JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS: And Other Awards & Opportunities

For Students

For Early-Career Journalists

Prizes & Awards

FELLOWSHIPS FOR ENTRY & EARLY-CAREER JOURNALISTS...

Media General Multimedia Fellowship
Four recent graduates, either from college or a graduate program, will be selected to work for nine months in one of Media General's cross-owned markets. The fellows will divide their time between the newspaper, the television station and the Web site. They will primarily produce content to be presented across all platforms. Deadline: March 1.

Fulbright Fellowship for Young U.S. Journalists
10-month program includes research phase and one or more internships with German institutions of print or broadcast media. Applicants must be proficient in German. Recent college grads also considered. Fellowship includes monthly stipend, travel expenses and health insurance. Deadline: August 1.

Davidoff Scholarships for Journalists
Scholarships fund tuition, accommodation and travel for the Wesleyan Writers Conference and are designed for young writers of unusual promise. Several past winners have gone on to win Pulitzer Prizes. The annual summer conference, taught by a faculty of nationally known writers, includes fiction, poetry, and journalism seminars, lectures, and manuscript consultations. Deadline: April 5.

Center for Independent Media Online News Fellowship
Part-time fellowship provides stipend, mentoring and training sessions in exchange for new journalists contributing posts to Web site. Telecommuting allowed. Deadline: ongoing.

Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship
Program to help political journalists with limited or no experience covering Washington. Fellows dedicate one day a month for nine months, September through May, to intensive study sessions on such subjects as the federal budget, campaign finance and lobbying. Deadline: June 1.

Adelante! Fellowship
Fellowship for an early career journalist who is bilingual in Spanish and English and wishes to pursue a master's degree in journalism at the prestigious Missouri School of Journalism. The successful applicant will act as editor of the journalism school's award-winning bilingual publication, Adelante! Fellowship includes full tuition waiver and $10,000 stipend. Deadline: September 1.

U.S.-Austrian Journalism Exchange
Seven-week program gives four U.S. journalists -- two print and two broadcast -- between the ages of 21 and 38 the chance to travel to Austria to cover local news for an Austrian media outlet and to work on stories for their American employer. Funding for transportation, living expenses and insurance is provided. Deadline: November 10.

International Reporting Project
Program aims to educate early-career American journalists by providing them with access to leading international experts in the U.S., and offering them opportunities to do reporting projects overseas. As part of their four-month program, IRP Fellows travel for five weeks to the country or region of their choice. Deadline: varies.

FRONTLINE/World Fellowship Program
Fellowships given to current students and recent graduates of leading journalism schools who show exceptional promise and propose detailed plans to report on an international story not currently covered in the mainstream media. Fellows receive mentoring, editing and have their work published on the award-winning PBS Web site.

Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellowship
The Competitive Enterprise Institute offers a one-year fellowship to train talented young people and experienced journalists who wish to improve their knowledge of environmental issues and free market economics. Deadline: June 29.

McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Seminar
Drake University and the Poynter Institute are offering a specialized reporting seminar in early June for reporters relatively new to covering politics. The McCormick Tribune Foundation underwrites transportation, lodging and tuition for 16 selected participants. Deadline: May 10.

The Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism
New program will annually select 10 young journalists and work with them to report and produce news stories for print, the internet and radio. Fellows receive $10,000 for research expenses and participate in weeklong residencies at Middlebury College in the fall and at Monterey Institute of International Studies in the spring. Deadline: May 15.

Poynter Summer Fellowship for Young Journalists
This "journalism boot camp" invites 32 young journalists, most of whom are just out of college, to spend six weeks at the Poynter Institute in Florida. Scholarships available. Deadline: November 15.

Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship
Print and online journalists with less than 10 years experience propose a one-year writing project on a topic of their choosing, focusing on journalism supportive of American culture and a free society. Fellowship pays up to $75,000. Deadline: March 1.

