Every journalist has a research project they continually put on the backburner or a topic they simply do not have the time or resources to pursue. Fellowships provide excellent opportunities to devote time and attention to those endeavors.
Below are application deadlines for well-known fellowships based at U.S. universities that are open to journalists from around the world.
Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships
As part of this short-term program, the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University selects at least five people from around the world to spend up to 12 weeks at the school working on special projects. The program is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The deadline is Oct. 14, 2016.
The Nieman Foundation selects 24 journalists each year to participate in a full academic-year fellowship at Harvard University. There is also an opportunity to be chosen as a Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellow in Journalism Innovation. The deadlines are as follows: Dec. 1, 2016 (international journalists), Jan. 6, 2017 (Canadian journalists) and Jan. 31, 2017 (U.S.).
John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford
The JSK Fellows program focuses on “journalism innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership.” Up to 20 journalists from across the world are chosen to participate in the program at Stanford University in California each year. The deadline is Dec. 1, 2016.
The Knight-Wallace Fellowship is for a year of academic study at the University of Michigan. There are typically 12 Americans and six international journalists chosen as part of the program which offers access to courses, seminars and workshops. The deadline is Feb. 1, 2017.
Knight Science Journalism Program
The Knight Science Journalism Program offered at MIT, Harvard and other Massachusetts institutions lasts for nine months and focuses on science, technology and journalism. The fellowship is open to ten science journalists from around the world. Details about the fellowships for the 2017-2018 academic year will be announced in late 2016, according to the program website.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
