Grants for Investigative Journalism on Environmental Crime 2021

GRID-Arendal is offering grants for investigative journalism projects focused on environmental crime in developing countries. This journalism grant program funds in-depth, investigative journalism that breaks new ground and reveals new information about an environmental crime that takes place within or across developing countries. GRID-Arendal is looking for high-impact reporting, especially on issues that are neglected by mainstream media. GRID-Arendal invites proposals for projects on a variety of media platforms, including print, online, audio, video, and multimedia projects. Proposals for data journalism, data visualization, and open-source intelligence (OSINT) journalism are welcome. All projects must be published in English; if they are also published in one or more additional languages, that would be a plus.

Currently, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, GRID-Arendal seeks to support investigative reporting that involves little to no travel. GRID-Arendal will not fund projects that involve travel to indigenous, isolated, or vulnerable communities.

Grant Amount:

Four grant recipients will each receive 25,000 Norwegian kronor (approximately €2,300).

Successful applicants will receive half of the grant amount after signing a grant agreement, and the second half after the reporting project is submitted for publication or broadcast. The deadline for finishing a project will be six months from the signing of a grant agreement. Funded projects must note support from GRID-Arendal.

Eligibility Criteria:

• You must be a professional journalist, either a staff member at a media organization or a freelancer with a record of publishing work in respected outlets.
• You must have experience in investigative journalism.

Journalists from anywhere in the world are welcome to apply. GRID-Arendal encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.

Evaluation process:

Applications will be evaluated by a team of GRID-Arendal personnel. Among other factors, The following will be considered:

• potential to reach a wide audience
• potential to make an impact and cause a change
• journalist’s experience in investigative reporting
• whether a project would happen without GRID-Arendal support

About GRID-Arendal:

GRID-Arendal is a non-profit environmental communications center based in Norway and supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, among other donors. GRID-Arendal collaborates with the UN Environment Programme and other partners on projects that protect the environment, restore ecosystems, and advance the Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on supporting developing countries.

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