U.S.-based working journalists with seven years or less experience, staff or freelance, can apply by Dec 14 for this free 12-month National Press Foundation fellowship, which is designed to support journalists of color staying in — and leading — the newsrooms of tomorrow. Begins Jan 2026.

Visual storytellers worldwide can apply by Dec 15, 2025 for this life-time fellowship supporting those who want to cultivate audience engagement through inventive distribution methods that will increase the impact of their work. $30,000 award, trip to the summit in San Francisco, coaching and more.

Applications are open for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF), a collaboration of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW), the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Early-career US journalists will receive training, networking, mentoring, new sources and story ideas — while allowing them to stay at their jobs. Read the announcement, watch the recording of the Nov. 21 info webinar or apply now [19] (Dec. 19 deadline).

Selected journalists receive a trip to Amsterdam, accommodation and access to the world’s leading environmental thinkers during the Tyler Prize events taking place in April 2026. Open to professional journalists worldwide who cover environment, science or policy. Deadline: Dec 20, 2025.

The intensive, fully funded FASPE Journalism program in professional ethics and ethical leadership will take fellows to Germany and Poland, Jun 19- Jul 3, 2026, to examine the actions and choices of German and international journalists in covering and supporting Nazi policies. Apply by Jan 4.

Journalists with minimum 3 years' experience in reporting science, medicine, environment or technology for the public can apply for an academic year at MIT. Must be full-time reporters, writers, editors, producers, illustrators, filmmakers or photojournalists, freelance or on staff. $85,000 stipend. Apply by Jan 9, 2026.

This fellowship finances a significant foreign reporting project by a Canadian journalist (or non-Canadian holding valid work permit or grad student) working as a freelance or full-time journalist in any medium. The fellowship provides up to $25,000 to cover travel, reporting and research expenses. Apply by Jan 12, 2026.

Mid-career journalists who want to write a novel or fictional prose are invited to apply for this workshop, Jul 7-15, 2026, at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications in Evanston, Ill. Fully funded by "Game of Thrones" author Martin, pictured left. Deadline: Jan 12.

USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's expenses-paid California Fellowship in March 2026 is open to California-based professional journalists (including freelancers and national correspondents with California-focused projects). Includes stipend, training, potential grants and specialized mentoring. Apply by Jan 14.

Alfred Friendly Press Partners is planning a four-week training program at the Missouri School of Journalism for journalists in exile in the U.S. The program is looking to build skills and resiliency in these areas: Security, Legal, Journalism and Entrepreneurship. $2,000 stipend plus expenses. Deadline: Jan 15, 2026.