About the program
The KSJ Academic-Year Fellowship is open to 10 science journalists each year. Science journalists from around the globe are eligible for the fellowship, provided they have 3+ years of full-time journalism experience. Fellows spend 9.5 months at MIT delving into a research project of their choice and exploring science, technology, and the craft of journalism.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be full-time journalists, whether on staff or freelance. Part-time writers or producers are not eligible.
- Have at least three consecutive years of experience covering science, health, technology and environmental reporting.
- Be reporters, writers, editors, producers, illustrators, filmmakers, or photojournalists. This includes work for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and digital media.
- Applicants must not have completed a fellowship of four months or longer during the two years prior to applying for the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship.










