Deadline: 15 November 2024
The Good Science Project–Johns Hopkins MA in Science Writing Fellowship is funded by the Good Science Project and administered by the Johns Hopkins MA in Science Writing program to support journalists of all nationalities, representing a diversity of backgrounds.
The Good Science Project–Johns Hopkins MA in Science Writing Fellowship aims to improve science journalism and science itself by reporting grants for feature-length magazine articles on the funding and practice of science in the United States. Grants will support articles that reveal flaws in current science policy, practice, or funding and identify ways these challenges might be overcome.
Areas of Interest
- Obstacles that prevent high-impact scientific ideas from receiving funding.
- The role of government funding in incentivizing scientists to share data and arrive at accurate, reproducible findings.
- The challenge of recruiting more talent to biomedical scientific research and the role of scientific funding in addressing this challenge.
- The influence of bureaucratic requirements on the daily life of scientists.
- Obstacles presented by groupthink and the difficulties of obtaining funding for research that challenges a dominant paradigm.
- The attributes of high-quality research and how they might avoid wasting resources on low-quality research.
Funding Information
- Grant funds will be distributed in two installments: $2,500 when the grant is awarded and $2,500 upon submission of a polished final draft. Awardees can use the funds to cover living expenses and reporting costs, including travel, and are not required to track or submit expenses.
- The Good Science Project–Johns Hopkins MA in Science Writing Fellowship will award four grants each year. Awardees will retain all rights to their work and are expected to pitch their stories to national media outlets for publication.
Eligibility Criteria
- Articles must be completed within six months of receiving a grant, regardless of publication status, and should be at least 3,000 words long.
- Full-time journalists may apply for grants but should explain how a grant will make it possible to cover a story that their publication would not otherwise cover. International applicants are welcome to apply, but proposed articles should address scientific funding in the United States.
For more information, visit Johns Hopkins University.
