Deadline: 21 February 2025
The Media Travel Grants provides New Zealand journalists with funding to travel independently to Asia to research and prepare stories – to help demystify Asia for New Zealand audiences.
Media travel grants are awarded on a competitive basis to journalists who have a clear plan of the stories they want to cover.
Costs Covered
- The grant can be used to cover most work-related costs, including return economy airfares, insurance, accommodation and visa and airport taxes.
- Please note the Foundation:
- May not be able to fund the full amount of some projects.
- Funds visits to Asia of up to three weeks’ duration.
- Does not make travel arrangements for media travel grant recipients and cannot sponsor visas. It is your responsibility to obtain the appropriate visas for your travel.
Eligible Projects
- Proposals that are likely to receive funding
- The Foundation will consider proposals that seek to increase New Zealanders’ understanding of the Asia region, and proposals that promote themes of economic, political, social or strategic change in Asia – and the implications of these changes for New Zealand.
- Proposals that are unlikely to succeed
- Proposals in which journalism is not the core reason for travel. The Foundation is unlikely to approve grant applications from people who are travelling to Asia for another reason (e.g. family holidays, competing in a sports event) and plan to write stories for publication on the side.
- Applications with a purely travel focus (e.g. a cycling tour of Japan) are unlikely to be successful.
- Single-story proposals are unlikely to succeed, as are single-person interviews that could be conducted by telephone.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be:
- Either working as journalists for New Zealand news organisations or as freelance journalists based in New Zealand
- New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.
- Preference will be given to candidates who:
- Are interested in deepening their knowledge of Asia
- Have a proven track record in journalism
- Can provide a stimulating, well-researched and focused proposal outlining story ideas
- Can demonstrate that their material is likely to reach a substantial audience.
For more information, visit Asia New Zealand Foundation.
