Fully Funded Fellowship for Women Journalists in the USA from IWMF

The International Women's Media Foundation ‘IWMF’ is offering the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship to women journalists all over the world. The fellowship gives academic and professional opportunities to women journalists committed to human rights and social justice reporting. During this fellowship, the selected journalist will have the chance to complete research and coursework at MIT’s Center for International Studies and to participate in internships with The Boston Globe and The New York Times. 

Eligibility Criteria:

1. The Neuffer Fellowship is open to women-identifying and non-binary journalists whose work focuses on human rights and social justice issues.
2. All applicants for the Neuffer Fellowship must be working journalists with at least three years of full-time, professional journalism experience. Internships and journalism-related work completed as a university student do not count as professional experience. 
3. Applicants may be affiliated or freelance journalists.
4. Journalists from any country around the world are eligible to apply. However, applicants must speak, read and write English fluently in order to fully participate in and benefit from the Fellowship.

Fellowship Timeline:

1. The seven-month Fellowship begins in the fall and concludes in the spring every year. The program includes both an orientation and a closing session in Washington, D.C.
2. Neuffer Fellows are based at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts from September to January. Working with the IWMF, they design a program that will enable them to pursue academic research while improving their ability to cover human rights and social justice issues.
3. Following the fall semester, Neuffer Fellows are based in New York City where they complete a full-time internship at The New York Times from February to March.
4. Fellows must complete the entire seven-month program.

Financial Support:

1. Neuffer Fellows receive a fixed monthly stipend to cover their living costs. The IWMF also arranges and covers the cost of housing in Cambridge and New York City for the fellow. 
2. The IWMF purchases round-trip economy airfare from the fellow’s place of residence to Washington, D.C., as well as transportation between the Fellowship cities. 
3. The fellow receives health insurance during the program. 
4. The Fellowship does not include a salary. 
5. For fellows residing outside of the United States, the Fellowship also covers the costs of applying for and obtaining a U.S. visa. 
6. The fellow is fully responsible for any additional incidental expenses and other costs.

About IWMF:

The International Women's Media Foundation, located in Washington, D.C., is an organization working internationally to elevate the status of women in the media. The IWMF has created programs to help women in the media develop practical solutions to the obstacles they face in their careers and lives. Since 1990, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) has worked to unleash the potential of women journalists as champions of press freedom to transform the global news media.

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