$85,000 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship
- Organization: Wallace House Center for Journalists, University of Michigan
- Type: Fellowship
- Location: Global
- Deadline: December 1, 2026
- Funding: Fully Funded
Wallace House Center for Journalists at the University of Michigan runs the Knight-Wallace Fellowships, which give accomplished journalists an academic year of study, collaborative learning and access to the university's resources to pursue ambitious journalism projects. Fellows also take part in private seminars with journalism leaders, scholars, media innovators and social change agents. Journalists from the United States and from other countries apply on separate tracks with separate deadlines. **What you get:** - An $85,000 stipend plus $5,000 for relocation, paid monthly from August to April for living expenses - Health insurance, course auditing, required workshops and fellowship activities paid for by Wallace House - An academic year of study and collaborative learning at the University of Michigan, with access to its schools and resources - Private seminars with journalism leaders, scholars, media innovators and social change agents - International reporting trips with the cohort - J-1 visa sponsorship for international Fellows, and J-2 visas for a legal spouse and dependent children **What you'll do:** - Pursue an ambitious journalism project or tackle a challenge facing the journalism industry - Join a cohort of journalists from the United States and abroad **Key dates:** - International applications close December 1, 2026 at 11:59pm ET - International finalists are interviewed in January and February; offers by mid-February 2027 - US applications, including the Great Lakes Local News Fellowship, close February 1, 2027 at 11:59pm ET - Fellows arrive in Ann Arbor by mid-August 2027; the academic year begins in late August **More information:** - Wallace House requires applicants to write their own submissions without any help from generative AI, including applicants for whom English is a second language - Dual US citizens should email apply2kwf@umich.edu to ask which application to complete
