Awards

The National Geographic Society offers funding opportunities for projects in science, conservation, storytelling, education and technology in one or more of their focus areas (Ocean, Land, Wildlife, Human Histories and Cultures, Planetary Health and Space). Deadline for Freshwater Storytelling RFP is Apr 22, 2025.

The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder's Center for Environmental Journalism is offering grants (up to $10,000) to media outlets and individual journalists covering either New Mexico water issues or the Rio Grande watershed in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and/or Mexico. Apply by Apr 17, 2023.

Educators and news organizations will be honored by a special Press Freedom Teaching Award in the 2023 edition of the Global Youth & News Media Prize. Deadline is Jul 1, 2023.

The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management showcases the very best in environmental photography highlighting impacts on the Earth by humans. EPOTY 2023 receives a £5,000 cash prize; Young EPOTY (21 and under) receives brand new camera equipment; and more. Deadline is Aug 30, 2023.

The Social Documentary Network seeks submissions for this award from a global community of photographers —  for documentary projects that have the highest visual and storytelling components while exploring important global issues that affect us all. Deadline: Apr 30, 2021.

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression invites nominations by May 30 annually for multiple awards recognizing journalists for courage and determination overcoming obstacles, investigative journalism, reinforcing and promoting the principle of freedom of the press in Canada or elsewhere, and more. Cash prizes.

Twice yearly, the International Women’s Media Foundation offers grants supporting journalism produced by and about women. The grants, averaging $5,000 USD, are open to professional journalists with three or more years' experience. Next deadline is April 21, 2019.

This annual award goes to professional photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form. Includes a category for future professional photographers who are 28 years old or younger. Cash and camera prizes. Deadline is Apr 1.

The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes, founded in 1938, honor reporting on Latin America & the Caribbean, especially that which impacts society, and demonstrates commitment to important stories over the course of a long and distinguished career. $5,000 honorarium. Nomination deadline is Mar 16, 2024.

The BBVA Foundation of Spain's award recognizes the work of professionals in any country that have contributed exceptionally to improving public understanding and awareness of ecological issues, especially in the areas of biodiversity conservation and climate change. Cash prize of 100,000 euros. Deadline is Jun 10, 2024.