Step into December 2023 with unparalleled opportunities awaiting you! Our exclusive listing brings you a curated selection of grant opportunities, each with imminent closing deadlines.
Entries open for Xiaomi Imagery Awards 2023
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The Xiaomi Imagery Awards, an annual photography contest hosted by Xiaomi, aim to promote diverse imagery, encouraging shutterbugs and filmmakers to submit videos and pictures that convey your vision, your stories… (more)
Applications open for IWMF’s Kim Wall Memorial Fund
Deadline: 17 December 2023
The International Women’s Media Foundation is accepting applications from journalists for the Kim Wall Memorial Fund…(more)
Open Call for BredaPhoto Festival “Journeys”
Deadline: 17 December 2023
BredaPhoto invites photographers and artists to submit projects for the BredaPhoto Festival 2024 – Journeys…(more)
Entries open for Earth 360° Competition of Arts
Deadline: 15 December 2023
The Bangladesh Youth Environmental Initiative (BYEI) is accepting entries for the Earth 360°, an annual festival of arts that brings both amateur and professional visual storytellers to present thought-provoking ideas on environmental issues…(more)
Applications open for Media Outreach & Inclusion Scheme 2024
Deadline: 22 December 2023
The International Film Festival Rotterdam – IFFR is pleased to announce the Media Outreach & Inclusion Scheme, open for journalists and media makers from a wide range of backgrounds to attend IFFR in 2024…(more)
Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award
Deadline: 17 December 2023
The International Women’s Media Foundation is accepting applications for the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award…(more)
Health Innovation Journalism Fellowship
Deadline: 15 December 2023
Are you a journalist passionate about health innovation? Apply for the Health Innovation Journalism Fellowship aimed at supporting in-depth, high-quality reporting on health innovation topics through professional fellowships…(more)
Michael Jacobs Travel Chronicle Scholarship 2024
Deadline: 15 December 2023
The Gabo Foundation has launched the tenth edition of the Michael Jacobs Travel Chronicle Scholarship with the purpose of encouraging travel writing…(more)
Call for Applications: Social Media Ambassadors Program
Deadline: 17 December 2023
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is launching its fifth call for applications to the GLF Social Media Ambassadors Program to mobilize their engaged online communities toward sustainable landscapes and #ThinkLandscape…(more)
Call for Proposals: Communicator-in-Residence Programme
Deadline: 22 December 2023
The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) is accepting proposals for the Communicator-in-Residence Programme to foster inspiration and communicating the importance of biodiversity and biodiversity research for the planet and society through personal interaction with the iDiv community and with society in various ways (e.g., public media, online resources, in a popular book, etc.)…(more)
Brazil Reporting Trip – Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice in the Americas
Deadline: 18 December 2023
The International Women’s Media Foundation, the Women’s Equality Center and Azmina are pleased to lead a nine-day reporting trip focused on reproductive rights in Brazil from March 5-15, 2024…(more)
Applications open for DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship Program
Deadline: 17 December 2023
Applications are now open for the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship Program, a residency program for international artists and cultural practitioners in the fields of film, literature, and music & sound…(more)
“Shining a Light” International Photography Contest
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, is honored to announce its tenth annual “Shining a Light” International Photography Contest and subsequent exhibition…(more)
Applications open for Reza Haghighatnejad Investigative Reporting Fellowship
Deadline: 31 December 2023
Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty´s Persian-language service, is launching the Reza Haghighatnejad Investigative Reporting Fellowship to support investigative reporting about Iran, as well as to develop fact-based and data-driven reporting skills among the next generation of reporters who cover Iran…(more)
EDF Photo Competition: ‘Breaking Barriers – Stories & Voices of Women and Girls with Disabilities’
Deadline: 15 December 2023
The European Disability Forum (EDF) is announcing its open call to submit entries for the annual Photo Competition: ‘Breaking Barriers – Stories & Voices of Women and Girls with disabilities’…(more)
Call for Applications: Journalism Mentorship Programme in Romania & Moldova
Deadline: 15 December 2023
