Journalismfund Europe : Environmental Investigative Journalism Grants

The Environmental Investigative Journalism programme supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets investigating illegal, unreported, and unregulated environmental issues linked to European interests, both within and beyond Europe. Supported investigations must result in publications in at least two media outlets based in different countries, with at least one being a European outlet targeting European audiences. Next to investigations of environmental […]
Journalismfund Europe : European Cross-border Grants

This award-winning European Cross-border Grant programme (running since 2009) supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or (local or national) news outlets who have strong ideas for cross-border investigations and for research on European topics. The proposed projects must have substantive news value and depth, while at the same time being original and using innovative investigative […]
International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF): Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists

The IWMF’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists supports the production of ambitious projects and underreported, globally important stories. For the next eight years, the IWMF will make an annual total of $230,000 worth of grants to support women and nonbinary journalists in their projects and endeavors. The fund is not limited in either […]
Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ): Regular & Seed Grants

The Fund for Investigative Journalism provides grants and other support for reporters to produce high-quality, unbiased, nonpartisan investigative stories that have an impact. Freelance journalists, staff reporters and media outlets are eligible for grants, and their investigations can be for print, online or broadcast stories, books, documentaries or podcasts. Several types of grants : Regular […]
Journalismfund Europe: The Invisible Life Grant

The Invisible Life grant programme will form part of Journalismfund’s Environmental Investigative Journalism Grant programme, to raise awareness, increase transparency and promote well-informed public debate on food and sustainability by supporting journalists. The focus is on the lives and welfare of farmed animals. The programme is NOT intended to promote activism or a single point of view; rather, it seeks to bring together […]
Tarbell Grants: Reporting on AI

Tarbell offers grants of $1,000–$20,000 to support original reporting published in established outlets, whether from freelancers or staff. Focus on written journalism, also fund journalism in other formats. DEADLINE: July 12, 2026, at the end of the day PST CLICK HERE TO APPLY
International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF): Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism 2026

Kari Howard loved stories that left readers feeling as though they had just met a new friend. Writers fortunate enough to work with her as their editor found themselves challenged to weave the music of everyday life and the passion of extraordinary love into the fabric of stories illuminating the most important issues of the […]
Rolling: Environmental Investigative Journalism

This grant programme supports cross-border teams of professional journalists investigating environmental issues connected to Europe. It focuses on illegal, unreported, and unregulated environmental activities affecting European interests, both within and outside Europe. Funded projects must result in publications in at least two media outlets from different countries, including one European outlet. The programme also encourages […]
Rolling: Pulitzer’s Gender Equality Grant

The Pulitzer Center, a non-profit organization supporting independent global journalism, offers a Gender Equality Grant for investigative, data-driven reporting. The grant is open to newsrooms and independent journalists worldwide. It focuses on issues of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, who are disproportionately affected by global crises, discrimination, and violence. The program […]