Awards, fellowships, and grants

NASW and other organizations offer fellowships of varying length that may be of interest to science writers. If you have a fellowship program to list on this page, first create an account and username on our site (if you do not already have one) using the "register" link at the top right of this page. Then send your username and the name of your program to cybrarian@nasw.org for further instructions.

  • Mar 7 2013

    Apply now for Lindau Fellowships

    We are delighted to announce that, for the sixth year in a row, the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings is offering two fellowships for NASW members to attend the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany, June 30-July 5. Read on for application details.

  • Sep 20 2012

    SciWri12 NASW travel fellows named

    NASW is pleased to offer over $10,000 in travel fellowships this year to assist science writers with travel and registration costs for the ScienceWriters2012 meeting. Read more to see the winners.

  • May 21 2012

    2012 Lindau Fellows Selected

    Two NASW members have been selected to attend the 62nd Meeting of Nobel Laureates this summer. Congratulations to Alaina Levine and Danielle Venton, recipients of travel funding from Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.

  • Mar 1 2012

    Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism

    The Carter Center in Atlanta, GA provides six one-year fellowships for journalists to report on a selected topic regarding mental health or mental illnesses. The Fellowships are designed to increase accurate reporting on mental health issues and decrease incorrect, stereotypical information. Each journalist awarded will receive a $10,000 stipend.

  • Jan 31 2012

    2012 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship

    WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellowships were established in 2000, and the next program will be held from September 9-14, 2012. The OSJ program is designed to introduce science journalists to the interdisciplinary and wide-ranging fields of oceanography and ocean engineering. All applications and supporting materials must arrive by mail no later than May 15, 2012.

  • Jan 18 2012

    Harvard Medical School Media Fellowship

    Harvard Medical School’s media fellowship program is entering its fifteenth season. This spring’s two fellowship programs are Beyond Personalized Medicine: Inherited disease in the age of the $1000 genome (April 2-6) and Know Thyself: Autoimmunity, a biomedical identity crisis (April 30-May 4).

    For a one-week period, three fellows will visit researchers at the medical school and at its affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes, meeting with a broad spectrum of

  • Dec 9 2011

    Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan

    The Knight-Wallace Fellows program provides outstanding midcareer professionals the opportunity for a sabbatical year of study. Fellows receive tuition plus a $70,000 stipend for the eight-month academic year and pursue studies of their own design. All full-time journalists, with five years' experience, are eligible.

  • Nov 7 2011
    Kiplinger Fellowship

    Kiplinger Fellowship in social media

    The Kiplinger Fellowship at Ohio State University offers hands-on training in social media and data journalism -- all at no cost. Fellows will spend April 15-20, 2012 on Ohio State's main campus in Columbus, Ohio -- immersed in intensive, hands-on training. We’ll talk Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, video, deep Web searches, public records and data journalism.

  • Nov 1 2011

    2012 MBL Science Journalism Program

    Two Great Fellowship Opportunities! The Science Journalism Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is now accepting applications for two fellowships in Spring 2012. Biomedical or Environmental...the choice is yours!

  • Oct 26 2011

    NASW sponsors Student Travel Fellowships to AAAS

    The National Association of Science Writers will once again sponsor travel fellowships to the upcoming AAAS meeting for undergraduate students interested in science journalism. As many as 8 students will receive up to $1,000 in travel expenses to attend AAAS in Vancouver, Canada Feb. 16-20, 2012. NASW's education committee will select students to receive the fellowship and will pair each one with a veteran writer for a one-day mentoring program.