Request for Applications: CONNECTAS Production Grants

This activity is carried out within the framework of the project Conserving Together, whose objective is to strengthen the capacities of civil society actors and their regional networks to conserve biodiversity and prevent environmental crimes in the Amazon. This call is made in partnership between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), WCS and Internews.

This activity is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of CONNECTAS and Internews and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) , USAID, or the U.S. Government.

Benefits

• Editorial Support
  • The selected proposals will be developed under an Editorial Partnership with CONNECTAS. You will receive personalized support from an editor from their Editorial Board , who will accompany you from the beginning of the project until its publication.
• Regional dissemination
  • Your work will be published in CONNECTAS , the main platform that promotes collaborative journalism in Latin America, and media outlets allied to their Information Community.

Funding Information

• Funds of up to $2,000 will be awarded, depending on the complexity of the story’s production. The elements of revelation, the potential impact of the publication, and whether it has transnational elements will be evaluated.
• Funds will be delivered over the three months of the story’s development. The time is counted from acceptance for initial feasibility, while the administrative procedures for the first disbursement are carried out.
• The amount for each project, according to the budget, will be disbursed at different stages of the research. The first, after approving the initial feasibility and signing the Grant agreement.
• The costs of banking transactions will be borne by the beneficiary.

Eligible Projects

• Revealing stories that provide value and understanding of crimes affecting the Amazon and the communities that live there and/or their possible solutions. They are looking for stories, reports or investigations with new and attractive information, that provide new information or angles of coverage, that go beyond a more complete account of already known facts.

Eligibility Criteria

• Be a journalist, social communicator or from another field interested in reporting on environmental crimes affecting the Amazon through journalistic content.
• Submit a story related to the Amazon in Colombia, Peru or Ecuador. Participants do not necessarily have to be from these countries.
• The application should include links to recent publications, preferably research, in-depth work or reports.
• The proposal must be in Spanish.
• Only applications submitted through the Matrix CONNECTAS platform will be accepted.
• It is essential that those interested do not have a current scholarship with CONNECTAS.

Application Requirements

• Those accepted will have editorial freedom over their story. They must participate in the pedagogical editorial support process in which they will receive continuous feedback on their research.
• Proposals that guarantee reporting or prior research and knowledge of the subject will be considered with special interest. Also those that have a strong investigative component, social impact and novelty.
• Those selected will accept the terms of republication of the research material, editorial support, security conditions under which the topics are followed up and preparations for final dissemination.
• Proposals may be submitted individually or as a team.
• Proposals will be submitted within a three-month period.

For more information, visit CONNECTAS.