Requirements

Who Can Apply

The international fellowship is for non-U.S. citizens, including those working in the U.S. Freelancers can apply.

Important: if you are a national of a country where the U.S. has paused nonimmigrant visas (specifically J visas), the Nieman Foundation recommends waiting until those limits are lifted. You may still apply if you also hold citizenship and a passport from a country without that restriction.

Education

• No college degree or academic prerequisite is required.

• There is no age limit.

Experience

• You must be a working journalist with at least five years of full-time media experience.

• Journalism done as a university student does not count.

Language

• You must speak, read and write English fluently.

Other Requirements

• People who work in public relations, or whose main job is not in media, cannot apply.

• You should not have done a residential fellowship of four months or longer in the past five years.