Metcalf Institute Environmental Reporting Workshop
One-week fellowship at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography for journalists interested in environmental reporting. Room, board, tuition and travel expenses provided. Deadline: January 29.

Arthur F. Burns Fellowship
A two-month (August-September) working fellowship for young German and American print and broadcast journalists. Travel expenses and a stipend are provided. Deadline: March 1.

ACG Journalism Fellowship
Early-career print and broadcast journalists travel to Germany to do research for an article on U.S.-German relations or U.S.-EU relations. Fellowship provides travel expenses and a daily stipend of $150 to cover housing, meals, and local transportation for up to 28 days abroad.

McCloy Fellowship
Early-career print and broadcast journalists travel to Germany to do research on topic of their own choice. Fellowship provides travel expenses and a daily stipend of $150 to cover housing, meals, and local transportation for up to 28 days abroad. Deadline: April 7.

Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship
Nine-month program open to Americans aged 22 to 34 working in one of six professions, including journalism. Program consists of three seminars on German and European issues and two work phases, during which fellows complete executive-level internships in major German institutions. Up to eight months of German language training is provided before the program start. Fellows receive a living stipend of EURO 1,800 per month.

Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellowship
Recent journalism graduates work full-time for one year with Human Rights Watch in New York, Washington or London. Tasks include monitoring human rights developments in various countries, conducting on-site investigations, and drafting reports on human rights conditions. Deadline: October 5.

Feldman Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Journalism
The National Press Club offers a one-year stipend of $5,000 to defray post-graduate tuition costs for graduate students in journalism. Deadline: May 1.

Kaiser Media Internships in Health Reporting
Summer program for young journalists and recent grads interested in specializing in health reporting, with a particular commitment to coverage of health issues affecting diverse and immigrant communities. Program includes week-long orientation in Washington, followed by 10 weeks at a media outlet. Minimum stipend of $500 per week. Deadline: December 7.

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS...

NYU in Prague Journalism Scholarship
The scholarship allows students from a college or university other than NYU who are pursuing a major or minor in journalism, or related field and who plan to enroll in at least two journalism courses at NYU in Prague to receive financial assistance in the form of a $2,000 tuition credit.

Felix Morely Journalism Competition
Prizes up to $2,500 awarded to full-time college, university, or high school students age 25 or younger. Selection is based upon demonstrated ability, potential for development as a writer, and appreciation of classical liberal principles evidenced in submitted publications. Deadline: December 1.

College Columnist Scholarship Contest
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists Education Foundation awards scholarships to two outstanding student newspaper columnists who write for U.S. college or university undergraduate newspapers. First prize is $1,000. Second prize is $500. Deadline: March 1.

RTNDF Electronic Journalism Scholarships
The Radio and Television News Director Foundation offers several scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 for college and graduate students studying journalism and/or interested in pursuing a career in radio or television journalism. Deadline: May 12.

Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship
$2,000 scholarships given to undergraduate and graduate students who aspire to be a foreign correspondent and submit an essay describing an area of the world outside the U.S. or an international topic the applicant believes deserves more and better media coverage. Deadline: December 1.

Society for Technical Communication Scholarship
$1,500 scholarships awarded to undergraduate and graduate students studying the field of technical communication and attending accredited two- and four-year colleges or universities. Deadline: February 15.

Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Study Science Journalism Fellowship
$2,000 awards by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing to students enrolled in U.S. graduate-level science writing programs to help defray the cost of tuition. Deadline: July 1.

McGrady/Allard Science Journalism Travel Grant
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing occasionally makes funds available to aspiring science journalists (including those in graduate science writing programs) to help underwrite the costs of travel to other major science meetings. Deadline: varies.

James R. Collins Magazine Publishing Fellowship
Awarded annually to a student in a graduate study program at Washington, D.C.-area college or university whose experience or area of study is relevant to WorldView, a magazine that focuses on developing countries. Deadline: July 30.

