Deadline: 27-Aug-21 The U.S. Mission in Kazakhstan is seeking applications to improve the quality and quantity of media coverage on renewable energy issues in Kazakhstan, elaborate on low carbon commitments and its progress and implementation in the country. The project should be designed to provide in-depth training on renewable energy to at least 50 journalists from different regions of Kazakhstan, who in turn will be required to produce at least four articles on the theme of green energy … [Read more...] about Media Program for Renewable Energy in Kazakhstan
Latest Grants and Resources for Media and Development
Latest grants, calls for applications, calls for proposals, requests for proposals and other resources for NGOs and individuals for Media and Development.
Apply for Stop Slavery Award 2022! Ending the Scourge of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Deadline: 03-Dec-21 Nominations are now open for the Stop Slavery Award to recognise the wide range of actors dedicated to ending the scourge of modern slavery and human trafficking. The award categories recognise innovators in this space, impactful collaborations between sectors, grassroots organisations on the front lines, journalists raising awareness of this under-reported issue, as well as small and medium-sized businesses who are rooting out forced labour from their supply … [Read more...] about Apply for Stop Slavery Award 2022! Ending the Scourge of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Nominations Open for the Forty under 40 Awards – Ghana
Deadline: 13-Aug-21 Nominations are now open for the Forty under 40 Awards to identify, honor and celebrate a cross-section of the nation’s most influential and accomplished young business leaders under the age of forty from a wide range of industries they cover, who are committed to business growth, professional excellence, and community service and have risen up the ranks of their companies or industries at a relatively young age as a result of this. Purpose To recognise and … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for the Forty under 40 Awards – Ghana
Grants for Promoting Human Rights and Democratic Values in Sri Lanka
Deadline: 12-Aug-21 The UK Government has announced applications for Promoting Human Rights and Democratic Values in Sri Lanka. The purpose of this notice is to alert potential civil society implementing partners to an opportunity to bid for grant funding to deliver project activity promoting human rights and democratic values in Sri Lanka. Objectives The High Commission particularly welcomes expressions of interest (EOIs) which: bring together one or more of the thematic areas … [Read more...] about Grants for Promoting Human Rights and Democratic Values in Sri Lanka
Climate Change Media Mentorship Programme
Deadline: 9-Aug-21 Applications are now open for the newest cycle of Global Media Mentorship Programme to support, train and incentivize better climate journalism globally. The 3 month global fellowship runs 3 times a year, and will award 6 young Climate Journalists with: A monthly stipend of $200. Personalised and Group Training from Climate Tracker mentors. A chance to collaborate with other international journalists. Exposure to podcasts, investigative skills & new … [Read more...] about Climate Change Media Mentorship Programme
Call for Proposals: Zoonotic Diseases and One Health in the Asia-Pacific Region
Deadline: 15-Aug-21 EJN is offering story grants for Zoonotic Diseases and One Health to journalists to support the production of in-depth stories that will call attention to zoonotic diseases and One Health in Asia and the Pacific region. Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, present new challenges to human health and the environment. Many of the world’s modern diseases began as zoonoses. One estimate suggests that 75% of emerging pathogens are zoonotic in … [Read more...] about Call for Proposals: Zoonotic Diseases and One Health in the Asia-Pacific Region
EJN’s Reporting Project on Illegal Fishing in Ecuador
Deadline: 20-Aug-21 The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) offers grants to support the production of in-depth reports that report on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador and the impacts that this practice is having on an environmental and economic scale, as well as in the media life of the fishing communities of that country. Illegal fishing is the sixth most lucrative criminal economy in the world with estimated revenues of $ 15 to $ 36 billion, … [Read more...] about EJN’s Reporting Project on Illegal Fishing in Ecuador
TRF-Global Fund joint programme to combat human rights-related barriers to health services
Deadline: 16-Aug-21 The Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) and the Global Fund are joining forces to combat human rights-related barriers to health services. This important partnership aims to advance the Global Fund’s work on human rights as part of ‘Breaking Down Barriers’ initiative, by supporting journalists to generate awareness of how stigma and discrimination, gender inequalities and violence serve as barriers to health services for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations, … [Read more...] about TRF-Global Fund joint programme to combat human rights-related barriers to health services
Toronto Arts Council: Visual and Media Arts Projects (Canada)
Deadline: 3-Aug-21 The Toronto Arts Council has announced the applications for Visual and Media Arts Projects to provide funding to professional, non-profit Toronto visual arts/media arts organizations and collectives to pursue one-time or time-limited projects involving the exhibition or distribution of contemporary visual or media arts and/or other activities that contribute to the development of the visual arts/media arts in Toronto (for example residencies, artists workshops). Funding … [Read more...] about Toronto Arts Council: Visual and Media Arts Projects (Canada)
Open call: Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in the Balkans
Deadline: 21-Aug-21 The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) has opened a call for Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in the Balkans to examine and expose different aspects of the trend of offline and online gender-based violence in the region. BIRN has partnered with ATINA NGO to counter the growing trend of violence based on the victims’ gender by increasing the capacity of journalists to understand the complexity of gender-based violence and exploitation and empowering them to … [Read more...] about Open call: Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in the Balkans
