Fund for Investigative Journalism Grants 2025 – YOA

Deadline: Varies by grant Type

Applications are open for the Fund for Investigative Journalism Grants 2025. The Fund for Investigative Journalism gives grants and different assist for reporters to supply excessive-high quality, unbiased, nonpartisan investigative tales that have an effect.

They present a number of varieties of grants:

• Regular grants: They assessment proposals three to 4 instances a yr.
• Seed funding: They present small grants for preliminary reporting that may result in full investigations. These grants cowl prices like open-data requests and preliminary reporting journeys.
• Expedited grants: In uncommon instances, they supply expedited assessment for proposals which can be extraordinarily pressing and can’t wait for the common assessment cycle.
• Follow-up grants: They settle for proposals for well timed observe-up protection to authentic investigations that had been produced with grants from the Fund. Grantees can apply for expedited assessment for observe-up grants.
• Emergency Grants: Threats to Democracy within the U.S.: These grants are for tales that break new floor and expose wrongdoing associated to threats to democracy within the U.S.
• Diversity Fellowship: In their dedication to growing variety within the subject of investigative journalism, the Fund for Investigative Journalism provides variety fellowships.

Grant

• The most grant is $10,000. Grants cowl out-of-pocket bills reminiscent of journey, doc assortment and tools rental. The Fund additionally considers requests for small stipends, as part of the funds.
• Reporters who’ve already printed an investigation with a grant from the Fund can request as much as $2,500 for well timed observe-up protection to the unique story. 
• Reporters who don’t but have a full investigative proposal however want assist to do preliminary reporting to develop a narrative, can apply for seed funding to assist cowl the bills of preliminary reporting. These grants vary from $1,000 to $2,500.

Eligibility

• Freelance journalists, employees reporters and media retailers are eligible for grants;
• Investigations will be for print, on-line or broadcast tales, books, documentaries or podcasts.

Application

For extra info, see FAQ and go to FIJ Grants.