Deadline: February 15, 2025

Climate and environmental issues have been at the core of the Pulitzer Center’s work since its founding in 2006. The Center has supported breakthrough journalism that led to real-world impact: engaging and mobilizing communities, prompting demands for change, influencing decisions to halt environmentally destructive practices, and many more.

Since 2022, the Pulitzer Center has actively participated in the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) to join the climate community in addressing the socio-environmental challenges and opportunities of the present. As an important stage for climate and governance conversations that are at the heart of their work, COP is a key place to address relevant issues brought to life in our programs and stimulate collaboration. For this reason, they are launching an initiative aimed at supporting civil society projects that can feed into the conversations we hope to have at COP 30 in Brazil.

Eligibility

• Organization type: This grant is open to grassroots organizations, civil society organizations and coalitions, youth movements, and other groups working at the intersection of climate, environment, journalism, civic rights, and active citizenship. The organizations should develop activities in Southeast Asia, Latin America, or in Africa.
• Capacity for collaboration: A track record of co-creating impactful projects with other organizations and operational capacity to manage micro-grant resources from an international organization.
• Alignment with key issues: Proven experience working on the identified topics (climate change, rainforest, ocean, transparency and governance).

Application

The application must include the following:

• A general description of the proposed project in no more than 400 words. This should include the objectives, problem statement and rationale, proposed activities, intended impact of the proposed project, and the Pulitzer Center-supported reporting and, where relevant, the journalist to be involved in this project.
• Description of the target audience and projection (number) of the total audience reached.
• Strategy (or methodology).
• Activity implementation timeline.
• A preliminary budget estimate, including a cost forecast.
• If the proposed activities include knowledge exchange activities with Indigenous peoples or traditional communities, a statement from a community member demonstrating their consent must be submitted. This can be in the form of a message or letter.
• If the activities include content production, a content production and distribution plan should be included.
• A copy of the curriculum vitae (only) of the lead applicant, including a letter of recommendation (from department heads or the directors of your organization / workplace).

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