Gender Equality Grant

Newsrooms and freelance, staff or collaborating journalists worldwide. Proposals must investigate gender equality or women’s and girls’ empowerment, with credible publication plans and conditional outlet/safety requirements.

Newsrooms and independent, freelance or staff journalists worldwide may apply, including collaborating teams. The project must use investigative and data-driven reporting to examine gender equality or the empowerment of women and girls. A credible distribution plan and editor/outlet interest or commitment are required; freelancers should seek corroborable interest, normally from more than one outlet. Applications must be in English and include a project summary of no more than 250 words, a preliminary itemised budget, publication plan, three work samples, three professional references and a CV. Detailed additional materials are optional. For reporting in hostile or dangerous settings, journalists and potential outlets must follow ACOS Alliance safety principles. A freelancer needs a firm assignment from a news organisation taking full responsibility for their well-being. This call permits an exceptional, explained request for freelancer time costs, despite the general travel-grant guide’s no-applicant-stipends wording. It does not permit staff salaries or stipends for journalists/team members employed by a newsroom or already paid by a publisher. Costs must serve journalism rather than solely academic research.

1. Prepare an English project description of no more than 250 words, an itemised budget and a compelling distribution/publication plan with editor or outlet interest. Include three work samples, three professional references and a CV. Additional detailed materials are optional.
2. Explain any exceptional request for freelancer time in the budget. Do not request staff salaries or stipends for applicants already paid by a newsroom or publisher; check the call-specific cost exceptions and the complete application guidance.
3. If reporting in hostile or dangerous settings, follow ACOS Alliance principles and secure the required outlet assignment/responsibility. State any urgency in your project summary.
4. Submit through the official grant portal. Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis; the call normally considers support within a month, with no guaranteed funding or response time.