Application Deadline: October 4, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 International News Media Association/Google News Initiative Elevate Scholarship Programme.
The Elevate Scholarship programme is designed to strengthen the future of the news business by embracing and elevating historically under-represented and disadvantaged groups in early- to mid-level positions at news media companies in all regions of the world.
Through Elevate Scholarships, the International News Media Association (INMA) wants to equip new faces and voices with strong news industry business fundamentals that will propel their individual careers, and big picture, will infuse the industry with the talent it needs to face today’s challenging business landscape.
Requirements
To be considered for the Elevate Scholarship, you must:
- Be a part of an under-represented and disadvantaged group within your country
- Be actively involved in, or aspire to be an integral part of, the business side of news media
– subscriptions, data, product, advertising, the business of newsrooms (this is the focus of INMA training) - Be employed by a news media company
- Hold a position below senior management at your organisation
- Be in the business of news media for less than 15 years
- Be under age 45
- Aspire to become a top manager at a news media company
Criteria:
- INMA will award up to 50 Elevate Scholarships based on the applicant’s needs, aspirations, barriers, and the stories they tell in the application process.
For More Information:
- DAAD In-Country/In-Region Masters Scholarship Programme 2026/2027 for Sub-Saharan African students (Fully Funded) – Scholarship Opportunities
- Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) 2027 for Master’s degree study in a low or middle-income Commonwealth country. (Fully Funded)
- The American University of Beirut (AUB) Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2026/2027 for Online Masters study (Fully Funded).
- Sasol Foundation Mainstream Bursary Programme 2027 for Young South Africans (Fully Funded) – Scholarship Opportunities
- Italy Government Scholarships 2026-27 (Funded)
- Bucharest Summer University School in Romania 2026 (Fully Funded)
- Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme 2026/2027 for early-career researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa. – Scholarship Opportunities
