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PULITZER CENTER GENDER EQUALITY GRANT

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Application Deadline: Grants are awarded on a rolling basis

LOCATION: USA

The Pulitzer Center, a non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for investigative data-driven projects on issues related to gender equality and the empowerment of women & girls. This opportunity is open to all newsrooms and independent journalists in the United States and abroad.

ELIGIBILITY:

This opportunity is open to U.S. residents and journalists around the world. We are open to proposals from freelance journalists, staff journalists, or groups of newsrooms working in collaboration with a project idea. We want to make sure that people from many backgrounds and perspectives are empowered to produce journalism. We strongly encourage proposals from journalists and newsrooms who represent a broad array of social, racial, ethnic, underrepresented groups, and economic backgrounds.

To apply, you will be asked to provide the following:

A description of the proposed project in no more than 250 words. 

A preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs. 

A compelling distribution plan.

They aim to support teams that reflect the communities they report on. They hope the Gender Equality Grant can help their partner organizations advance their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and commitments.

They accept grant proposals on a rolling basis. Please refer to Tips for Writing a Successful Pulitzer Center Grant Proposal for more information on how to apply.

BENEFIT:

The average size of a Pulitzer Center grant is $5,000.

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THOMSON’S YOUNG JOURNALIST AWARD 2026

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Application Deadline: 9 August 2026

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Entries are now open for the Thomson Foundation’s Young Journalist Award 2026, one of the most prestigious opportunities for emerging journalists from across the world.

If you are 30 or under and reporting from a country with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of USD 20,000 or less, this is your chance to put your best work in front of international judges, editors, and journalists.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible, you must:

Be 30 or under on 30 November 2026

Be from, or reporting in, a country with a GNI per capita of USD 20,000 or less

Submit three pieces of published or broadcast work, produced in the 12 months before 9 August 2026. These can be in print, audio, video or multimedia format

Send a verification letter from your editor, on official letterhead, confirming the work is yours and was published or broadcast. Freelancers can provide a letter from a commissioning editor or a journalism academic familiar with their work

Entries close on 9 August 2026.

BENEFIT:

Three finalists will be invited to London to attend the Foreign Press Association Media Awards on 30 November 2026, where the winner will be announced before an audience of leading figures in global journalism. While in the UK, finalists will also visit major newsrooms and take part in a bespoke training session designed to help them strengthen their reporting skills and professional networks.

What could the award mean for you?

If selected, you get the chance to bring your reporting to a wider international audience.

You get the chance to be recognized for journalism that has exposed wrongdoing, challenged injustice, explained complex issues, or given voice to people whose experiences are too often ignored.

You get the chance to stand alongside other young journalists whose work shows why independent, public interest journalism matters.

Whether your work is investigative, human-centered, visual, audio-led, data-informed, or multimedia, we want to see journalism with originality, courage, and impact.

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