Apply for Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

The Neuffer Fellowship is designed for women and nonbinary journalists with at least three years of professional experience in journalism working in print, broadcast, or digital media, either as a staff journalist or as a freelancer. All nationalities are welcome to apply but non-native English speakers must have excellent written and verbal English skills in order to fully participate in and benefit from the program. The Fellow will complete research and coursework at MIT’s Center for International Studies and journalism internships at The Boston Globe and The New York Times. The flexible structure of the program provides the fellow with opportunities to pursue academic research and hone their reporting skills.

About Fellowship

• The Neuffer Fellowship will begin in February and conclude in July. Previously, the Fellowship began in the fall and concluded in the spring every year.
• Neuffer Fellows are based at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts.
• Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts from February to May.
• Working with the IWMF, they design a program that will enable them to pursue academic research while improving their ability to cover human rights and social justice issues.
• Following the spring semester, Neuffer Fellows are based in New York City where they complete a full-time internship at The New York Times from June to July.
• Fellows must complete the entire six-month program.

Costs Covered

• Neuffer Fellows receive a fixed monthly stipend to cover their living costs. The IWMF also arranges and covers the cost of housing in Cambridge and New York City for the fellow. The IWMF purchases round-trip economy airfare from the fellow’s place of residence to the United States, as well as transportation between the Fellowship cities. The fellow receives health insurance during the program. The Fellowship does not include a salary. For fellows residing outside of the United States, the Fellowship also covers the costs of applying for and obtaining a U.S. visa. The fellow is fully responsible for any additional incidental expenses and other costs.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Neuffer Fellowship is open to women, nonbinary and gender non-conforming journalists whose work focuses on human rights and social justice issues.
• All applicants for the Neuffer Fellowship must be working journalists with at least three years of full-time, professional journalism experience. Internships and journalism-related work completed as a university student do not count as professional experience. Applicants may be affiliated or freelance journalists.
• Journalists from any country around the world are eligible to apply. However, applicants must speak, read, and write English fluently in order to fully participate in and benefit from the Fellowship.

For more information, visit IWMF.