AHCJ Fellowships and Study Groups
Advance your knowledge and your career with our fellowship programs and study groups that offer training, support and mentoring.
Open Opportunities
AHCJ U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship
A yearlong fellowship for big reporting projects. Supported by The Commonwealth Fund.
Apply by Sept. 25.
Recurring Opportunities
AHCJ Health and Aging Journalism Fellowship
For Health Journalism 2026, fellows will be selected from the Gerontological Society of America and slots for this fellowship will not be open at this time.
Supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation.
Applications are closed.
The National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships
A yearlong development program for early-career journalists.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ Firearm Violence Reporting Fellowship
If you’re ready to uncover the complexities of firearm violence and bring critical stories to light, this fellowship is for you.
Supported by The Joyce Foundation
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship
A fellowship for health care journalists to meet with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Applications are closed.
HJ26 Fellowships
AHCJ-Rhode Island Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to Rhode Island journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-New Mexico Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to New Mexico journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-California Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to California journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-Connecticut Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to Connecticut journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-Equity in Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to journalists who write for media outlets serving under-resourced and/or underrepresented communities who wish to attend AHCJ’s annual conference.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ Freelance Travel Scholarship
Through the use of repatriated international royalties from its membership in the Authors Coalition of America, AHCJ is able to provide assistance to freelance journalists attending AHCJ’s annual conference.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-Georgia Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to Georgia journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-Kansas-Missouri Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to some Kansas and Missouri journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-Montana Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to Montana journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-New York Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to New York journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
Applications are closed.
AHCJ-North Carolina Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to North Carolina journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
Applications are closed.
Past Opportunities
AHCJ-Academic Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to college journalism students and college journalism instructors to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
AHCJ-Rural Health Journalism Fellowships
This fellowship provides financial assistance to journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
AHCJ National Cancer Reporting Fellowships
Meet with experts from the National Institutes of Health to increase understanding of and ability to report accurately on complex scientific findings, provide insight into the work of cancer researchers and better localize cancer-related stories.
AHCJ-Great Lakes Health Journalism Fellowship
This fellowship provides financial assistance to Great Lakes region journalists to attend AHCJ’s annual conference and receive one year of membership.
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