These 5 hand-curated scholarships are open to Journalism Students. We highlight the award amount, deadline, and eligibility for each, ranking fully funded opportunities first so you never miss a deadline that matters to you.
$3,000 first-place scholarship in each monthly competition; $1,000–$2,000 for second through fifth place and $1,500–$10,000 at the championship
Deadline
Category deadlines run from November 3, 2026 through April 14, 2027; the student’s participating journalism school controls its internal selection deadline
An undergraduate student journalist whose eligible work is selected and entered by a participating ACEJMC-accredited U.S. journalism school…
Varies; awarded as tuition assistance under the donor fund
Deadline
Apply to an eligible School of Communication graduate program by its published admission deadline and follow any donor-scholarship instructions from the school
An American University School of Communication graduate student specializing in print journalism who demonstrates exceptional promise for p…