Deadline: 8 August 2019

The European Journalism Centre (EJC) has opened new calls for applications for its Global Health Journalism Grant Programmes for Germany and France.

The aim of the Global Health Journalism Grant Program is to promote innovative reports in German media on global health in developing countries. The purpose of the fellowship is to increase awareness of global health issues in society and to inform and encourage action by actors and decision makers in government and research, civil society, business and medicine, and development cooperation actors.

The Global Health Journalism Grants program aims to promote innovative media coverage in French media on health-related topics in developing countries.  The purpose of this fellowship is to raise awareness about international health, the general public, young adults and health-related decision-makers, researchers and leaders, as well as development actors.

Funding Information

• For Germany: Each scholarship is between € 5,000 and € 20,000 – including any travel expenses and expenses, as well as technical expenses, depending on the direction of the project.
• For France: The scholarships, in the amount of € 5,000 to € 20,000 each, include possible travel and material costs, depending on the size of the project.

Themes for Germany

A strong, innovative topic is the most important part of the application. Submitted applications must treat global health. Health and the description of health care in developing countries should be placed in the broader context of development cooperation, political stability, migration and international relations.

In addition, links can be made to other topics from the reported countries, such as economic aspects or those of human rights, empowerment of women and girls, climate change, basic sanitation, digitization or innovation.

A clear advantage, but not a mandatory requirement, is to establish a connection with Germany in the reporting. As such, a concrete link could be made to Germany’s global health policy, to a health aspect in German development cooperation, to the health-related activities of government organizations or local NGOs. Commercial or nonprofit medical or pharmaceutical research and activities related to Germany are also a good option.

They strongly support reporting on medically under-represented health issues or new and surprising aspects of known issues.

Topics for France

Particular care should be taken in writing pitch.

• The proposed reports will have to deal with the subject of health in developing countries. They will be particularly sensitive to treatments of the subject of health related to risks, feedback, possible solutions and/or security issues and cooperation projects related to health.
• In addition, project may address development-related topics such as the role of health in the political stability of developing countries, health related to economic opportunities and human rights. Applicants pitch may be related to the international aspects of migration, empowerment of women and girls, the consequences of climate change or innovation and digital transformation.

Although not essential, the presence of a concrete link with France in an applicant’s project is an asset. As such, the applicant’s project may be linked to the global health policies of France or to the activities of French governmental organizations in the health sector or NGOs in the field.

Criteria

• For Germany
  • Freelance or permanent employees, individual journalists, as well as small journalistic teams (including support staff, eg from the fields of graphic design, software programming, data journalism, etc.) can apply for a promotion of a report in the format that they are used for the Best for applicnats topic and the target audience.
  • Applicants should have journalistic experience in the reporting of health, science, economics or developing countries and must publish in relevant media in Germany. They expressly welcome the publication in several media.
  • There are no restrictions on the nationality or place of residence of applicants as long as the project is produced in German and published in German media (whose audience lives mainly in Germany).
• For France
  • Freelancers, in-house journalists, and small teams of journalists (which can include support functions such as graphic designers, computer developers or data experts) can apply for the award in the format they feel best coincide with their subject and their audience (text, video, audio or multimedia).
  • Candidates must be experienced and have already covered topics related to health, science, development and will have to publish in a relevant French media. Journalists are strongly encouraged to publish in several media.
  • There are no criteria of nationality or residence; provided applicants project is published in a French media whose audience reaches France.

How to Apply

Entries need to be submitted online via given website.

For more information, please visit https://health-de.journalismgrants.org/news/2019/new-funding-for-journalists-to-put-global-health-topics-in-the-spotlight