Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism
Stipends and training for journalists reporting on mental health, caregiving, and substance use. A documentation route rather than a research grant, and one of the few funded ways to spend a year on a single mental health story.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (stipend)The Carter Center page states the fellowship offers stipends and training but publishes no dollar figure on this page. Amounts are not stated, so do not assume a level.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jan, FebNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The page states applications open at the end of January each year. No specific closing date is published there. The program has supported more than 300 journalists across seven countries.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- For working journalists, not academic researchers. Fellowships are awarded in the United States and to international fellows in the United Arab Emirates, Ireland, and Latin America, plus specialized fellowships for reporting on mental health and substance use in climate-affected regions. Detailed criteria sit on the program site.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- mental health reporting · caregiving · substance use · journalism · climate-affected regions
- Apply at
- https://www.cartercenter.org/health/mental_health/fellowships/index.html
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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