Reuters Institute Journalist Fellowship Programme
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom · open to applicants worldwide
Fellowships at Oxford for mid-career journalists from around the world to research a topic, join seminars and build networks, usually with a stipend covering living and travel costs.
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 for living and travel costs (for funded fellowships); Oxford college affiliation; seminars and research project.
Who can apply: Journalists with at least five years of experience.
Free to apply.
Annual; applications for 2026-27 are closed and open again in January 2027.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: cv, research proposal, references, writing sample.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “They will open again in January 2027.”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers, licensed professionals, working professionals
- Journalists with at least five years of experience.
What you will need
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Research proposalUpload 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.
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 Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford without your tap.
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