Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, Rhode Island, United States (US), offers ten fellowships for early to mid-career journalists to attend the week-long Annual Science Immersion Workshop, June 7-12 2009. Focusing on global change in coastal ecosystems, Fellows will participate in fieldwork in and around Narragansett Bay and lab exercises at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. The programme also features journalism sessions and lectures by leading scientists and policy makers on major environmental topics of the day. Each fellowship provides tuition, room and board, and partial travel support.


The postmark deadline for application is January 26 2009.

Workshop fellowships are available to journalists from all media with a demonstrated interest in reporting on science and the environment, and professional journalism experience. According to the Institute, there is limited space for non-US citizens. A fellowship provides tuition, room, board, and travel support for attendance in the full programme week.

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Click here to download an application.

Click here to read about previous Fellows.

Press release from Courtney McCourt on October 27 2008.