Glittering prizes!

The Freelance has received invitations to apply for several prizes and bursaries. Details below:

Deadline: ASAP

Wolfson College Press Fellowships

Two funded press fellowships are avaiable at Wolfson College, Cambridge. The Easter term, from 19 April to 29 June, has become vacant at short notice. Journalists are also reminded of the opportunity to apply for the Michaelmas term from the end of September to early December. See www.wolfsonpress.org for details.

Deadline: 1 May

2005 KURT SCHORK AWARDS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM

Applications are being accepted for the 2005 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism. Two prizes worth US$5000 each will be awarded to a freelance journalist covering foreign news and a reporter in a developing nation or country in transition.

The 2003 local reporting award was given to Asha Krishnakumar (India) and the freelance journalist award was given to Elizabeth Rubin.

The prizes were established by the Schork family in honor of American journalist Kurt Schork, who was killed in 2000 while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone. The awards are supported by Reuters and administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The winners will be judged not only on the quality of writing and investigative effort, but also on the level of courage and resourcefulness demonstrated by the applicants.

THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS POSTMARK MAY 1, 2005. There is no entry fee. Award criteria and entry forms are available at the web site: www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/schork

For further information, contact:

Irena Choi Stern, Administrator, Kurt Schork Awards
Columbia University
2950 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
USA
tel: (00 1) 212-854-8653
email: ics9@columbia.edu

Deadline: 25 March

MILENA JESENSKA FELLOWSHIPS
for JOURNALISTS
at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)
in Vienna

The Milena Jesenská Fellowship program was established by the Institute for Human Sciences and by the European Cultural Foundation and is supported by Project Syndicate.

I OBJECTIVE

The program offers journalists working in print, broadcast and electronic journalism time off from their professional duties in order to pursue in-depth research on a European topic of their choice. The call for applications 2005 is directed towards cultural journalists, with the term "cultural" interpreted in a broad sense to encompass all kinds of artistic and intellectual disciplines.

II CONDITIONS

Milena Jesenská Fellows are invited to spend three months at the IWM in Vienna, Austria. Recipients of the fellowships are given a stipend of € 7.630 and provided with office space, a PC with broadband Internet access, and access to IWM's in-house research facilities as well as other relevant sources in Vienna. Travel grants of up to € 1.820 will be available for research visits to neighbouring countries.

Candidates for the Milena Jesenská fellowships must have several years of experience in professional journalism. Their work may deal with any topic related with cultural issues of a European relevance, especially against the backdrop of enlargement. Fellowships are not intended for entry-level journalists or students.

III The JURY

• Sabine Aßmann; Public Relations, IWM, Vienna
• Helena Luczywo; Managing Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw
• Gerfried Sperl; Editor-in-Chief, Der Standard, Vienna (Chair)
• Laura Starink; NRC-Handelsblad, Rotterdam
• Gottfried Wagner; Secretary General, European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam

IV APPLICATION

The application consists of:

• the application form, available at www.iwm.at/f-milena.htm or via fax: +43-1-313 58-30 or via e-mail: fellowships@iwm.at
• a concise project proposal in English (not more than 3 double-spaced pages)
• a CV including a list of publications

Deadline for applications is March 25, 2005 (date of receipt). Applicants will be notified of the decision in June 2005. The jury is not obliged to publicly justify its decisions.

Please address applications to:

Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM)
Milena Jesenská Fellowships for Journalists
Spittelauer Lände 3
A-1090 Vienna
Austria

Applications by e-mail are eligible: fellowships@iwm.at, subject header: Milena Jesenska

Contact: Mary Nicklas, nicklas@iwm.at
Websites:

• www.iwm.at
• www.eurocult.org
• www.project-syndicate.org