AEJMC-NED Grant for Innovative Research on the News Audience & News Engagement
The AEJMC-NED Grant for Innovative Research on the News Audience & News Engagement supports AEJMC researchers studying news audiences and engagement to pursue new questions and share their findings.
Funder: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Due Dates: December 1, 2026 (Submissions open) | May 1, 2027 (Proposal deadline)
Funding Amounts: $3,000 for the winning proposal
Summary: Supports innovative research on news audiences and their engagement with news.
Key Information: Applicants must be current AEJMC members; grant funds may be used only for research.
Description
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) offers this grant through its News Engagement Day initiative. It supports research that explores news audiences and news engagement in new ways, pursuing previously unasked theoretical and real-world questions relevant to the present and future. The grant emphasizes innovation rather than a prescribed topic or research approach.
Funded by Paula M. Poindexter, a past AEJMC president and founder of News Engagement Day, the grant is intended to advance research that can be presented and published. It replaces the News Audience Research Paper Award.
