The 2026 program at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, May 14-24, offers experienced professional science journalists, writers, editors and producers a chance to immerse themselves in the process of basic biomedical or environmental research. Includes travel, room, board and course fees. Apply by Jan 15.

Worldwide entries are welcome until Jan 17, 2026, from all professional photographers working in the field of photojournalism and/or documentary photography. €1,000 for each of the winners and an additional €10,000 for the World Press Photo of the Year winner, and more.

Submit your four-minute (or less) documentary shot in a city of 1,000,000+ and showing social and/or environmental challenges and potential solutions. Enter by Jan 18, 2026 for a chance to win awards and prizes including cash and a trip to the Cannes Film Festival. 

Journalismfund Europe is re-launching the European Cross-Border Grants with a new expert approach. Join an info webinar at 8 am ET (14:00 CET) to learn about the project and the role of experts and advisors, and find out eligibility and how to apply.

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University is accepting nominations until Jan 21, 2026, for work encouraging fairness in news coverage by American journalists and news organizations. Winner receives $10,000; second and third receive $1,000.

Journalismfund.eu's Earth Investigations Programme will award €400,000 per call (20 rounds over six years) for journalistic investigations about an issue that concerns the environment and relates to continental Europe. Next deadline: Jan 22, 2026.

Journalismfund.eu's Earth Investigations Programme will award €75,000 for projects on collective development and support services for environmental investigative journalism in Europe. Incorporated legal entities worldwide can apply. Next deadline: Jan 22, 2026.

From Sep 2025 to Feb 2026, the Institute for Independent Journalists is offering free monthly webinars to help you strengthen your freelance journalism practice. 12-1:15 p.m. ET.

CJF's 2026 awards and fellowship offerings include the Award for Climate Solutions Reporting, Burtynsky Award for Climate Photojournalism, Black Journalism Fellowships, Indigenous Journalism / Health Journalism Fellowships, Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award, BIPOC Student Journalists Bursary and more. Enter by Jan 23.

The NED annually makes more than 2,000 grants to support the projects of nongovernmental groups abroad who are working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions in more than 100 countries, including those that "Support freedom of information and independent media." Next deadline: Jan 26, 2026.