journalism Fellowship Programme
Call for Nominations: Short Film Awards (India)
Deadline: 30-Sep-2025 Entries are now open for the Short Film Awards to celebrate originality, creativity, and storytelling skills among young Indian filmmakers. The award is open to short fiction, non-fiction, animation, or mixed-genre films, aiming to provide a platform for independent … [Read more...] about Call for Nominations: Short Film Awards (India)
Project Assistance Program for Media Arts Organizations in Canada
Deadline: 16-Oct-2025 The BC Arts Council is now accepting applications for its Project Assistance: Media Arts Organizations program, designed to support innovative media arts projects across British Columbia. This grant provides targeted funding for initiatives that emphasize artistic … [Read more...] about Project Assistance Program for Media Arts Organizations in Canada
Apply Now: The Rowell Fund for Tibet
Deadline: 05-Oct-2025 The Rowell Fund for Tibet is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle to support Tibetans who can make a significant impact in their communities or reach an international audience in the fields of visual arts, media, literature, environmental conservation, and … [Read more...] about Apply Now: The Rowell Fund for Tibet
Entries open for Solomon Media Lab’s Workshop in Greece
Deadline: 11-Sep-2025 The Earth Journalism Network invites journalists to a two-day workshop on fish farming in Greece, taking place on September 18 in Athens and September 19 on the island of Poros. This workshop offers a unique opportunity for journalists to explore one of Greece’s most … [Read more...] about Entries open for Solomon Media Lab’s Workshop in Greece
Media Training Program to Serve Immigrant Communities (US)
Deadline: 12-Oct-2025 The Documented is excited to announce the Media Training Program supporting local newsrooms across the United States and its territories, helping them better serve immigrant communities. The 2026 Building Bridges: An Immigrant Media Training Program will offer a … [Read more...] about Media Training Program to Serve Immigrant Communities (US)
