Bertha Foundation Challenge Fellowships 2026 for Activists & Investigative Journalists (non-residential paid fellowship)

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Application Deadline: Ongoing

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 Bertha Foundation Challenge Fellowships. For the 2026 Bertha Challenge name for purposes – filmmakers and legal professionals alongside investigative journalists and activists can apply with a physique of labor talking clearly to our query for 2026:

How is the collusion between governments and firms driving the assault on the rule of regulation, civil rights and a free press? How will we push again to guard democratic accountability?

Requirements

• The excellent candidates are journalists, activists, filmmakers and legal professionals engaged within the lengthy sport of holding the road to do fact-based investigations that strengthen the communities and teams preventing again
• Bertha Fellows will spend their time working of their home international locations and are required to:
• Work full-time for one yr to ship their Bertha Challenge undertaking.
• Attend an in-person international convening that may happen in the direction of the start of the Fellowship.
• Develop and ship a culminating physique of labor that responds to the Bertha Challenge query.
• Participate in two digital conferences per 30 days, and sometimes facilitate these conferences.

Benefits

Fellowships supply:

• Income for every Bertha Challenge Fellow for one yr, not exceeding USD 64,900 and commensurate with the applicant’s present or equal wage on the host group.
• A Project Fund of as much as USD 10,000 for every Bertha Challenge Fellow to provide a culminating physique of labor that responds to the Bertha Challenge query and is directed in the direction of a particular viewers.
• Access to a Connect Fund of as much as USD 5,000 particularly designed to encourage collaboration between Fellows.
• Peer and mentor assist within the type of common digital check-ins with Bertha workers and a group of Bertha Challenge Fellows and alumni.
• Network improvement via the worldwide cohort of Bertha Challenge Fellows.
• A worldwide convening of Bertha Challenge Fellows at the beginning of the Fellowship yr.

Application Requirements

All candidates should submit:

• A accomplished on-line application form.
• A quick resume/ CV in English of not more than two pages.
• A listing of 2-4 referees together with identify, relationship to applicant and make contact with particulars.
• A signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) from the possible host group – together with commensurate wage and well being and pension advantages supplied.
• Examples of earlier work.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Bertha Foundation Challenge Fellowships