Awards

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources is accepting proposals until Feb 28, 2025 for grants to help defray the costs of reporting projects that focus on natural resources, the environment, energy, development, agriculture, environmental justice and public health. 

The #hostwriterPrize for collaborative research is designed to award exemplary collaborative journalism.  One award is for a work already published and the other is for a brilliant pitch. Cash prizes. Apply by Oct 31, 2019.

NPF presents several awards to journalists and helps administer journalism awards presented by other organizations. Open to reporting in broadcasting, print, and online journalism, as well as editorial cartoons. Cash prizes. Entry fee is $25. Deadline: Sep 30, 2024.

The American Institute of Physics' science communication awards recognize excellence in print, online and broadcast media which is intended for and improves the general public's appreciation of physics, astronomy, math and related science fields. $3,000 prize. Deadline: Mar 31, 2020.

In These Times' Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting invites journalists to submit story proposals for consideration for funding by the Institute and subsequent publication in In These Times — a national, independent progressive magazine. Deadline: Apr 10, 2023.

Presented by the Better Government Association with the support of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Awards highlight the impact of Illinois investigative reporting as a reform tool within the context of state and local government waste, fraud and corruption. Cash prizes. Enter by Mar 11, 2024.

The American Society of Journalists and Authors annually recognizes distinguished achievements in articles and books with a series of awards. Some categories are for the public, some for ASJA members only. Cash prizes; entry fees apply. Deadline: May 16, 2025.