Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Job Category: Fellowships | Scholarship | Prizes
Job ID: 13226
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: per year
Posted: 11.11.2025

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Job Description:

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JAN 9

Every year, the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT offers academic-year fellowships to science journalists from around the globe, giving them an opportunity to explore science, technology, and the craft of journalism; to concentrate on a specialty in science; and to learn at some of the top research universities in the world.

While in Cambridge, fellows will pursue a research project that uniquely leverages the resources and connections available to them at MIT and in the surrounding greater Boston area.

The research project must be journalism related. Previous fellows have used their time to: conduct research and reporting for a long-form narrative or story series; develop multimedia, video, and audio reporting projects; do research for a book proposal; and build deep knowledge of a new area of science, among other project pursuits. Regular meetings are held to monitor and help with projects. Fellows deliver formal presentations about their projects at the end of the academic year; many projects are published as magazine articles, books, videos or podcasts after the fellowship ends.

Benefits

• Fellows receive an $85,000 stipend paid out in installments over 9.5 months
• A travel and housing stipend paid near the start of the fellowship
• Basic health insurance for each fellow and their family

Job Requirements:

To be eligible for a KSJ Fellowship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Be full-time journalists, whether on staff or freelance. Part-time writers or producers are not eligible.
• Have at least three consecutive years of experience covering science, health, technology and environmental reporting.
• Be reporters, writers, editors, producers, illustrators, filmmakers, or photojournalists. This includes work for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and digital media.