A development program for early-career journalists

 

The National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships are for U.S.-based journalists interested in building careers reporting on science, health and the environment. The program is designed to provide training, networking, mentoring, new sources and story ideas, while allowing them to continue their paid work.

Launched in 2021, the fellowships are a collaboration of the Association of Health Care Journalists [2] (AHCJ), the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing [3] (CASW) and the Society of Environmental Journalists [4] (SEJ), with funding by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Department of Science Education, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

GO HERE [5] to read the 2025 call for applications and apply (Dec. 19, 2025 deadline).

 

Check out the recording of the recent SHERF informational webinar:

 

• Read the March 5, 2024 announcement and see the 2024 fellows [6].
• Round three details and call for applications [7] (February 23, 2024 deadline)
• Read the September 23, 2022 announcement and see the fellows [8].
• Round two details and call for applications [9] (September 1, 2022 deadline)
• Pilot class of fellows: bios and photos [10] (2021)