Deadline: 28 June 2024
Applications are now open for the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship on Mental Health and Climate Change 2024-2025. The Carter Centre is pleased to announce a new topic-based fellowship aimed at exploring the impacts of climate change on mental health in low socioeconomic countries. This opportunity - for the 2024-2025 fellowship year - is open to journalists living outside the US
Created by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, a long-time advocate for the rights of people with mental illness, the Carter Center's Mental Health Programme works to promote awareness of mental health issues, inform public policy, achieve equity in mental health care comparable to other health care, and reduce stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness.
Eligibility
Candidates must:
- Being from and located in a country outside the United States, identified as having a low socio-economic level.
- Have at least three years' professional experience in journalism (writing, reporting, editing, production, film, etc.). Projects are tailored to the experience and interests of the fellows and must be relevant to the dynamic landscape of mental health and substance use in their country or area of coverage. Fellows who are employed full-time are not required to leave their jobs. Preference is given to journalists working with or for a media outlet that expresses support for and commitment to publishing or broadcasting fellowship projects.
- They have a keen interest in the impacts of climate change on mental health and in writing reports on related topics. Previous experience in mental health reporting is not necessary.
- Attend mandatory, all-expenses-paid scholarship training meetings in September, at the beginning and end of the scholarship year, at The Carter Centre in Atlanta. The next meeting will be held on 16-17 September 2024.
Application
Send a completed application with letters of support and recommendation. Due to the timing of this scholarship, letters will be accepted after 28 June.
The following application materials are required:
- Title of the proposed project. One to two sentences on the proposed topic and the title of your project.
- Summary of the proposed project. A short paragraph describing the problem you would like to report on, why you selected that problem and what you hope to achieve with your report. (limit 1,000 characters)
- Previous awards or scholarships related to journalism (limit 1,000 characters)
- CV that includes media organisations you have worked for or produced work for, professional associations and other achievements.
- Informal essay (maximum 1,000 words)
- Work Sample
- Letter of recommendation
- Letter of support from the media
