[May 2025]
Are you a journalist, photojournalist, or media creator? Discover funding opportunities, fellowships, and awards to support your storytelling, investigative reporting, and in-depth coverage across global issues.
Apply Now: Françoise Demulder Photography Grants
Deadline: 12 June 2025
The French Ministry of Culture and the Festival Visa pour l’Image – Perpignan will be presenting two production Grants for Female Photojournalists in recognition of their contribution to photojournalism…[more]
Open Call: Canon Video Grant for Short Film Documentary
Deadline: 27-May-25
The Canon together with the International Festival of Photojournalism Visa pour l’Image-Perpignan, are pleased to be presenting the sixth Canon Video Grant for a short film documentary…[more]
Applications open for SAJA Reporting Fellowship Program
Deadline: Ongoing
The International Journalists’ Network is inviting Journalists interested in covering South Asia or the South Asian diaspora for the SAJA Reporting Fellowship Program to support in-depth reporting projects focused on South Asia or the South Asian diaspora…[more]
Entries open for AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
Deadline: 1 August 2025
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for its American Association for the Advancement Kavli Science Journalism Awards…[more]
Call for Entries: The Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award for Photojournalism
Deadline: 1 June 2025
Entries are now open for the Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award to recognize and encourage the work of photojournalists who wish to cover a social, economic, political or cultural issue in a journalistic manner, on presentation of a dossier…[more]
Open Call for Energy of Words Contest
Deadline: 1 August 2025
The Global Energy Association is now accepting applications for its Energy of Words Contest, designed for journalists, bloggers and reporters covering key events and trends in the world of energy…[more]
Entries Open: Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism
Deadline: 15 June 2025
The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund is now accepting submissions for its Awards in International Journalism…[more]
Call for Entries: Without Borders Media Fellowship
Deadline: 15 June 2025
The Medecins Sans Frontieres is opening the call for proposals from journalists, photographers, filmmakers, and newsrooms editors to join the 2025-2026 cohort of the Without Borders Media Fellowship…[more]
Nominations open for IGAD Media Awards for Journalistic Excellence
Deadline: 30 July 2025
The IGAD Media Awards is a flagship initiative by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development that celebrates and amplifies journalistic excellence across the region…[more]
Story Grants to Report on Great Apes and One Health in Africa
Deadline: 4 June 2025
The Earth Journalism Network is offering reporting grants to journalists in range countries in Africa to support the production of in-depth stories on threats faced by great apes, particularly the impact of disease and other health considerations, as well as conservation strategies to protect these species and their habitats…[more]
Applications open for Middle East Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 15 June 2025
The International Journalists’ Programmes is seeking applications for its Middle East Fellowship Programme for young journalists from the Middle East, especially from Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Palestine, providing an opportunity to spend two months in Germany…[more]
Ernst Cramer and Teddy Kollek Fellowship (Israel and Germany)
Deadline: 15 June 2025
The International Journalists’ Programmes is inviting applications for its Ernst Cramer and Teddy Kollek Fellowship for young journalists from Israel, providing an opportunity to spend two months in Germany…[more]
Request for Proposals: George Weidenfeld Fellowship (Germany and UK)
Deadline: 15 June 2025
The German non-profit organisation IJP (International Journalists’ Programmes) would like to announce its thirty-first bursary for journalists from the UK and Germany…[more]
Apply for Toyota Foundation: International Grant Program 2025
Deadline: 31 May 2025
The Toyota Foundation is inviting applications from countries and regions in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, including Japan to enable people working to solve common issues in Asia to acquire new perspectives through mutual exchange and learning, thereby broadening the possibilities for the future…[more]
Open Call: Grants for Investigative Stories
Deadline: 30 June 2025
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is calling on journalists who are interested in producing in-depth investigations to apply for grants that will cover the cost of producing investigations but also include mentoring support to develop impactful stories that foster accountability and public awareness…[more]
Entries open for Awards for Excellence in Journalism
Deadline: 31 May 2025
The Inter American Press Association is calling for media and journalism professionals from North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain to submit entries for the Awards for Excellence in Journalism…[more]
CFAs: Residential Workshop on Writing for Preserving Heritage (Bangladesh)
Deadline: 15 June 2025
The Anubad.net welcomes applications from young writers, artists, and individuals from the Manipuri (both Bishnupriya and Meitei) and Khasia communities based in Sylhet division for a three-day residential workshop focused on preserving cultural heritage through writing…[more]
Call for Proposals: Environmental Journalism Grants – Democratic Republic of Congo
Deadline: 10 June 2025
The Environmental Defenders is thrilled to launch a call for proposals for reporting grants for journalists in the Democratic Republic of Congo…[more]
Submit Applications for Environmental Journalism Small Grants Fund (Uganda)
Deadline: 10 June 2025
The Environmental Defenders is pleased to launch a new call for news reporting grant proposals from journalists in Uganda…[more]
18th Edition of the “Media Star” Competition (Algeria)
Deadline: 30 June 2025
The Algerian journalistic profession, Ooredoo Algeria has launched the 18th edition of the “Media Star” competition dedicated to professional journalists in the categories of print media, electronic media, radio and television programs…[more]
NIAS: Safe Haven Fellowship Programme (Netherlands)
Deadline: 31 December 2025
The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences is seeking applications for its Safe Haven Fellowship intended for scholars, artists, writers and journalists who are not able to do their work in their current location or circumstances, because of the consequences of conflict or war…[more]
Open Call: Media Start Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative (Austria)
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Are you developing new media products and would like to make them market-ready? If you’re a media founder developing economically sustainable services and want to strengthen your business management skills and journalistic know-how, then Media Start Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative is just what you need…[more]
Call for Proposals: Regular Grants and Seed Grants (US)
Deadline: 20 September 2025
The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for both Regular Grants and Seed Grants…[more]