Institute on Political Journalism
Intensive eight-week program in Washington, D.C., includes internship at a media outlet, two journalism courses at Georgetown University, guest speakers, field trips and more. Scholarships and summer housing available. Deadline: March 1.

Washington Center for Politics & Journalism
During 16 weeks in Washington, students work full-time in major news bureaus. Twice a week, they gather for the major purpose of the program: 90-minute seminars on campaign, governance and interest group politics. Students pay no tuition and receive a $3,000 stipend to cover living expenses. Limited to about 12 students per semester. Deadline: varies.

Feldman Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Journalism
The National Press Club offers a one-year stipend of $5,000 to defray post-graduate tuition costs for graduate students in journalism. Deadline: May 1.

Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington
Program brings six junior and senior print journalism majors to Washington, D.C., for three academic terms -- fall, spring and summer – where they function as reporters for a web-based wire service. Stories are available to any newspaper in the country. Includes $2,000 stipend, housing and academic credit. Deadline: varies.

Poynter Summer Fellowship for Young Journalists
This "journalism boot camp" invites 32 young journalists, most of whom are just out of college, to spend six weeks at the Poynter Institute in Florida. Scholarships available. Deadline: November 15.

Pulliam Journalism Fellowship
10-week summer program includes $6,500 stipend, writing workshops, internship at Arizona Republic or Indianapolis Star, and mentors. Deadline: November 15.

Washington Post High School Writing Seminar and Scholarship Program
Washington, D.C. area high school seniors spend Saturdays in March learning about writing news and feature stories from Post reporters and editors. At program's conclusion, students write a news story and receive critiques. Top two students receive $2,500 college scholarship. Deadline: February 7.

Association of Young Journalist and Writers Scholarships
$2,000 scholarships annually given to college and graduate students who are studying journalism or English. Deadline: May 31.

The Legislative Gazette Semester Internship Program
Semester-long program puts college students in in New York's capital, where they work as full-time reporters, covering state government and politics. Participants also complete academic tasks and receive $2,500 stipend. Deadline: varies.

PRIZES & AWARDS FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS...

Eric Breindel College and University Journalism Award
Given to undergraduate student whose work work best reflects "Love of country and its democratic institutions as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism." Winner gets $10,000, paid internship at either Fox News Channel or the New York Post and residential housing in New York City. Deadline: April 27.

Mark of Excellence Awards
Annual contest by Society of Professional Journalists honors best collegiate journalism in 39 categories for print, radio, television, and online media. Regional and national awards given. Deadline: January 23.

Vada and Colonel Barney Oldfield National Security Reporting Fellowship
$1,000 award for electronic journalists with 10 years of less experience recognizes excellence in coverage of national defense and security issues by a reporter or producer. Deadline: May 12.

The David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists
$2,500 award given annually to undergraduates who published journalistic articles in a campus publication on a topic of intellectual interest. Examples include a new trend, discovery, or theory; an important scholarly debate; an issue with both scholarly and public-policy implications; or a researcher who is as interesting as his or her scholarship. Deadline: June 1.

The Don Gentry Award for Population Journalism
Awards up to $5,000 for college and graduate students who publish a story focusing on personal responsibility for family planning and size, as well as population issues and their relationship to resources and the environment, maternal health security or HIV/AIDS. Deadline: October 5.

The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists
$10,000 prize given to print, broadcast and online journalists ages 35 and younger for local, national and international reporting. Deadline: February 1.

Peter R. Weitz Prize
$5,000 prize for journalists ages 35 and younger who are covering European issues for U.S. newspapers and magazines, whether they are correspondents based in Europe or cover Europe from the United States. Deadline: February 28.

The Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award For Young Science Journalists
Award given to journalists ages 30 and under who have pulished articles on any field of science (biology, health, math, computers, science policy, etc.). Winner receives $1,000 and expenses to attend the annual meeting of the National Association of Science Writers and the New Horizons briefing of the Concil for the Advancement of Science Writing. Deadline: June 30.