Rainforest grant offers support for global environmental reporting
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The Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Reporting Grant provides rolling, project-based funding for journalists pursuing stories on tropical forests, biodiversity, Indigenous rights, and environmental issues across three global regions.Summary
WASHINGTON — The Pulitzer Center is offering its Rainforest Reporting Grant to support journalists investigating critical issues across the world’s major tropical forest regions. The program provides short-term, project-based funding to strengthen public understanding of the Amazon, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia.
The initiative invites proposals examining topics such as illegal deforestation, indigenous land rights, biodiversity loss, and the effects of extraction industries. Applications are accepted in five languages, and both freelance and staff journalists are eligible.
Inclusive support for diverse journalistic voices
The grant is open to writers, photographers, radio producers, and filmmakers at various stages of their careers. The Center notes that it values diverse perspectives across gender, ethnicity, background, and nationality. While some applicants receive funding on their first attempt, others build successful relationships with the program over time.
Applicants must submit a concise 250-word project summary outlining their reporting plan and proposed angles. A publication strategy is required, and letters of interest or commitment from editors are encouraged to strengthen submissions.
Application requirements and review timelines
Applicants must also provide a preliminary budget covering reporting-related expenses, three samples of published work, three professional references, and a curriculum vitae. Optional, longer project descriptions may be included, but the 250-word summary remains the core component of the application.
The grant operates on a rolling deadline. Applicants typically receive confirmation within one week and a full response by the end of the following month. Proposals requiring urgent attention should indicate their time sensitivity in the project summary.
Reporters seeking to work in hostile or high-risk environments must demonstrate adherence to ACOS Alliance safety principles. Freelancers operating in such conditions must have a firm newsroom assignment from an outlet taking full responsibility for their safety. The Pulitzer Center may support Hostile Environment Training where appropriate.
KEY POINTS:
- Rainforest Reporting Grant supports journalism in the Amazon, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia
- Open to staff and freelance journalists across multiple media formats
- Requires a 250-word project summary, publication plan, budget, work samples, and references
- Rolling deadline with responses generally issued within the following month
- Safety requirements apply for reporting in hostile or dangerous environments
ATTRIBUTION: Information based on publicly available guidance from the Pulitzer Center.
