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TARBELL FELLOWSHIP FOR EARLY-CAREER JOURNALISTS

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Application Deadline: October 1st 2023

LOCATION: Oxford, England

The Tarbell Fellowship is a one-year programme for early-career journalists interested in covering emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence. The programme incorporates expert speakers, feedback & mentorship from experienced journalists and networking events with experts from leading AI organisations. 

ELIGIBILITY:

AI expertise.

Passionate about journalism.

Excellent writing skills

Relentless

Open-minded.

If you think you have what it takes, but don’t meet every single point above, please apply and let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the world of journalism.

The fellowship is a full time commitment. Journalism is a highly competitive industry, and we expect fellows to be completely focused on succeeding.

The fellowship is entirely remote. This enables us to support rising journalism talent from around the globe.

BENEFIT:

Fellows receive a 9-month placement at a major newsroom, participate in a study group covering AI governance & technical fundamentals, and attend a 2 week journalism summit in Oxford. The Tarbell Fellowship provides a stipend of up to $50,000 to support these placements.

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AFRICAN CAREER ACCELERATION FELLOWSHIPS

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Application Deadline: 12 November 2023.

LOCATION: London, England

Applications to the second round of Crick Africa Network fellowships are now open. The Crick Africa Network (CAN) is offering African Career Acceleration Fellowships supported by LifeArc for early-career biomedical scientists to develop translational scientific programmes and become independent scientists.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible to apply for the African Career Acceleration Fellowship you must have:

Citizenship or permanent residency status for an African country

A PhD in a relevant field with two to five years of postdoctoral experience, or a clinical PhD (MBChB) with at least three years of relevant research experience

A strong track record indicating potential as a scientific leader on the African continent

A strong translational science proposal in one of the CAN research areas

Approached and reached an agreement regarding your proposed science with your mentor in your chosen African partner institute and your chosen mentor at the Crick before submitting your scientific proposal.

In exceptional circumstances we may accept a candidate with less than two years’ postdoctoral experience. If this is the case, please contact the CAN programme manager, Jennifer Brown at can-fellowships@crick.ac.uk to discuss before submitting your application. 

BENEFIT:

LifeArc-sponsored African Career Acceleration Fellowship will provide four years of funding and be hosted primarily in one of five African partner institutions

The fellowships will cover salary, research costs, research assistant salary, and travel and subsistence costs. 

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