Application: 2022 Neal Peirce Foundation Journalism Travel Grant Awards
The Neal Peirce Foundation anticipates offering up to seven journalists travel grants of up to $1,500 each in 2022 to support undertold stories about urban solutions to make cities and their larger regions work better for all people.

To be considered, please complete the application below. (Note that if you leave this page before submitting the application you may lose your work.) The submission deadline is October 15, 2022.

Reporters, writers, editors, and photographers working in print, online, radio, television, and multimedia are eligible for travel grant awards if they have had stories published or aired in the previous 3 years. We especially welcome applicants early in their journalism careers or from backgrounds underrepresented in today’s news media.

For more information about the Neal Peirce Foundation visit nealpeircefoundation.org.

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Name *
Email address *
Phone number *
Mailing address *
Summarize your pitch in a headline. *
Short pitch: Grants are intended for journalists to produce undertold stories about ways to make cities and their larger regions work better for all people. Explain what you expect your story to say and why it matters. We are particularly interested in stories about communities underrepresented in today’s news media. (200 words max) *
Project description: Please include an outline of your reporting plan, where you intend to go, what you expect to find, and a rationale for why traveling to report in person is important for this story to succeed. If you plan a creative way of going beyond predictable officials and experts, please include. (400 words max) *
Please share any details on where this story could be published. We don’t require that you have secured a formal assignment. However, please indicate one or more outlets that have expressed interest in using  your completed work, along with any details about how they might use it. (100 words max) *
Grant amount requested (Up to $1,500 available) *
Budget estimate: How will you spend the up-to $1,500 travel grant? Grants will cover travel expenses necessary for on-the-ground reporting, such as transportation, lodging, meals, translation services, and more. Rough estimates are fine. *
Confirm that travel will occur within the United States, is expected to occur within three months of award receipt in November 2022, and that the story is anticipated to be submitted to a news outlet within three months of travel ending. *
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Please disclose any potential conflicts of interest you might have regarding this proposal, such as working for any subject of the reporting, or any financial ties to the topic you propose. *
Please submit links to three examples of your published work. (To submit a PDF, email peircefoundation@gmail.com) *
Brief bio: Tell us why you're the right person to do this story. In the interest of nurturing innovative reporting on cities, we especially welcome applicants early in their journalism careers or from backgrounds underrepresented in today’s news media. (200 words max) *
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