Deadline: 26 October 2016
Journalists and media professionals with an interest in reporting on issues in the developing world are invited to apply for funding under the winter 2016 round of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund. The fund’s aim is to assist and promote more and better quality media coverage of development issues in the Irish media.
Priority Areas
- Hunger
- Climate change
- Trade and economic growth
- Essential services
- Human rights
- Accountability
- Humanitarian assistance
Eligibility Criteria
- Media organisations, media professionals or media students can apply for funding.
- Applications for print or broadcast projects will be accepted, as well as for photographic and new media projects.
- Joint applications, for example between a journalist and a photographer, are permitted; but the applicant must indicate strong reasons for the proposed collaboration.
- All applicants applying to the winter 2016 round are eligible to apply for funding to cover photographic exhibition costs, provided there is a photographic element in their main project proposal, and the applicant clearly sets out how they will use the exhibition to increase the reach of the project and raise understanding of development issues.
- Applications solely for a photographic exhibition will not be considered by the judges.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: Republic of Ireland
For more information, please visit Simon Cumbers Media Fund.