Nieman Fellowship
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard Cambridge, United States · open to applicants worldwide
A year of study at Harvard for working journalists from the US and around the world, with a stipend, seminars and access to Harvard courses.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: stipend and allowances; access to Harvard courses; journalism seminars and community.
Who can apply: Working journalists with at least five years of full-time media experience; separate international and US fellowships.
Free to apply.
Annual; International Nieman Fellowship deadline is 1 December (2027-28 class); US fellowship has a later deadline. Next deadline: 2026-12-01.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: essays, cv, references, work samples.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “International Nieman Fellowship (non-U.S. citizens, including those working in the U.S.): December 1”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers, licensed professionals, working professionals
- Working journalists with at least five years of full-time media experience; separate international and US fellowships.
What you will need
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name. The deadline is 1 December 2026.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard without your tap.
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