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THE MCGRAW FELLOWSHIP FOR BUSINESS JOURNALISM 

Application Deadline: March 31, 2025

LOCATION: USA

Are you a journalist with a great idea for a high-impact story that “Follows the Money” but few resources to get it done?

The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism would like to hear from you. The McGraw Fellowship provides editorial and financial support to journalists who need the time and resources to produce a significant investigative or enterprise story that provides fresh insight into an important business, financial, or economic topic. 

ELIGIBILITY:

The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism is open to anyone with at least five years professional experience in journalism. We support work by freelance journalists, as well as by reporters and editors currently working at a news organization or a journalism non-profit. In the latter case, reporters and editors can apply directly in the name of their organization.

They seek for applicants with a proven ability to report and execute a complex project in their proposed medium; ideally, candidates will also have a strong background or reporting expertise on the subject of their project.

Applicants should submit a well-focused story proposal of no more than three pages through the accompanying online form. Think of it as pitch, much like you would submit to an editor at a newspaper, magazine, audio or digital outlet: give us enough preliminary reporting and documentation to demonstrate that the story is solid. The proposal should highlight what’s new and significant about the story, why it matters and what its potential impact might be.

BENEFIT:

The Fellowship provides a grant of up to $15,000 for each project. The exact amount will depend on the time it takes to complete the project and the expenses needed. Freelance journalists may use some of the funding as a stipend for living expenses during the fellowship. 

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PRIX GALIEN AFRICA FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONS/INDUSTRIES ($30,000 AWARD)

Application Deadline: Wednesday July 31, 2024 at 23:59 p.m. (UTC/GMT)

LOCATION: Senegal

In partnership with the Galien Foundation, the Association Galien Africa is launching a call for applications for the 4th edition of the “Prix Galien Africa” which rewards excellence and innovation. It aims to reward researchers, institutions and pharmaceutical industries from the public or private sector that have successfully developed initiatives, ser vices, pharmaceutical, biotechnological, phytotherapy, diagnostic products and medical devices recently introduced on the African market.

ELIGIBILITY:

The “Prix Galien Africa” rewards pharmaceutical and phytotherapy sciences that improve the human condition, mainly on the basis of the following criteria:

Innovation and/or discovery

Impact on the African continent.

Collaboration with an African institution for products presented by non-African institutions

In applying for one of the prizes below, the applicant agrees with the provisions of the “Prix Galien Africa” Charter, which is available and can be downloaded from the website: https://prixgalienafrique.com/.

The “Prix Galien Africa” is open to researchers, institutions and pharmaceutical industries from the public or private sector, having developed pharmaceutical, biotechnological, phytotherapy, diagnostic products and medical devices, marketed in the African countries and having obtained the mar keting authorization (MA), delivered by at least one African pharmaceutical regulatory authority.

Pharmaceutical, biotechnological, herbal medicine, diagnostic and medical devices must be based on innovative science, developed by synthetic chemistry or molecular biology or manufactured naturally with plants according to precise criteria, specifications, tested in controlled clinical trials and marketed by ethical pharmaceutical companies.

The initial marketing authorization must be valid for a maximum of five years as of December 31 of the competition year. Exemptions could be granted for digital technology or solutions and for Traditional therapy products. As the MA is not applicable to digital technology or solutions and Traditional therapy, the selection criteria are defined by an assessment grid drawn up by the Jury.

Attachments to the application form:

Letter of application (maximum one page)

CV (maximum two pages) and legalized copy of diplomas for individual applications

Summary of the institution description for institutional applications (maximum one page)

Full description of the product or device and its impact on the African continent (maximum two pages)

Marketing authorization for the product or device (if applicable)

BENEFIT:

The prize categories to be awarded are:

the best pharmaceutical product,

the best traditherapy product,

the best biotechnology product,

the best medical technology or digital solution (medical device, diagnostic, e-health, telemedicine, patient records, etc.)

Each prize is endowed with a 20,000,000 FCFA (Twenty Million Cfa Francs) grant, or about 30,000 USD (Thirty Thousand US Dollars).

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