The Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in partnership with the Mayo Clinic, offers a one-week medical journalism fellowship “comprised of a week of interactive discussions, hands-on learning and experiential activities designed to bolster the knowledge…
Last call for 2018 Knight Science Journalism MIT fellowships
Applications for the nine-month fellowship program with the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT are due by February 28, 2018. The fellowships are offered to just ten science journalists each year from around the world, and enable participants to attend…
Cancer World Journalism Award invites entries
The international magazine Cancer World, published by the European School of Oncology, runs a journalism award that “encourages, celebrates and rewards journalists who deliver insights into the personal and social impact of the disease, and efforts to change policy, practice…
Entries invited for Eureka Prize for Science Journalism
Entries are now invited for the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes – Australia’s ‘Oscars of Science’ – which include a prize for science journalism, sponsored by the Federal Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. The Eureka Prize for Science Journalism is…
Applications open for Copyright Agency Cultural Fund grants
Applications are now open for the Copyright Agency Limited Cultural Fund’s annual grants for Australian writers, publishers and artists. The IGNITE grants provide up to $5000 to an individual to enable them to “to acquire knowledge, to undertake mentorships, internships,…
Media fellowships in environmental law
The Vermont Law School’s Environmental Law Center is offering fellowships to full-time online, print and broadcast journalists (including freelance) who report on the environment to attend a two-week course at the facility in June/July this year. The course enables attendees to “learn…
Going digital: inside science journalism’s newest online outlets
The Open Notebook (which is a brilliant resource for science journalists, in case you haven’t already discovered it) has just featured a Q&A with the editors of some of the newer digital science journalism outlets, and online publications that include…
Marine Biological Laboratory Science Journalism fellowships now open
The Marine Biological Laboratory at the University of Chicago is inviting applications for its Science Journalism Program fellowships for science, health and environmental journalists. The environmental hands-on research program involves a ten-day program of “field and laboratory science immersion at…
Entries for Kavli Prize journalism scholarships close January 15
The World Federation of Science Journalists is offering five international scholarships for journalists to attend the Kavli Prize week in Oslo (1-6 September, 2018). The Kavli Prize has been awarded every two years since 2008 in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience. The…
World Conference of Science Journalists 2017 session videos available online
The recent World Conference of Science Journalists featured some stand-out presentations, and some of those are now available as online videos on the WCSJ2017 website. These include Dr Jennifer Doudna’s illuminating talk about CRISPR, Dr Alberto Cairo’s brilliant presentation on…