The Ratiu Forum, a partnership between LSE IDEAS (London School of Economics) and the Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation, is now accepting applications for the Journalism Mentorship Programme…(more)
Tibet TV announces Living Culture Doc Forum (India and Nepal)
Deadline: 25 December 2023
The Tibet TV’s ‘Living Culture Doc Forum’ calls for film projects capturing aspects of Tibetan cultural practices that are observed and seen in the present day…(more)
Rainforest Investigations Network Reporting Fellowship Program
Deadline: 20 December 2023
The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for its Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) Reporting Fellowship Program to create an ecosystem of collaboration among journalists to follow the money and the many illegal practices and legal loopholes that enable industrial-scale deforestation…(more)
Applications open for Arab Documentary Photography Program
Deadline: 20 December 2023
The Arab Fund for Art and Culture (AFAC) and the Prince Claus Fund, in partnership with the Magnum Foundation, are now accepting applications for the tenth cycle of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP)…(more)
Apply for “Boosting Impact” Initiative 2023
Deadline: 31 December 2023
Are you a writer, journalist, documentarist, producer, or broadcaster with a scripted project in development looking to widen its impact? If yes, then apply now for the European Writers Club’s “Boosting Impact” Initiative…(more)
Call for Entries: COMESA Media Awards 2024
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) announces the call for entries for the COMESA Media Awards to promote reporting of COMESA regional integration projects hence raising public awareness, understanding and participation and ownership…(more)
Columbia UDP Investigative Journalism Workshop (Latin America)
Deadline: 15 December 2023
The Columbia University School of Journalism, the Diego Portales University School of Journalism, the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP), and the Global Center – Santiago de Columbia convene a workshop on advanced journalistic investigative techniques using open source intelligence.
Call for Proposals: Supporting Regional Thematic Networks of Civil Society Organisations
Deadline: 29 December 2023
The European Commission (EC) is accepting proposals to enhance regional cooperation, good neighbourly relations and reconciliation, to strengthen participatory democracies and the EU approximation process in the Western Balkans and Türkiye…(more)
Residency Program for Photographers and Artists
Deadline: 15 December 2023
Open Call for the year 2024 is open for all photographers and artists working with analog photography methods…(more)
German-Latin American Journalism Scholarship Program
Deadline: 17 December 2023
The International Journalists’ Programmes has announced the German-Latin American Journalism Scholarship Program to give young, talented journalists from Germany the opportunity to work in Latin America for two months…(more)
IJP German-Latin American Fellowship Program
Deadline: 17 December 2023
The International Journalists’ Programmes (Internationale Journalisten-Programme, IJP) announces the new edition of the German-Latin American Fellowship Program for the spring-summer season of 2024…(more)
Malmo Arab Film Festival’s Post-Production Platform Initiative
Deadline: 15 December 2023
The Post-Production Platform is an initiative that aims to help Arab filmmakers to finalize their films by providing in-kind post-production support, including services like grading, sound mixing, and distribution…(more)
Applications open for MAFF Development Fund
Deadline: 15 December 2023
The Malmö Arab Film Festival is accepting applications for the Development Fund to support feature films (narratives, animation, hybrid) and short films in the development phase…(more)
Applications open for Journalists-In-Residence Programme
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The Goethe-Institut is looking for committed journalists who are interested in spending one month in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania or Poland to take part in the work of PERSPECTIVES – the new label for young, constructive and multi perspective journalism…(more)
ITF Transport and Mobility Journalism Award in Latin America
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The International Transport Forum (ITF) invites journalists from Latin America to participate in the ITF Journalism Award “Transport and Mobility in Latin America”…(more)
Netherlands Film Fund & IDFA Bertha Fund Co-production Scheme
Deadline: 26 December 2023
Applications are open for the Netherlands Film Fund & IDFA Bertha Fund Co-production Scheme…(more)
Investigative Journalism Training Program in Armenia
Deadline: 18 December 2023
The U.S. Embassy, Yerevan, of the U.S. Department of State, announces an open competition for organizations to submit a statement of interest (SOI) to implement an “Investigative Journalism Training Program” Project…(more)
