Tarbell Grants 2026 for Original Reporting on AI and its Impacts (up to $20,000) – YOA

Deadline: March 8, 2026

Applications are open for the Tarbell Grants 2026 for Original Reporting on AI and its Impacts. As synthetic intelligence grows extra influential, the businesses constructing it and the policymakers regulating it warrant the sort of scrutiny that journalism exists to present. they imagine rigorous, impartial reporting serves the general public curiosity—demystifying technical developments, following the cash, and documenting what occurs when these techniques enter the actual world.

This spherical, they’re searching for purposes throughout six focus areas:

• Accountability reporting on frontier AI firms
• AI coverage and politics
• AI explainers and evaluation
• AI in authorities and militaries
• AI labor impacts
• AI developments in China

grant

• Tarbell provides grants of $1,000–$20,000 to assist unique reporting on AI printed in established retailers, whether or not from freelancers or workers.

Eligibility

• They welcome submission from all skilled journalists and media creators: each workers writers/editors/producers and freelancers are welcome to apply. 
• Journalists with an investigative background are notably inspired to apply. A background in reporting on AI and/or know-how is fascinating, however not necessary.

Evaluation Criteria

When evaluating purposes, they appear for:

• ​Potential for Impact: They care about tales that make a difference. They need the reporting we allow to assist society navigate the challenges ushered in by more and more succesful and widespread AI techniques, whether or not that be by elevating consciousness of an underdiscussed hurt or catalyzing coverage change.​​​​
• Reach: They hope grantees’ tales might be learn, heard, or considered broadly, and by individuals with resolution-making energy. They favor to fund tales which can be possible to be printed in established and influential retailers.
• Journalistic expertise: They look to fund journalists with a observe document of spectacular reporting. They have a tendency to solely fund journalists who’ve written at the least one piece like the unique journalism they’re proposing, whether or not that’s an bold investigation or a charming explainer.
• Feasibility: They look for pitches and budgets that show a sensible plan for how to pull off the proposed story.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Tarbell Grant.