Complex Systems Summer School Journalism Fellowship

The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) is offering the Complex Systems Summer School Journalism Fellowship for accomplished reporters with a demonstrated interest in and record of reporting about matters related to complex systems.

The premise of the complex systems summer school journalism fellowship program is to offer journalists an opportunity to explore complex systems science more deeply by attending SFI’s iconic four-week Complex Systems Summer School (CSSS).

During their residency in Santa Fe, two selected journalists will learn alongside graduate students, postdoctoral scientists, and professionals through an intensive series of lectures and labs taught by world-renowned faculty.

The Fellow will have the opportunity to interact with top scientists collaborating across disciplines at the Santa Fe Institute and will be encouraged to contribute to a group project at the Complex Systems Summer School. Armed with a new appreciation for the history of and trends in complex systems science, and the state and limitations of current scientific theory, the Fellows then return to their day-to-day reporting better prepared to convey the interrelatedness of solutions to the complex problems they face.

Eligibility requirements

The Fellowship seeks accomplished, actively reporting full-time journalists.

• Applicants are considered whose reporting in the national and international news media demonstrates an interest in science or in problems that interdisciplinary science can help address.
• Each applicant must be able to demonstrate his or her status as a full-time working journalist (any beat) for at least the previous seven years. Freelance journalists must be able to demonstrate routine reporting for the past seven years.
• Applicants may be reporters, writers, editors, producers, or program hosts. They may work in newspapers, magazines, news websites, television, or radio.
• Journalists from all countries will compete equally; top priority will be afforded to journalists working primarily in the English language.
• There are no educational prerequisites.
• Professionals now working primarily in public information, public relations, the trade press, government, or academia without all of the above credentials are not eligible.

How to apply

The deadline for applications is February 17, 2025. To learn more and apply, please click here.