The EJN Biodiversity Fellowships for Journalists to Cover the UN Biodiversity Conference (UNCBD COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: June 29, 2026, 11:59 PM (Pacific/Niue)

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 EJN Biodiversity Fellowships. This alternative is designed to allow journalists from low- and middle-income nations to cowl the negotiations, and guarantee essential findings, choices and outcomes can be found and accessible to audiences past convention partitions.

The fellowship will strengthen and deepen journalists’ reporting on biodiversity points and draw consideration to the widespread, catastrophic and sometimes underreported impacts of biodiversity depletion. 

Eligibility

To be eligible for the fellowship, the applicant should: 

• Be knowledgeable journalist from or representing a longtime media home and reporting from a low- or middle-income nation as categorised by the World Bank.
• Have earlier expertise reporting on biodiversity points and clearly point out the sorts of tales you would possibly pursue whereas protecting the convention.
• Be accessible and prepared to journey to Yerevan to attend COP17 in particular person, arriving on October 17 and departing no sooner than October 31, 2026.
• Have a superb command of the English language
• Share an up-to-date resume/CV
• Provide a letter of assist from an editor, producer, or supervisor who can affirm that your information reviews will probably be revealed or broadcast in a longtime media outlet. Freelancers are welcome to apply however should present a letter of assist from a media outlet for which they intend to report.
• Provide latest, related and journalistic work samples on biodiversity matters, which might be uploaded as paperwork or net hyperlinks. Stories might be in any language so long as they’re accompanied by a brief English synopsis. Clips should give attention to biodiversity matters and ought to have been revealed in the final 12 months.

Note: You’ll be requested to add these supporting paperwork when you begin the application course of, so please have them helpful. 

Benefits

Fellowship logistics

• Fellows will journey to Yerevan to attend the full period of the convention, which is able to happen from October 19-30, 2026, with arrival deliberate for October 17, and departure on October 31.
• EJN will cowl non-refundable economy-class airfare, lodging, meals, journey medical insurance coverage and floor transportation prices associated to fellowship participation. Organizers may also facilitate the press accreditation course of and supply logistical assist relating to the journey. Please be aware that the technique of acquiring any mandatory visas is the fellow’s particular person accountability, although EJN will reimburse visa prices.
• A minimal of 10 journalists will probably be chosen by this name for the in-person fellowship; preparations for a bigger cohort could also be made in the coming months.
• Prior to the begin of COP17, fellows will obtain informational assets and technical assist to assist put together for reporting at the convention, together with a pre-COP digital workshop to meet the group, talk about reporting Opportunities, and ask any questions to assist your pre-reporting and preparatory work.

For More Information:

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