Holden Thorp is now Editor-in-Chief of Science journals since Oct 28, 2019. Formerly provost at Washington University (2013-2019) & professor. #ScienceJournalism https://fefd.link/hWz3u
📣The David McClure Public Interest Journalism Fellowship, Oxford Brookes University
🔹Location: Fully Remote
🔹Salary details: £15,000 grant
⭕Closes: 31/05/2026
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #fellowship
www.journoresources.org.uk/job/the-davi...
@agu.org AGU’s 2026 Journalism Awards are now open
🌎Nominate your or your peers’ best Earth and space science reporting
⭕Deadline: Sunday, 19 April at 11:59 p.m. ET
🔹No submission fee
💰$5,000 prize
#ScienceJournalism #award
news.agu.org/press-releas...
📢 FRONTIERS Info Day – 14 Apr 2026 | 14:00 CEST
Thinking of applying to the 4th & final round of the FRONTIERS Science Journalism Residency Programme, but have questions? Join our online session!
📝 Register here: forms.gle/ovZYvijFju3c...
#ScienceJournalism #FRONTIERSResidency #InfoDay
AGU’s 2026 Journalism Awards are now open🏆
🔹Nominate your or your peers’ best Earth and space science reporting by 19 April 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET
📧AGU contact:
Liza Lester, news@agu.org
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #award
AGU’s 2026 Journalism Awards are now open🏆
🔹Nominate your or your peers’ best Earth and space science reporting by 19 April 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET
📧AGU contact:
Liza Lester, news@agu.org
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #award
news.agu.org/press-releas...
National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Sci-Comms 🏆
8 categories including: freelance journalists, graduate student researchers, independent or organizational sci-communicators
⭕Apr 3, 26 11:59 PM
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #award
www.nationalacademies.org/programs/NAE...
As part of the refresh, I wrote a guide to applying to the AAAS MMF. I learned some do's and don'ts from both my experience reviewing applications and my retrospective on the two times I applied:
#sciencejournalism #journalismjobs #sciwri #sciencewriting #stem #science 🧪✍️📝
If you submit research papers for publication and are based at a university, government office, hospital, museum, company, NGO, or other institution in #Taiwan, we invite you to complete our survey. Thank you so much! s.alchemer.com/s3/c187e95bd... #TaiwanResearch #ScienceJournalism #MadeInTaiwan 🧪
Aashima Dogra-Freitag tells us about their #career, experience with #ScienceJournalism and what the Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship means to them: https://www.embo.org/people/understanding-complexity/ 🧪
Terry O’Connor, who runs the Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship scheme, tells us about the importance of #ScienceJournalism for science and society: www.embo.org/features/why-we-support-... 🧪
#LifeSciences #research #fellowship
🌏Pitch call by Earth Island Journal
🔹full range of issues related to education and the environment
💰$400-$1,500 depending on type, word count
⭕Send pitches by April 10, 2026
📧submissions@earthisland.org
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelance #freelanceGig
🚨AI Beat Reporter at Tech In Asia (remote)
Requirements
🔹Based in a major Southeast Asian city (excluding Singapore) or a metro city in India
🔹two to three years of reporting experience
💰SGD 1,500 – 2,200
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #job #opportunity
www.techinasia.com/jobs/d05557d...
🌊 After a research trip to the Arctic last year, #FRONTIERSfellow Tim Kalvelage dives into the Arctic's seafloor to uncover clues about our planet’s climate 🌍.
🔒 In Dutch: www.360magazine.nl/expeditie-di...
#FRONTIERS #ScienceJournalism #FrontierScience
@timkalvelage.bsky.social
📣Pitch call by Slate editor
🔹Looking for pitches for health and science features from journalists and writers
📧shannon.palus@slate.com
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #pitch #freelanceGig
www.linkedin.com/posts/shanno...
Travel grant for Abel prize by WFSJ
🔹Abel Prize Week in Oslo, Norway, from 25–28 May 2026
⭕Deadline: 5 April 2026
🔹Two travel fellowships will be awarded:
🏆 Science journalist from anywhere in the world
🏆 Science journalist based in Europe
#ScienceJournalism #grant
www.linkedin.com/posts/wfsj-t...
🚨Call for student editorial fellow at Sentient
🔹Intersection of food and climate science
🔹Begins in Sep 2026 [3 months]
💰$20/hour, for 20 hrs per week of work
🔹1 story/week
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #remote #opportunity #fellowship #freelanceGig
sentientmedia.zohorecruit.com/jobs/Careers...
📣Pitch call by Covering Climate Now
🔹As part of International Journalism Festival 2026
🔹Strongest pitches will be considered for publication by The Guardian
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelance #freelanceGig #ijf26
www.linkedin.com/posts/coveri...
Had a chance to visit Cawleys Wildlife Bridge S of Sydney, Australia. Ecologist Kylie Madden showed me around the currently-under-construction site which will accommodate walking, flying, & climbing animals. More on the special arboreal structures designed for those animals soon. #sciencejournalism
So, so happy for my science-writing colleague @frogsandstars.bsky.social for WINNING the Emerge Australia Long COVID journalism award for her excellent reporting on this issue. Brava Felicity!! #longcovid #sciencejournalism
🚨Contribute to Rest of World’s Labor x Tech reporting
🔹Reported stories ranging from 800 to 1,000 words
💰1,000 USD per story
📧Send pitches to
laborxtech@restofworld.org
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelance #freelanceGig
restofworld.org/rest-of-worl...
Another great piece from @skylerdware.bsky.social - on the challenges (and rewards) of grant-funded travel for science journalism, including how-tos and examples. So useful as I set about doing this for my next book over the next 18 months! #sciencejournalism www.theopennotebook.com/2026/03/03/g...
📣Freelance call by Refractor
🔹Open to short, focused news pieces to longer, exploratory features
🔹Everything science (biology, geology, history, psychology, space, medicine)
🔹Contact: rich [at] refractor.io
#ScienceJournalism #freelanceGig #SciWri #pitch #story
www.linkedin.com/posts/rich-h...
Travel Grants for Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings 2026
Council will pay for accommodation for up to five nights and reimburse the travel costs (up to a certain pre-defined amount)
⭕Application Deadline: 8 March
#ScienceJournalism #grant
www.lindau-nobel.org/media-journa...
Video reporting opportunity by Mongabay India and ALT EFF 2026📹
▫️Theme: Solutions for Heat Resilience
........
+ sub-themes
💰Production Grant: USD 1,400
⭕Application Deadline: March 13, 6 PM IST.
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism ##opportunity #freelanceGig
www.alteff.in/environmenta...
🚨Freelance call by JMIR News and Perspectives
Core content pillars:
▫️AI & Health Data
▫️Research Findings & Clinical Apps
▫️Science Policy, Regulation, & Publishing
▫️Emerging Technologies in Digital Health
...and more
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
www.linkedin.com/posts/pipero...
Valentin Hammoudi, Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellow, former postdoctoral researcher & freelance journalist, talks about their experience with the #fellowship and how they transitioned into #ScienceJournalism: www.embo.org/people/bringing-new-pers... 🧪
📣Pulitzer Center Special Call for Journalism Proposals on Climate and Labor
⭕March 6, 2026
Focus Areas:
🔹Business accountability
🔹Gender
🔹Adaptation: community resilience
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #job #opportunity #pitch #story #freelance #freelanceGig
🚨BioSpace is hiring
🔹Minimum Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or the life sciences
🔹4+ yrs of journalism experience covering business dealings, preferably within the biopharma industry
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #job #opportunity #remote
www.linkedin.com/posts/heathe...