Pulitzer Center Environmental Reporting Grants

• Eligibility Criteria: Journalists, writers, photographers, radio and podcast producers, filmmakers, staff journalists freelancers, newsrooms and teams of any nationality are eligible to apply.
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Region: Global
• Application Language: English

The Pulitzer Center is inviting proposals for journalism grants focusing on environmental reporting on transparency and governance. Journalists, editors, and media organizations are invited to submit proposals.

For decades, demand for consumer goods has extractive industries. This has resulted in grave decline in the environment and the sustainability of ecosystems, while mechanisms designed to regulate these industries are manipulated. Journalism can play a crucial role in addressing these issues. Through journalists’ investigations and reports, the public will be better informed and demand greater accountability and healthier governance.

Thematics

• The Pultizer Center is seeking proposals that focus on how governments manage natural resources
  harmful industrial and corporate practices, potential conflict of interest, and corruption.
• The proposals shall also focus on how these policies impact biodiversity, indigenous communities, human rights, and the climate.
• The Center particularly welcomes applications from the Global South and seeks reporting from Africa, Latin America, and South and Southeast Asia. 
• It is interested in stories that expose the financial institutions, investors, and companies that are financing unsustainable environmental practices.
• It encourages projects that reveal how the lack of regulation and enforcement facilitate criminal activity.
• It will prioritize clear investigative and data-driven methodologies that approach a topic systemically to expose wrongdoing, loopholes and corruption.

Requirements

Proposed projects should:

• Clearly show how the proposed topic is linked with transparency and governance issues.
• Be original and in-depth.
• Demonstrate attention to editing, reporting, and safety standards.
• Have a strong and wide distribution with awareness of relevant target audiences.
• Utilize innovative reporting techniques, such as data journalism and multimedia engagement.
• Involve collaboration. The Center will highly consider proposals involving collaborations (such as between national and/or Indigenous journalists, or between domestic and international media partnerships).
• However, proposals by solo journalists or single media outlets are acceptable.

What the grant offers

The grants range between $5,000 and $15,000, depending on project specifics. Budgets may include:

• Costs for field work, like travel, lodging, and meals;
• Compensation for local journalist partners or translator;
• Data analysis and visualization supports

How to apply

Application should use this application form to submt proposals by February 28, 2026. Application should include:

• A description of the proposed project in no more than 250 words.
• A thorough reporting and publication plan with details of final outputs.
• A letter or letters of interest or commitment from editors and news outlets (reports should be published by October 2026 or earlier).
• A preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs.
• Three samples of published work, either print or broadcast.
• Two professional references: These can be either contact information or letters of recommendation.
• A copy of your curriculum vitae,

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