UN Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting 2026 (up to $7,000) – YOA

Deadline: January 7, 2026

Applications are open for the UN Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting 2026. The fellowship is geared in direction of journalists considering protecting tales on polio eradication in polio-affected nations.

Upon taking part in a collection of digital polio coaching periods, chosen journalists will obtain funding to journey independently to a rustic (or nations) on the forefront of the polio eradication effort to collect tales and interviews with polio survivors, well being care employees, group members, households, and well being authorities.

Funding

• Funding for this press fellowship is made doable via monetary help from the Gates Foundation. Individual awards can be found for up to $7,000. Applications should embody a finances proposal with a value breakdown for transportation, visa charges, lodging, interpretation, and different journey bills of their application.

Eligibility

• Open to journalists from numerous backgrounds and of all nationalities.
• While tales could also be revealed in any language, working English proficiency is critical to take part within the fellowship interviews, coaching, and different required actions.
• Freelance journalists with a longtime observe document of publication in related content material areas are welcome to apply.
• They will take into account initiatives throughout all media platforms (together with print, pictures, audio, and video) for publication by a number of nationwide or worldwide media shops. This fellowship can’t be used to fund books, function-size movies, or works of fiction or to buy gear.
• Preference will probably be given to reporters considering touring to the next eight nations:
  • Angola
  • Chad
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ethiopia
  • Namibia
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea

Application

Interested and eligible journalists should submit an application that features a mission proposal and finances. Applications ought to mirror every journalist’s distinctive curiosity in polio eradication and will contain themes resembling developments and improvements in polio vaccination and surveillance; the connection between gender and polio; boundaries to reaching unvaccinated youngsters; contributions of polio to broader well being targets; and the impression of local weather change, misinformation, urbanization, battle, and different international challenges on polio eradication.

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For extra info, go to UN Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting.