Deadline: 1-May-23
The Fund for Investigative Journalism is seeking applications for its Grants that provides to support for reporters to produce high-quality, unbiased, nonpartisan investigative stories that have an impact.
Areas of Interest
- The Board of Directors looks for: stories that break new ground and expose wrongdoing, such as corruption, malfeasance, or misuse of power – in the public and private sectors.
- The Fund encourages proposals written for ethnic media and submitted by journalists of color.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant is $10,000.
- Grants cover out-of-pocket expenses such as travel, document collection and equipment rental.
- The Fund also considers requests for small stipends, as part of the budget.
Eligibility Criteria
- All journalists are eligible. Most grants are awarded to freelance journalists. Some journalists on staff at nonprofit and traditional media outlets also receive grants.
- Freelance journalists, staff reporters and media outlets are eligible for grants, and their investigations can be for print, online or broadcast stories, books, documentaries or podcasts.
- If they meet the following criteria: International story proposals must come from U.S.-based reporters or have a strong U.S. angle, involving American citizens, government or business. All stories must be published in English in a media outlet in the United States.
- To be considered for a grant, the story must be published in a U.S. media outlet in English. It also must come from a U.S.-based reporter or have a strong U.S. angle.
For more information, visit Fund for Investigative Journalism Grants.