This award enables students pursuing a science or medical journalism degree to attend the SfN annual meeting. Receive complimentary meeting registration, four nights’ lodging, $750 for expenses and a mentor who is an experienced professional journalist covering the annual meeting. Deadline is Jun 1.

These awards are granted for the best political cartoons reflecting the spirit and the principles of the United Nations. Open to political cartoons printed in any publication published anywhere, in any language. First Prize: $10,000.00; Second Prize: 5,000.00; Third Prize: 3,000.00. Enter by Nov 15, 2017.

The South Asian Journalists Association annually recognizes excellence in coverage of South Asia and the diaspora, as well as outstanding reporting by South Asian journalists and students in the U.S. and Canada. Enter by Sep 8, 2025.

The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund and Reuters annually award three $5,000 prizes to a local reporter in a developing nation or country in transition, a freelancer covering international news and a news fixer, to recognize courageous reporting of conflict, corruption, human rights transgressions and injustice. Deadline: Jun 15, 2025.

The Bodie McDowell Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate-level college students pursuing a degree in an outdoor communications field. Awards range from $1,000 to $5,000. Apply by Mar 30, 2025.

The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University offers annually The Reporting Award, a grant to support a significant work of journalism in any medium on an under-reported topic in the public interest. Deadline: Mar 18, 2024.

The Alexia Foundation awards production grants to professional and student photographers to give them the financial ability to produce projects that inspire change by addressing socially significant topics. Students also get scholarship opportunities. Deadline is Feb 19, 2025.

The Southern Environmental Law Center invites submissions until Oct 1, 2025 for its annual award, which seeks to enhance public awareness of the value and vulnerability of the natural environment in at least one of these states: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee or Virginia. Cash prizes.

In 750 words, describe how you or someone in your community is making meaningful strides to lessen modern Western society's impact on the environment. The contest is open to students between the ages of 17 and 24 (as of January 1, 2013) who are currently enrolled in a college or other institute of higher education. Entry deadline: Nov 27, 2013.