Park Foundation Grant Program – United States
Deadline: 24-Sep-21 Applications are now open for the 2021 Park Foundation's Grants Program. The Park Foundation was formed in 1966. Its original focus was on education and grant-making in communities where Park Communications had interests. When he died in 1993, Mr. Park bequeathed more than 70 percent of his holdings to the Foundation. The Foundation is dedicated to the aid and support of education, public broadcasting, environment, and other selected areas of interest to the Park … [Read more...] about Park Foundation Grant Program – United States
Applications Open for the Louisiana Project Grants – US
Deadline: 31-Aug-21 The Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism is seeking applications for its Louisiana Project Grants to support the arts and competitive, creative projects. Goals Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Stimulate healthy competition in grant proposal submissions Increase the level of creativity, innovation and awareness of new trends in project development Encourage professional artists to undertake projects that have meaningful community … [Read more...] about Applications Open for the Louisiana Project Grants – US
Apply for Innovators-in-Residence Program
Deadline: 31-Aug-21 The AKU GSMC Media Innovation Centre, together with its partners DW Akademie and Media Challenge Initiative (MCI) is looking for the brightest media minds from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to join their 2021-2022 Innovators-in-Residence programs, a 12-month incubation, and accelerator program that provides mentorship, training and coaching to media innovators in East Africa. They want to ensure innovators from both rural and urban areas get access to this program and for … [Read more...] about Apply for Innovators-in-Residence Program
Multicultural Media COVID-19 Response Grants (Australia)
Deadline: 6-Aug-21 Applications are now open for the Multicultural Media COVID-19 Response Grants. The New South Wales (NSW) Government knows that the multicultural media sector has been impacted significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is why $2 million of funding has been allocated to support the sustainability of multicultural media outlets in NSW which play an ongoing role in sharing public health updates and information with diverse communities during the … [Read more...] about Multicultural Media COVID-19 Response Grants (Australia)
Nominations Open for the Young Journalist Award
Deadline: 10-Sep-21 Thomson Foundation are excited to announce the return of the prestigious Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award where young journalists, their work and their voices are at the centre, and where journalism’s power to enact meaningful change is as present as ever. The Young Journalist Award – in partnership with the UK Foreign Press Association – is Thomson Foundation’s annual journalism competition dedicated to finding and inspiring ambitious journalists from across … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for the Young Journalist Award
Call for 1st Cohort of Solutions Journalism Fellowship Nigeria
Deadline: 31-Aug-21 Nigeria Health Watch is pleased to announce a call for 1st Cohort of Solutions Journalism Fellowship to empower others experiencing similar problems with information on how they are being addressed. Solutions Journalism adopts a solutions-oriented approach to storytelling; telling rigorous, investigative, and compelling stories of responses to existing social problems. The insights from these stories can help scale up the responses or replicate them in other places. As … [Read more...] about Call for 1st Cohort of Solutions Journalism Fellowship Nigeria
Call for Applications: Residential Investigative Journalism Boot Camp in Ghana
Deadline: 27-Jul-21 Do you desire to be an investigative journalist? Do you want to be equipped with the skills to be able to undertake fact-based, in-depth and enterprise reporting? If yes, then this Residential Investigative Journalism Boot Camp is for you! The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) invites applications from Ghanaian journalists for a three-day investigative journalism boot camp. The boot camp, which will be residential, will afford participants the opportunity to … [Read more...] about Call for Applications: Residential Investigative Journalism Boot Camp in Ghana
U.S. Mission to India: Lower Mekong Media Reporting Tour
Deadline: 11-Aug-21 Applications are now open for the Lower Mekong Media Reporting Tour. This project seeks to expand network opportunities for Indian journalists by introducing them to counterparts in mainland Southeast Asia. The U.S. Mission to India, in association with the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia, will: Approve final slate of journalists. Recommend U.S. expert speakers as appropriate, including senior U.S. officials. Host a networking event for Indian journalists in Cambodia, … [Read more...] about U.S. Mission to India: Lower Mekong Media Reporting Tour
2021/22 British Embassy Manila Programme Fund
Deadline: 31-Jul-21 The British Embassy Manila is seeking proposals to promote media freedom locally as a global public good and be more proactive in defending and supporting journalists. Objectives The UK supports the global Media Freedom Coalition and aspires to support efforts in promoting media freedom locally as a global public good and be more proactive in defending and supporting journalists. British Embassy Manila is seeking proposals which support the following objectives: … [Read more...] about 2021/22 British Embassy Manila Programme Fund
WANGO Invitation for Small and New NGOs: Advancing Global Peace and Well Being
Deadline: 15-Jul-22 The World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) invites applications to honor non-governmental organizations from throughout the world that demonstrate extraordinary effort, innovation, leadership, and excellence in providing service to humanity. WANGO not only recognizes prominent international NGOs, but also the smaller, lesser-known NGOs in the least developed countries, whose exemplary service and success may have gone unnoticed and unappreciated on … [Read more...] about WANGO Invitation for Small and New NGOs: Advancing Global Peace and Well Being
