AHCJ-Academic Health Journalism Fellowships
Applications are closed.
AHCJ, with support from the Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, provides financial assistance to college journalism students and college journalism instructors who wish to attend AHCJ’s annual conference.
Fellowships are open to U.S.-based students majoring in journalism or mass communication with a special interest in covering health or health care. Professors and other college instructors who are teaching health-related journalism are also welcome to apply.
If selected for a fellowship, you may be asked to write an AHCJ website blog post, take pictures or shoot video of a conference session.
Students will be asked to share a room with another student fellow.
Fellowship includes:
- conference registration fee
- one year’s membership in AHCJ (new or extended)
- Up to four nights in conference hotel (Wed.-Sat.) outside of 50-mile radius from host hotelUp to $400 for travel assistance (outside of 50-mile radius from host hotel) and up to $100 (inside of 50-mile radius from host hotel).
Submit your application here.
Deadline for application is Feb. 1, 2023, at noon CT.
To improve your chance of being selected, apply early.
Questions? Contact Susan Cunningham, cunninghamsu@missouri.edu.