SEJ’s Fund for Environmental Journalism invests in public service reporting on environment and the journalists who produce it.

The Society of Environmental Journalists is now accepting proposals for story grants on:

Climate or conservation in North America

Water quality and availability in the United States

Mississippi River Basin, including agriculture, food, water and sustainability

Oceans and coasts globally, including fisheries, sea-level rise and coastal restoration

NEW: This FEJ round has a rolling deadline. Rapid Response Grants (including stipend) are available up to $2500 per individual or $5000 for team or news outlet projects.

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This competition is generously underwritten by The Hewlett Foundation, The Bullitt Foundation, Walton Family Foundation and other foundation and individual donors to the Fund for Environmental Journalism.

FEJ grants support development and dissemination of significant coverage that otherwise could not be completed.

Winning projects are selected by an independent jury of journalists based on newsworthiness, topical relevance, publication plan and track record of the applicant, among other factors.

Please read: FEJ Proposal Guidelines and Application Form

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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Only people who qualify for membership in SEJ are eligible to apply for Fund for Environmental Journalism grants, that is, you must be a journalist, professor or student who is not employed to do any public relations work on environmental issues. If your work includes public relations writing, concerning environmental issues, please don't continue. See guidelines.

APPLICATION FEES:

If you are a member of SEJ, the application fee is waived. For nonmembers, the fee is $40. If you join SEJ before you apply for the fund, your membership's first-year dues are $40 and the application fee for the fund will be waived subsequent to your being accepted into the membership.

In addition, entry fees will be waived for members of diversity journalism associations (e.g., National Association of Hispanic Journalists, National Association of Black Journalists, Native American Journalists Association, Asian American Journalists Association, South Asian Journalists Association, Association of LGBTQ Journalists). See guidelines.

SELECTION AND POLICIES:

Winning projects are selected by an independent jury of editors appointed by the Society of Environmental Journalists Board of Directors. SEJ maintains a strict policy of confidentiality with regard to story ideas submitted through FEJ competitions.

Grantees retain full editorial control of FEJ-funded coverage.

Donors have no right of review and no influence on story plans made possible in part by their contributions.

Binding agreements between donors and the Society of Environmental Journalists and between SEJ and grantees of its Fund for Environmental Journalism reinforce this policy of editorial independence.

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Fund for Environmental Journalism story project grants 2011 – 2020 have been funded by foundation grants and individual members and friends of the Society of Environmental Journalists (see below). Read how the FEJ got started here.

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The Society of Environmental Journalists is grateful to all generous supporters of the Fund for Environmental Journalism.

Foundation grants have made it possible for SEJ to underwrite projects proposed by news organizations, including The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com, The Guardian and High Country News. Read more here.

Providers of Foundation Grants:

The Bullitt Foundation | Burning River Foundation | Compton Foundation | Cornelius King Foundation | Cornell Douglas Foundation | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | The Energy Foundation | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Grantham Foundation for the Environment | The Heinz Endowments | The Hewlett Foundation | The Nature Conservancy | The Pew Charitable Trusts | Spring Point Partners | Walton Family Foundation | The Wilderness Society | Wyss Foundation

Your gift makes a difference!

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