Deadline: 27 January 2025
The Fund for Investigative Journalism is seeking applications for its Regular Grant for reporters to produce high-quality, unbiased, nonpartisan investigative stories that have an impact.
Funding Information
- Grants are for specific investigative projects. They average $5,000 but can be as high as $10,000. They cover out-of-pocket expenses such as travel, document collection, and equipment rental. The Fund also considers requests for small stipends.
Eligibility Criteria
- While most applicants are freelancers, all journalists can apply for grants. The Fund encourages proposals from journalists of color.
- The Fund provides grants for print and online articles, television and radio stories, documentaries, podcasts, and books.
- To be considered, foreign-based story proposals must come from US-based reporters or have a strong US angle involving American citizens, government, or business; all stories must be published in English, in a media outlet in the United States.
- Applications must include a brief summary (100 words or less), proposal (1,000 words or less), budget, resume, clips, references, and letter of commitment from a media outlet to publish the story.
- All information contained in an application is held strictly confidential by the Fund’s board and staff, is shared with no one outside of the organization, and is used solely for the purpose of making a grant decision.
For more information, visit Fund for Investigative Journalism.
