Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship for Political Reporting

Applicants with imaginative, innovative perspectives on a pressing local, provincial, or territorial issue and visionary ideas about how to effectively report them are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to regions that get little to no coverage, or subject areas that deserve greater scrutiny.

This is an award of $3,500 for up to one year, administered by the Canadian Association of Journalists and funded by the Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship for Political Reporting. The award is intended to cover the costs of time spent researching, reporting, travelling, and producing a significant project; and, renting equipment and paying for help (e.g. photographers, videographers). The award will not cover the purchase of equipment.

Successful applicants are expected to complete the project within 12 months of it being awarded, and must also submit an expense report upon completion of the project.

All publication and/or broadcast of Fellowship work will be accompanied by an appropriate credit citing financial support from the Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship for Political Reporting and be freely available to the public.

The Fellowship is open to Canadians, and non-Canadians holding a valid Canadian work permit, who are working as freelance or full-time journalists in any medium. Students enrolled in graduate-level journalism or equivalent programs are also encouraged to apply. Team submissions of up to three journalists are accepted.

Applicants must agree to abide by the Canadian Association of Journalists’ ethics guidelines.

The application period for the fellowship is September 17, 2026 10:00 a.m. ET to October 15, 2026 5 p.m. ET.