The summer 2024 journalism grants roundup

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Journalistic projects that change the world require a lot of work. To take at least something off your plate, we have compiled a list of grants for a range of situations so you can find the right opportunity to finance your plans.

Climate and Labour Film Grant

The Pulitzer Center, the Financial Times and One World Media have come together to announce a $20,000 grant for an experienced filmmaker to create a 25-minute-long documentary about how climate change affects those in the global south. The applicants should live and work in the global south and provide an interesting and unique angle or cover an unreported story.

Deadline: 1 September 2024 | More info here

Fund for Investigative Journalism

This grant applies to freelance journalists, staff reporters and media outlets who are looking to create high-quality, unbiased nonpartisan investigative journalism that has a significant impact. The regular grant can be up to $10,000, with the opportunity for follow-up grants if necessary.

Deadline: 9 September 2024 | More details here

The W. Eugene Smith Grant

This grant is for photojournalists and visual storytellers whose work promotes social change and blends photographic tradition with the contemporary. The grant calls for "a photographer and project that seem most likely to use exemplary and compelling photojournalism and documentary photography to address an issue of import and impact related to the human condition: social change, humanitarian concern, armed conflict, or other topics of interpersonal, psychological, cultural, social, environmental, scientific, medical and/or political significance." Note that students cannot apply for this grant but can instead apply for the W. Eugene Smith Student Grant.

Deadline: 8 October 2024 | More info here

Journalismfund Europe - Professional Development for Environmental Journalism

This grant can be given to teams of journalists or newsrooms who plan to conduct cross-border environmental investigations in Europe. The resulting stories must be published in at least two outlets in two different countries, one of which must be European. The grant can cover working time and expenses such as logistics, travel, insurance, access to legal support, translations, access to technology and data sets and more. Teams can also apply for an experienced mentor to aid the investigation. This grant has a maximum of €400,000 per call to be distributed among all supported investigations.

Deadline: 24 October 2024 | More details here

Journalism Diversity Fund

This fund awards bursaries to students from diverse backgrounds to help fund NCTJ-accredited diploma courses. This is looking to help diversify newsrooms, which have historically been dominated by the white middle class.

Deadline: 6 November 2024 | More info here

Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists

This fund looks to advance the role of women in news media. Applications are open to any woman and non-binary journalists who have the passion and drive to pursue a big project. This project must outline an underrepresented but critical social issue and challenge traditional media narratives. The fund is open to applications for up to $10,000.

This fund has a rolling deadline. Applications submitted before the 31 August will be reviewed in September | More info here

Pulitzer Center Data Journalism Grants

The Pulitzer Center supports data journalism stories that employ cutting-edge data collection techniques. This could be using data mining, machine learning, satellite imagery or any other technique that is at the forefront of technical development. The project must be innovative and cover an underreported issue in an engaging, data-focused way. This grant is open to all journalists, filmmakers, writers, photographers and radio producers, especially those from diverse backgrounds.

This grant has a rolling deadline, and applications submitted in any given month can expect a response by the end of the following month | More info here

Pulitzer Center Gender Equality Grant

This grant aims to help women and girls in journalism elevate the level of reporting on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues. Applications from journalists and newsrooms who are from diverse and underrepresented groups or underprivileged economic backgrounds are strongly encouraged. The average grant is $5,000, but it can be greater or smaller depending on circumstances.

This grant has a rolling deadline | More info here

Journalists’ Charity First Jobs Fund

This fund aims to help those who are starting their first job in journalism and are struggling with essential costs such as accommodation, transport or work-related equipment. To qualify you must have been working as a full-time journalist for less than two years, and your main source of income must be from journalism.