Apply for an IRE23 Fellowship

Applications are due April 3, 2023

IRE23 fellowships are available for the following communities:

–All  journalists
Women who are journalism students or early-career professional journalists (three years or less of post-college work experience)
–Journalists, students and educators of color
–U.S. early-career (five or fewer years of post-college work experience) TV journalists interested in investigative reporting
–Journalism students in Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma or Louisiana. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville students are not eligible. 
–Journalists with less than 10 years of professional experience and an interest in financial investigative journalism (*Note* this fellowship requires a different application process, which can be found here)
–U.S. journalists working for a newspaper with a Sunday circulation of under 50,000
–Illinois journalism students and early-career journalists (five years post-college graduation)
–Colorado journalists of color, journalists with disabilities, LGBTQ+ journalists and others from communities that are underrepresented in the field of investigative journalism
–Journalists with less than five years of experience working in daily or weekly print news organizations or digital-only news outlets. (*Note* this fellowship requires a different application process, which can be found here)

The fellowship includes:
One-year IRE membership/renewal ($25-70 value)
Complimentary conference registration
Four hotel nights 
Travel stipend ($500)

All recipients are required to meet IRE’s membership standards: Someone substantially engaged in news gathering, presentation or production; a student pursuing a degree or someone engaged full-time in research or teaching in the field of journalism.