Grant

Data Journalism Grants

Pulitzer Center

Applications are taken as they come. They say: "applications will be reviewed on a first come, rolling basis" No fee to apply Last checked 3 Oct

At a glance

Deadline: Applications are taken as they come. They say: "applications will be reviewed on a first come, rolling basis"
Fee: No fee to apply
Who may apply: Three links to published data stories, visualisations or infographics by you or your team, plus a CV and three professional references
You are a freelance or staff journalist, or a group of newsrooms, with a data project and a plan to publish it
Where: Open to journalists around the world

Project funding, past awards mostly USD 10,000 to 20,000, for a journalist or newsroom anywhere to report an underreported story built on original data collection and analysis.

Applications are taken as they come. They say: “applications will be reviewed on a first come, rolling basis” Read it on their page

The facts

What you get: No fixed range; most past awards were USD 10,000 to 20,000. Covers project costs such as travel, software, hardware, consultants and data; not staff salaries, and stipends only in exceptional cases
Where: Open to journalists around the world
How long: Set by the project

Where you stand

This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.

What they ask for

Three links to published data stories, visualisations or infographics by you or your team, plus a CV and three professional references
You are a freelance or staff journalist, or a group of newsrooms, with a data project and a plan to publish it

Get ready to apply

Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.

The application takes real work, by our reading.

1. What to get ready

CV or resumeOne or two pages. No CV yet? Our CV starter builds a plain one from your answers.
References: threeAsk your referees now and send them the listing. Give them time.
Portfolio or work samplesA few of your best pieces, with a line on what you did in each.
Essay, statement or proposalAnswer the question they ask, in your own words, with real examples.

It also names something beyond these; read their words below.

In their words: “Project description, methodology, budget, three work samples, three references, CV”

2. Dates

No closing date is stated.
Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice

Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp

The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.

No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.

Tips for applying for a grant

General advice from us, the same for every grant. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.

Say what the money is for, exactly, and how much of it goes where. A simple budget in a table is enough.
Describe what you have done so far, with numbers you can prove: customers, people served, sales, months running.
Check whether they need your business registered, and in which country.
Answer their questions in their order. Reviewers score each one.

If there is an interview or a test

Expect questions on your numbers. Know them without reading them.
Be ready to say what happens to the project if you do not get the grant.

All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.

How to apply

You apply on Pulitzer Center's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.

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How we checked this

This was opened and verified at Pulitzer Center's own website on 3 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.