Deadline: 10-Jun-21
Nominations are now open for KSJ fellowships to support independently conceived projects — books, investigations, documentaries — and they will be awarded for varying durations over the course of the upcoming academic year, from September 2021 to May 2022.
The fellowship is open to both freelance and staff journalists, and applicants may propose individual work or work that requires support from collaborators.
However, the stipend will be awarded to the individual, not the institution, and the selection committee will lean more favorably toward projects proposed and planned by the applicant, rather than by a newsroom.
Projects must be based in science journalism and may include, but are not limited to, in-depth or investigative reporting work in any medium — including online, print, audio, video, and data visualization.
Book research and explorations of innovative new approaches to science storytelling are also eligible. Projects may address the Covid-19 pandemic, though this is not required.
Funding Information
Candidates will be asked to apply for one of three forms of fellowship support:
- A nine-month, $40,000 fellowship running from September 2021 thru May 2022
- A four-and-a-half month, $20,000 fellowship running from September 2021 thru mid-January 2022
- A four-and-a-half month, $20,000 fellowship running from mid-January 2022 thru May 2022
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a project fellowship, an applicant must:
- Be a U.S. citizen or green card holder and reside in the U.S.
- Have at least three full years of experience covering science, technology, the environment or medicine.
- Be a reporter, writer, editor, producer, illustrator, filmmaker, or photojournalist. This includes work for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and digital media. Applicants may be either staff or freelance journalists.
For more information, visit https://ksj.mit.edu/fellowship/ksj-project-fellowships/