DOK.education School of Seeing Festival (Germany)
Deadline: 18 December 2023
DOK.education, the film literacy programme of the International Documentary Film Festival Munich, welcomes submissions for the School of Seeing for the 39th festival edition (1–12 May 2024 @cinemas, 6–20 May @home)…(more)
“Storytelling with Care” Short Film Grant in the US
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The National Domestic Workers Alliance’s Storytelling with Care grant program is seeking stories that showcase the experiences of caregivers (both professional and family) and care recipients in the context of a home or community setting…(more)
Media Workshop on Air Pollution in Nairobi (Kenya)
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is inviting journalists from Nairobi County, Kenya to join a media workshop on air pollution in Nairobi from Feb 8-9, 2024…(more)
Call for Proposals: Society Against Corruption in Montenegro
Deadline: 15 December 2023
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) and Civic Alliance (CA) announce a new opportunity, funded by the US State Department, for local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and media outlets to combat corruption, a major impediment to establishing the rule of law in Montenegro…(more)
Social Documentary Photography Grant 2023 – UK
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The Social Documentary Photography Grant 2023 is now open for applications to tackle a range of social issues…(more)
Applications open for MAFF Production Fund (Sweden)
Deadline: 15 December 2023
The Production Fund created by Malmo Arab Film Festival and MAFF Industry Days, presents a financial resource allocated to support the production phase of film projects…(more)
Call for Proposals: Evaluation of Media Development Project in Myanmar
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The DW Akademie is calling for proposals for the evaluation of its project in Myanmar, funded by the German Foreign Office…(more)
BMAP FORWARD Joint Advocacy Grants
Deadline: 15 December 2023
The Balkan Media Assistance Program to Foster Organizational Readiness While Advancing Resilient Development (BMAP Forward) funded by USAID and implemented by Internews as a part of the PROGRESS Human Rights Support Mechanism, is opening a call for Joint Advocacy Grants…(more)
Apply for Northside Health Complex Photo Contest – Canada
Deadline: 18 December 2023
The CBRM Health Care Redevelopment Project team and Northside/Harbourview Hospital Foundation invite you to participate in a photo contest to have your work chosen to be represented in the new Northside Health Complex…(more)
U.S.-Armenia Professional Partnership in Journalism Program
Deadline: 21 December 2023
In partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, World Learning and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies are implementing the U.S.-Armenia Professional Partnership in Journalism (PPJ) Program…(more)
Gender Climate Award 2024 (Pakistan)
Deadline: 30 December 2023
The Gender Climate Award 2024 is now accepting applications! Join in celebrating the contributions of remarkable women in Climate Action, Young Climate Journalism, and Green Enterprise…(more)
Training and Mentorship Program for South Sudanese Journalists
Deadline: 30 December 2023
Are you a dedicated journalist from South Sudan, with a passion for reporting issues on environmental degradation, human rights abuses, and financial crimes? InfoNile in partnership with Classic FM in Juba invites you to apply for a training, mentorship and story grants program aimed at empowering journalists in South Sudan to report on issues of environmental degradation, human rights abuse, and financial crimes…(more)
AMDISS’ Innovation Hackathon Micro Grant Competition (Round 2 and 3) – South Sudan
Deadline: 22 December 2023
If you are a media practitioner, innovator, woman, or youth with creative media ideas to address challenges in your community, then the AMDISS’ Innovation Hackathon is the perfect platform for you to pitch and present your solutions, both tech and non-tech, to issues surrounding access to credible information, reaching target listeners, and enhancing the impact of media practitioners…(more)
Communicators’ Workshop on Renewable Energy in India
Deadline: 20 December 2023
The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) has launched the Communicators’ Workshop to strengthen the skills of communicators to research and report on relatively less-discussed renewable energy issues in India, such as biofuels, green hydrogen, energy storage and transmission and distribution…(more)
The Uncertain Kingdom’s Short Film Production Fund (UK)
Deadline: 31 December 2023
The Uncertain Kingdom is offering grants to make a short film on the theme of ‘belief’…(more)
