WelcomeThe Fund for Investigative Journalism gives grants, ranging from $500 to $10,000, to reporters working outside the protection and backing of major news organizations. Grants are limited to journalists seeking pre-publication help for investigative pieces involving corruption, malfeasance, incompetence and societal ills in general as well as for investigative media criticism. The Fund does not award educational scholarships or grants for professional training. Applications for the next round of grants should reach us by September 19, 2008. Robert I. Friedman Award Applications for the 2008 Friedman Award should reach us by September 19, 2008. . Click here to learn more about the grant and the fearless life and work of Robert Friedman. A Record of Support Fund for Investigative Journalism grant recipients represent a variety of issues, tackled in various mediums. Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill's book, Black Mass, The Irish Mob, The FBI and a Devil's Deal, tells the story of John Connolly, an agent in the FBI's Boston office, and James "Whitey" Bulger, godfather of the Irish mob. Janet Gardner's television documentary, Dancing Through Death: The Monkey, Magic & Madness of Cambodia, investigates the cultural genocide, endurance and rebirth in Cambodia following the brutality and devastation of the Khmer Rouge period; her documentary has been screened at the Asia Society, The Newseum in New York, and at the Boston Asian American Film Festival.
Click here to view a more extensive list of recipients accompanied by descriptions of their works. Book Award Persons wishing to contact the Fund by e-mail may do so through the executive director's personal account. Please see the "Contact Information" page for details. |
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An annual grant for international investigative reporting has been established by the Fund in honor of Robert I. Friedman, a courageous and tireless journalist who died in 2002 at age fifty-one. The first grant was awarded in 2004 to freelance journalist Eliza Griswold. Her report on Waziristan, 
The Fund awards a $25,000 book prize at its last board meeting of the year. The award is for a work-in-progress and not for a book that has already been published. The board will choose among investigative book projects that have already received Fund support as well as projects that have not previously been considered. Applicants should send a letter describing the project and other information that may be helpful, such as a chapter outline or a sample chapter. Do not send books that have already been published. Applicants for the book award must provide proof that the book is under contract with a publisher.