Awards

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering story grants of USD $1,500 - 2,000 to journalists to produce stories on transnational conservation crimes in the Amazon Region and the threats faced by Indigenous peoples and local communities in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Deadline: Jan 10, 2025.

The Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund launched this grant in honor of murdered journalist Dom Phillips. Selected proposals for ambitious, wide-reaching journalism projects that investigate the future of the Amazon and how to prevent its collapse will receive the necessary funds to carry out their project. Deadline: Jan 18, 2023.

Journalismfund.eu's Earth Investigations Programme will award €84,000 for projects on collective development and support services for environmental investigative journalism in Europe. Incorporated legal entities worldwide can apply. Next deadline: Feb 13, 2025.

To support the creative and informative works of BIPOC creators, the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) will award pitch training to finalists and $12,500 to one filmmaker to assist with a short film or first feature that addresses a timely environmental issue. Deadline: Jan 20, 2023.

This annual international competition and exhibition of the Natural History Museum in London, UK highlights the unique and beautiful relationship between photography, science and art. Includes a young photographer category. Win cash prizes, a place in the museum's exhibit and more. Deadline: Dec 5, 2024.

Flashlight, an innovative nonprofit network of giving circles, gives $500-$1,000 grants to investigative journalists, who retain complete editorial control and are free to publish their work wherever they like. In this round, they are funding U.S.-based freelance investigative journalists. Apply by Nov 19, 2023.

GSDF connects filmmakers around the world with international media outlets looking for short docs. Selected from a global call, 16 filmmakers take part in an intensive 4-week training program of online workshops, mentoring, and one-to-one pitch meetings with decision makers. Three grants available. Deadline: Dec 13, 2022.

In honor of International Freelancer Day on Oct 19, Freelancers Union + Fiverr opened applications for $500 micro-grants to aid freelancers and independent workers worldwide in wellness areas including mental, physical, social and financial. Apply by Nov 2, 2022.

California-based professional journalists (including freelancers) or reporters from national outlets doing a California-focused project are eligible for this fund comprising a $2,000-$10,000 stipend, five months of professional mentorship from a veteran journalist and more. Apply by Dec 1, 2023.