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The following is a list of distress funds, grants and fellowships compiled by the IFEX Secretariat.
*Note that the IFEX Secretariat assumes no responsibility for these links – please feel free to suggest additional resources or let us know when opportunities are no longer available by contacting us here.
General Distress / Rapid Response Funding
- Civitates Independent Public Interest Journalism
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) – Journalist Assistance page
- Derechos Digitales Rapid Response Fund
- Free Press Unlimited – Reporters Respond fund
- Freedom House – Emergency Assistance Programs
- Howard G Buffet Fund for Women Journalists
- International Committee of the Red Cross Hotline
- International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) – Safety Fund
- International Media Support – Safety Fund
- IWMF U.S. Journalism Emergency Fund and Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund
- Journalismfund.eu’s European Cross-border Grants
- Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI)
- PEN International – Emergency Fund for writers (contact info (@) pen-international.org, tel: +44 (0) 207 405 0338)
- Prisoners of Conscience – Appeal Fund
- Pulsante Rapid Response Fund
- Reporters Without Borders (RSF) – Assistance desk (contact assistance (@) rsf.org)
- Rory Peck Trust – Freelance Assistance Programme
- Scholar Rescue Fund
- Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
Fellowships
- Alfred Friendly Press Partners – Daniel Pearl Fellowship (United States)
- Human Rights Watch Fellowships in International Human Rights (United States – For recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs in journalism, international relations etc.)
- Humphrey Fellowship Program Journalism Fellowships (US State Department sponsorships – open to journalists worldwide)
- International Womens Media Foundation (IWMF) Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship (Takes place in the United States)
- IREX – scholarship opportunities
- Knight International Journalism Fellowships from the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) (International)
- Open Society Grants, Scholarships and Fellowships (Fellowships for journalists, activists, scholars, and practitioners)
- Scholars at Risk Network– New York University (United States)
- Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Fellowship (a 12-month fellowship program in conjunction with the Scripps News Washington Bureau/Newsy and ProPublica)