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1. [NEW] The Murphy Girls Scholarship - For Black Women Journalists
The Murphy Girls Scholarship — a $1,000 award — supports the next generation of Black women journalists passionate about telling Black stories. The mission is to help remove financial barriers to their education and empower them to carry forward the Murphy Girls’ legacy of journalistic excellence, leadership, and service to their communities. Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited college or university in the US. (You must provide proof of enrollment.) Applicants must demonstrate a passion for storytelling and/or journalism.
Deadline: October 1, 2026
2. [NEW] The Alicia Patterson Fellowships - For Investigative Journalists
These fellowships are for six months (paying $20,000) or 12 months (paying $40,000) for in-depth written reporting. They support significant, in-depth written reporting on U.S.-focused subjects of public interest. Proposals must include an overview of the reporting project, the investigative/accountability focus of the project, the four articles the applicant plans to publish during the year (or two articles during a six-month fellowship), initial findings from the applicant’s own reporting that show there’s a strong in-depth project, a detailed reporting plan, and an explanation of how the project will advance existing knowledge of the issue.
Deadline: October 1, 2026
3. [NEW] NIHCM Foundation Health Care Journalism Grant
This grant supports independent, timely, and impactful health care journalism that informs efforts to improve the affordability, accessibility, and quality of health care in the US. This program includes grants for reporting projects and for journalism education programs. Funded projects should produce new insights that are relevant to policymakers, health plans, health care delivery systems, health care consumers, and/or related stakeholders. All proposals should aim to improve health care in the US.
Applications from journalists from national and local print, digital, and broadcast outlets, both nonprofit and for-profit news organizations, as well as freelancers (letters of interest or commitment are encouraged) are welcome. Nonprofit organizations and universities are also welcome to apply. Funding ranges from $15,000 to $30,000.
Deadline: October 2, 2026
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