TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting

The TRACE Foundation is now accepting entries for the 2025 Prize for Investigative Reporting which recognizes journalism that uncovers business-related bribery and financial crime with the goal of increasing commercial transparency and good governance.

Nominees may be print, broadcast or online reporters from any country who have investigated commercial bribery schemes, business activities that create serious conflicts of interest or similar commercial misconduct. Team entries and multiple submissions per author are permitted. Book-length entries are not accepted.

A panel of independent judges will review the submissions and select up to two winners, who will each receive a cash prize of US$10,000. Reporter(s) will be invited to an award ceremony hosted by TRACE. The judges may also name up to two honourable mentions, who will each receive US$1,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Entries must involve business-related bribery or financial crime.
• You may submit your own work, or you may nominate the work of someone else. If you nominate another’s work, please obtain their permission to do so.
• Entries must have appeared in print, online, or broadcast media during 2024. Any entry not originally written/produced in English must be accompanied by a translation.
• Books are not accepted.
• If an entry only appeared in print, please include a scan. If a scan produces an unclear result, please also include a transcript (Word document or PDF) of the article.
• If an entry is broadcast journalism (TV, radio, online video) please send a link or file.

The TRACE Prize judging panel operates independently. The TRACE Foundation has no involvement in the selection process beyond coordinating logistics and TRACE International—a separate entity—and its members have no influence on the TRACE Prize.

How to apply

The application deadline for this is January 31, 2025. To learn more and apply, please click here.