The Pulitzer Center partners with individual journalists and news organizations to support in-depth, high-impact reporting projects. We provide support through short-term grants and yearlong reporting fellowships. We accept applications from freelance and staff journalists worldwide.

HOW IT WORKS | JOURNALISM GRANTS | JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS | STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS

HOW IT WORKS

The Pulitzer Center provides support to freelance and staff journalists to pursue underreported enterprise stories in two ways:

  1. Reporting grants: Funding for in-depth journalism projects
  2. Fellowship programs: Funding; training; data and research support; and a cohort experience with journalists pursuing similar in-depth or investigative stories

These opportunities also grant access to a community of thousands of journalists, editors, and engagement specialists that make up the Pulitzer Center's broader network.

GLOBAL REPORTING GRANTS

The Pulitzer Center’s global reporting grants support in-depth, high-impact reporting on critical, underreported issues. This is our signature, "catch-all" grant, so there are no restrictions on topic or reporting location. You can also explore our thematic and regional grants below.


SIGNATURE PULITZER CENTER GRANT

Global Reporting Grant

Global Reporting Grant

rainforest reporting grants

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Rainforest Reporting Grant

Rainforest Reporting Grant

ocean reporting grants

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Ocean and Fisheries Reporting Grant

Ocean and Fisheries Reporting Grant

climate and labor reporting grants

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Climate and Labor Reporting Grant

Climate and Labor Reporting Grant

conflict and peace reporting grants

PEACE & CONFLICT

Conflict and Peace Reporting Grant

Conflict and Peace Reporting Grant


HUMAN RIGHTS

Democracy Reporting Grant

Democracy Reporting Grant

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Transparency & Governance Grant

Transparency & Governance Grant

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Gender Equality Grant

Gender Equality Grant


INFORMATION & AI

Machine Learning Reporting Grant

Machine Learning Reporting Grant


INFORMATION & AI

Data Journalism Grant

Data Journalism Grant


INFORMATION & AI

AI Reporting Grant

AI Reporting Grant


REGIONAL REPORTING GRANTS


REGIONAL GRANT

Africa Reporting Grants

Africa Reporting Grants


REGIONAL GRANT

Impact Seed Funding (ISF)

Impact Seed Funding (ISF)


REGIONAL GRANT

Persephone Miel: Grants for Non-Western Journalists

Persephone Miel: Grants for Non-Western Journalists


CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL GRANT

U.S. Coastlines Reporting Grants

U.S. Coastlines Reporting Grants


REGIONAL GRANT

U.S. Local News Reporting Grants

U.S. Local News Reporting Grants


REGIONAL GRANT

Richard C. Longworth: Midwest/Global Reporting

Richard C. Longworth: Midwest/Global Reporting

JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS & NETWORKS

Through its yearlong fellowships, the Pulitzer Center brings together cohorts of reporters pursuing ambitious in-depth and investigative stories. The Fellowships emphasize collaborative, cross-border, and transdiscipline reporting. Fellows receive funding, training, and the support of dedicated editors from the Center’s Data & Research Unit. Our Engagement team helps the Fellows amplify their stories, engage with their audience, and measure impact.


INFORMATION & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FELLOWSHIP

AI Accountability Network

Through the AI Accountability Fellowships, the Pulitzer Center provides journalists financial support, a community of peers, mentorship, and training to pursue in-depth reporting projects that interrogate how these AI systems are funded, built, and deployed by corporations, governments and other powerful actors.

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REGIONAL FELLOWSHIP

StoryReach U.S. Reporting Fellowships

The StoryReach U.S. Fellowships provide freelance and staff journalists partnered with local and regional newsrooms in the United States with funding, collaboration, network support, and audience engagement strategies to amplify reporting across a wide range of topics—from health to science misinformation and racial justice—to important audiences.


CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT FELLOWSHIP

Rainforest Investigations Network

The Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) seeks to leverage investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration to address stories at the intersection of climate change, corruption, and governance in the world's three main rainforest regions: the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.


CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT FELLOWSHIP

Ocean Reporting Network

The Ocean Reporting Network (ORN) uncovers the harmful and illegal practices of the fishing and extractive industries, systemic threats to marine biodiversity and coastal communities, and the supply chains facilitating global demand for the ocean’s increasingly dwindling resources.


HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP

Eyewitness Photojournalism Grant

Awarded annually by Diversify Photo and the Pulitzer Center, the Eyewitness Photojournalism Grant supports projects by independent photojournalists historically underrepresented in the global media landscape.


STUDENT JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP

Campus Consortium Student Reporting Fellowships

Undergraduate and post-graduate student reporting fellowships. The Campus Consortium is a network of partnerships between the Pulitzer Center and colleges/universities to engage with students and faculty on the critical global issues of our time.

Meet the People Behind the Stories

Grantees, reporting fellows, staff, and educators all help bring the Pulitzer Center's journalism and education work to the wider world.

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