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FIJ Grant Application Deadline Approaching, May 11

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Deadline reminder from FIJ. See below! -mia
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(Washington) Reminder: the deadline to submit proposals for grants from the Fund for Investigative Journalism is approaching. The upcoming deadline is Monday, May 11, at 5pm Eastern time. The Fund's Board of Directors looks for stories that break new ground and expose wrongdoing – such as corruption, malfeasance, or misuse of power in the public or private sectors.

A typical grant is $5,000 and covers out-of-pocket expenses. Small stipends are considered as part of the grant.

Detailed instructions are here: http://fij.org/grant-application/

The next deadlines are set for September 21, 2015 and February 1, 2016 – both at 5pm Eastern Time.

Executive Director Sandy Bergo welcomes questions about the application process and requirements by email, fundfij@gmail.com, or phone, 202-662-7564.

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Sandy Bergo
Executive Director
Fund for Investigative Journalism
529 14th Street NW – 13th floor
Washington DC 20045
Selected for the Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington
@FundFIJ

Pitches

Calls for pitches from WHYY’s The Pulse

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Two calls for pitches from WHYY's The Pulse, below.

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WHYY (Philadelphia NPR affiliate) and its health and science show "The Pulse" are looking for story pitches on behavioral/mental health issues under a special reporting grant from the Scattergood Foundation. Pay for projects can range between $500 and $1,500 depending on scope of the reporting.

The goal of the grant is to foster in-depth reporting on behavioral health issues in different realms of life: workplace, family, health care, civic issues, education, politics, culture etc.

The stories should have a strong web / multimedia component (photos or video) and can be published / aired on other outlets after airing on WHYY/The Pulse.

Please email Maiken Scott (mscott@whyy.org) with pitches, ideas and questions!

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WHYY's health & science show "The Pulse" will be dedicating an hour-long episode in June exclusively to the exploration of space. Whether that means how astronauts sleep in zero gravity or the quest to understand dark matter or the legacy of Tang and the space program…we're wide open to ideas. Also, we pay AIR's national rates.

Pitch away.

Joel Patterson (jpatterson@whyy.org)