Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) Professional Innovation Fellowships 2026 – YOA

Deadline: February 6, 2026

Applications are open for the RJI Professional Innovation Fellowships 2026. The Reynolds Journalism Institute invites proposals from people and organizations who want to construct sensible and modern assets for group-centered information, journalists and the communities they serve.

The RJI Fellowships embrace:

• Institutional Fellowship: A RJI Fellow embedded at a corporation to construct out a selected useful resource, software, program or product that addresses a present want, hole or problem for that group however can also be relevant to different journalists and organizations within the trade.
• Individual Fellowship: A RJI Fellow who needs to construct a useful resource, software, program or product that addresses a present want, hole or problem in journalism.
• Emerging Technology Fellowship: A RJI Fellow who needs to make the most of rising expertise to construct a useful resource, software or product the place the rising expertise is vital to fixing the issue or problem inside journalism.

Stipend

• Institutional Fellowship: $75,0000 stipend paid on to group or fellow, in three funds based mostly upon completion of deliverables
• Individual Fellowship: $75,0000 stipend is paid on to particular person, in three funds based mostly upon completion of deliverables 
• $100,000 stipend is paid on to particular person, in three funds based mostly upon completion of deliverables 

Eligibility

• Institutional Fellowship: This Fellowship is for people who need to work inside a corporation’s setting to collaborate throughout groups and profit from the assist and partnership of the group. This fellow may be presently employed with the group or have interaction in a mutually agreed upon partnership to work with the org for this fellowship challenge.
• Individual Fellowship: This Fellowship is for journalists, consultants, researchers or different people who could have a full-time job or freelancing enterprise however need to pursue an important modern challenge outdoors of that work.

Application

• First spherical functions shut: February 6
• Second Round functions despatched out by way of submittable: by February 20 (you should have two weeks to fill out this extra in-depth second spherical application and submit it)
• Finalist interviews: April 6-17, 2026

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For extra data, go to RJI Professional Innovation Fellowships.