Deadline: 28 February 2014
Knight Science Journalism Fellowship of 9-months long duration is accepting fellowship applications from journalists around the globe for the year 2014.The fellowship program aims to allow a ground for journalists to explore science more deeply and more broadly—to follow intellectual digressions, to learn the history of a field, to understand how scientists and engineers pursue their work.
Knight Science Journalism Fellowship is awarded to mid-career journalists who demonstrate a high level of journalistic excellence and accomplishment, as well as a long-term commitment to their craft. Fellows receive a stipend of $65,000 divided into ten installments over the academic year regardless of nationality.
Eligibility Criteria –
- Applicants must be full-time journalists, whether they are on staff or freelance. Part-time writers or producers are not eligible. Applicants must have at least three full years of experience covering science, technology, the environment, or medicine; or at least five years of other journalism experience and a desire to cover those areas in the future.
- Journalism experience must be in the years immediately prior to applying.
- Applicants may be reporters, writers, editors, producers, illustrators or photo-journalists. They may work for newspapers, magazines, television, radio or the Web.
- There are no educational prerequisites, nor an age-limit.
- Professionals working in public information, public relations, the trade press, government or academia are not eligible.
- Proficiency in English is necessary for Fellows to make the most of their time at MIT. If you have taken the IELTS or TOEFL exam, we’d like to know your score. If you have not, but English is not your native language, we’d encourage you to take the IELTS exam.
- Applicant must accept to reside full-time in the Boston/Cambridge area for the academic year; to attend all boot camps, field trips, seminars, and new media training sessions arranged by the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships; to participate in at least one science course per semester; and to refrain from professional work during the Fellowship, unless written permission has been granted by the Director. International candidates must agree to obtain a J-1 Visa from the US State Department after being awarded the fellowship.
For more information, please visit 9-months fellowship information page.
