Awards and Grants

The Education Writers Association's National Awards for Education Reporting honor the exemplary work of journalists who have covered issues that impact kids, students, families, educators and school communities. Deadline is Jan 7, 2026.

Enter your film to be shown at the European Geosciences Union annual assembly, May 3-8, 2026, in Vienna, Austria and online.

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering media grants to newsrooms and media organizations in coastal countries for in-depth and enterprise reporting projects, training initiatives and other activities designed to increase media coverage and the capacity of journalists to report on 30x30 marine conservation targets. Apply by Dec 1, 2025.

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is hosting a two-day virtual media workshop in English, Jan 28-29, 2026, for journalists in the Western Balkans interested in reporting on environmental threats and solutions. Attendees may receive funding for stories. Apply by Nov 26.

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering seed funding up to 8,000 EUR to media outlets in Thailand and Indonesia to support new media programming on business engagement with climate change. Apply by Nov 10, 2025.

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.

Submit your film in any genre with a theme related to the natural and built environment to the 2026 DCEFF, taking place March 19-28, at venues throughout Washington, D.C. Categories include films 40 minutes or less and greater than 40 minutes. Cash prizes. Deadline: Dec 1.

The Stringer Foundation seeks applications from courageous, independent journalists threatened by governments, crime, and corporations. These journalists will be provided with global recognition and financial support, along with global community and shelter. Deadline: Dec 31, 2025.

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is offering one grant of 10,000 euros to a journalist network, media organization, civil society organization or academic institution in the Western Balkans to support activities that improve media coverage of environmental challenges and solutions. Deadline: Oct 30, 2025.

The National Press Photographers Foundation invites applications by Oct 31, 2025 for this $4,000 grant which encourages photojournalists to pursue stories that expose the side of American society that tends to be under-covered and ignored.