How to Apply
The application to the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships includes several pieces, listed below. Please note: The application deadline for the 2009–10 Fellowship has passed. Check back in September 2009 for the 2010-11 Application.
Application Requirements:
A) Application form. Fill out our online form.
Please email your subsequent materials, listed below, to
knight-info@mit.edu with "Knight Application" in the Subject field.
B) Professional autobiography: Tell us about your professional life. Not to exceed 750 words.
C) Résumé or Curriculum Vitae: Be sure to include your education and work history.
D) Fellowship year proposal: Tell us what you plan to do during a fellowship year and how that would fit in with your
professional goals. Not to exceed 750 words.
E) Freelancers: (Non-freelancers, skip this item). Provide a list of all your jobs in the last 12 months—what you did, for whom and, if your
client is not widely known provide some idea of who or what it is. A few words for each job is sufficient.
F) Samples of professional work:
Please provide six samples. If your work is in a format that cannot be submitted electronically, please contact us for submission details.
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- Select six works that best show your interests and abilities. Please, no more than six.
- All six samples should have been published or broadcast within the last 24 months.
- If work is available online, provide URLs.
- If original work is not in English, English translations are required for at least three of the works.
- Editors/Producers/Directors should indicate their involvement in the piece.
- For series, send only the first and last pieces, with a brief outline of other items in the series.
- For books, submit one chapter.
For audio/visual, submit a sample (or samples) with a total running time of up to 40 minutes along with a written manuscript or synopsis indicating where each item (program, story or segment) begins.
- For photography/graphics, submit published works in context or as unmounted prints.
- Note, mailed submissions will not be returned.
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G) Four Letters of Recommendation:
• Three letters should be from individuals familiar with your work, commenting on your abilities and your commitment to journalism.
• One letter should come from your organization's publisher or your immediate supervisor, supporting your application and granting a week-long absence if awarded the boot camp. (Freelancers need only provide the first three letters.)
Letters may be emailed to knight-info@mit.edu, and should come directly from the recommender, not from a third party. Letters must reach us by March 1, 2010.
All application materials must be received by March 1, 2010:
Preferred formats: PDF, DOC, MP3, JPEG, WAV, MPEG
Please email materials, with "Knight Application" in the Subject field, to: knight-info@mit.edu
If you cannot or prefer not to email your application materials, we'll happily accept mailed copies. Please make sure everything reaches us by March 1, 2010.
Knight Science Journalism Fellowships
MIT E19-623, 400 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
617-452-3513
knight-info@mit.edu
Selection Process:
Applicants are selected each spring by a panel of leading journalists and MIT faculty. All application materials must be received by March 1. Finalists are chosen in mid-April. U.S. finalists are brought to Cambridge for interviews in late April. International finalists are interviewed by telephone. Winners are announced by early May.
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