Awards

Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications invites applications until Jan 26, 2024 for this $4,000 award recognizing single stories or series work shedding light on the causes, consequences and remedies of problems in American society.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists invites applications from US and Puerto Rican graduate and undergraduate students who plan to work in English and/or Spanish-language journalism. Scholarships range from $2,000 to $5,000. Deadline to apply is Dec 20, 2024.

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering mentoring and story grants of up to US$1,400 to Indigenous journalists from any country to support the production of in-depth environmental stories on climate justice, biodiversity, sustainable ecosystems, Indigenous sovereignty and leadership, and more. Deadline: Jan 22, 2024.

The Society of Professional Journalists presents these awards annually, honoring the best in student journalism. Open to US and international students studying toward an academic degree enrolled in a U.S. or international college or university. Deadlines: Dec 31, 2024 (earlybird); Feb 11, 2025 (final).

The U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics invites applications for one of ten $10,000 reporting grants for journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of psychedelics. Open to journalists worldwide. Deadline: Jan 31, 2025.

The Collier Prize at the University of Florida is designed to encourage coverage of state-level government in every state, focusing on investigative and political reporting, in any medium or on any platform. It's open to any news organization. Cash prizes: $25,000, $5,000 and $2,500. Deadline: Feb 6, 2025.

Climate Tracker, in partnership with Open Society Foundations, launches this inaugural competition aiming to recognize and celebrate outstanding journalism focused on climate change and environmental issues within the Caribbean region. Five prizes of USD$400. Deadline: Nov 22, 2023.

MDIF Ventures will invest USD$1M in young and growing independent digital media companies with positive social impact and potential to scale, and located or serving audiences in countries where access to free and independent news and information is under threat. Deadline: Dec 10, 2023.

Journalismfund.eu's Earth Investigations Programme will award €400,000 per call (20 rounds over six years) for journalistic investigations about an issue that concerns the environment and relates to continental Europe. Next deadline: Jan 23, 2025.

The 2024 Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) competition challenge is to create something to help a newsroom measure the impact of their news coverage for their community. Each team can be up to four students, who can be enrolled at any college or university in the US. Cash prizes. Enter by Oct 18, 2024.