Global Health Inequities, Risks, and Solutions

Freelance and staff journalists, newsrooms and collaborating reporting teams worldwide. Stories need credible distribution through established, trustworthy outlets; conditional safety and outlet-assignment rules apply.

Freelance or staff journalists, text/broadcast/multimedia newsrooms and collaborating reporting teams in the U.S. and worldwide may apply. Proposals must report on global health inequities, risks or solutions, with detailed distribution plans and outlet commitment. The call funds international travel or reporting help for U.S. outlets and ambitious global-health stories for trustworthy outlets in any country. Apply in English with a project summary of no more than 250 words, itemised budget, publication plan, three published work samples, three professional references and a CV. Freelancers need corroborable editor/outlet interest, normally from more than one outlet. For hostile or dangerous reporting, journalists and outlets must follow ACOS Alliance principles; freelancers need a firm assignment from a news organisation taking full responsibility for their well-being. Newsrooms are expected to pay freelancers. An exceptional request for a reporter’s time must be explained in the budget; staff salaries and stipends for journalists already employed/paid by a newsroom or publisher are excluded. The project must serve journalism rather than solely academic research.

1. Apply through the official grant portal on a rolling basis. Include an English project summary of no more than 250 words, itemised budget and detailed publication/outlet plan.
2. Supply three published work samples, three professional references and your CV. Additional detailed project material is optional.
3. Include outlet commitment or corroborable editor interest. For hostile reporting, meet ACOS safety rules and the freelancer firm-assignment requirement.
4. Explain any urgent reporting schedule and any exceptional request for freelancer time costs. The provider begins reviewing proposals when received; consideration within a month is typical, not guaranteed.