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The €10,000 Anna Politkovskaya-Arman Soldin Prize for Courage in Journalism will be awarded for the third time in early November 2025, to coincide with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.

Applications are now open for the AACR June L. Biedler Prize to recognize and showcase outstanding examples of cancer journalism by individual professional journalists.

The $15,000 McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism invites journalists with strong ideas for impactful stories that “Follow the Money” to apply for editorial and financial support.

Explore upcoming grant opportunities closing between August 18th and 25th, with a total value exceeding $500 million (₦800 billion).

Are you a Nigerian journalist passionate about making complex climate issues accessible and relevant to your community? One World Media, in partnership with Surge Africa, is thrilled to launch a new opportunity as part of The £5,000 Climate Reporting Gap Initiative.

The Pulitzer Center is inviting applications for the 2025–2026 cohort of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Accountability Fellowships, offering up to $20,000 in funding.

The Republic is pleased to announce the $500 Black Atlantic Editorial Fellowship, a six-month fellowship programme designed towards the commissioning, writing and curation of stories rooted in Blackness and the African experience.

Nominations are now open for the R25,000 Isu Elihle Journalist Awards to encourage alternative thinking around reporting on children, and to contribute to an environment that enables journalists to expose and highlight issues affecting children in the country and the continent.

The Freelance and local journalists based in Kenya are invited to apply for a three-day Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (HEFAT) course taking place in Nairobi on 3-5 June 2025.

Entries for the $3,000 African Fact-Checking Awards, the longest-running awards programme honouring fact-checking journalism by the media in Africa, are now open to journalists, journalism students, and professional fact-checkers across the continent.