• Sponsor: International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF)
• Funding Opportunity Title: Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists
• Key words: journalism, women
• Link to RFP: https://www.iwmf.org/programs/fund-for-women-journalists/
• Agency Deadline: Rolling deadline
• Funding available: maximum of $10,000 per award with $230,000 total funding available
• Period of performance: not specified
• Program background: Promoting the work and advancing the role of women in the news media across the globe is critical to transparency and a diversity of voices. The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, the first funding initiative of its kind, enables the IWMF to dramatically expand its support of women journalists. Established with a $4 million gift from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the Fund will support projects including educational opportunities, investigative reporting and media development initiatives.
• Program Objectives: Applicants may apply for one of two different types of funding: reporting projects or professional development opportunities.
  • Reporting projects include journalistic work in any media format, including but not limited to print, digital, broadcast, audio, video, photography and new media.
  • Professional development opportunities can include security training, conferences, workshops and media development initiatives such as technical skills-building training.

NOTE:

• • Freelance and staff journalists of any nationality may apply.
  • Applications must be submitted in English or Spanish, but reporting may be published in any language.
  • The IWMF accepts applications from individual women and nonbinary journalists and from teams of journalists.
  • Teams may include journalists of any gender; however, the submission must be from a woman or nonbinary journalist, and the team must include at least 50% women or nonbinary journalists.
  • Journalism must be the applicant’s primary profession.
  • Applicants must have at least one year of professional journalism experience, with a track record of publishing in non-student outlets.

Posted: March 15, 2024
Category: Research Funding Opportunities
Tagged as: Journalism, Women