AI Reporting Grants
The AI Reporting Grants from the Pulitzer Center fund global investigative journalism examining the societal impact and accountability of AI and surveillance technologies.
Funder: Pulitzer Center
Due Dates: Rolling (AI Reporting Grants) | Closed for 2026–2027 AI Accountability Fellowships
Funding Amounts: Up to $25,000 per AI Accountability Fellow (10 months); AI Reporting Grants: no fixed maximum, budgets should match project scope.
Summary: Supports in-depth global journalism investigating the impact, accountability, and transparency of AI and surveillance technologies, with priority on underreported regions.
Key Information: AI Reporting Grants are open year-round; the structured Fellowship has annual deadlines and is currently closed.
Description
The Pulitzer Center offers two major opportunities for journalists reporting on artificial intelligence: the AI Reporting Grants (rolling, open year-round) and the annual AI Accountability Fellowships (structured cohort, currently closed for 2026–2027). Both programs support ambitious, in-depth journalism that investigates the societal impact, accountability, and transparency of AI and surveillance technologies worldwide, with a strong emphasis on underreported regions such as Africa, Latin America, and South/Southeast Asia. The Center encourages cross-disciplinary collaborations, innovative storytelling, and creative audience engagement strategies. Projects may explore AI's influence on policy, industry supply chains, procurement, environmental consequences, disinformation, warfare, governance, and more.
