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Call for Applications: Environmental Youth Activism Training Program 2024
InfoNile invites applications from youth activists from the Nile Basin countries (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Egypt, South Sudan and Sudan) for an activists training program.
This program is in partnership with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, with funding from JRS Biodiversity Foundation and IHE Delft’s Water and Development Partnership Programme and will be running for its second cohort this year,2024. The activists program seeks to enhance science communication among youth activists by equipping them with skills to communicate and amplify stories around critical water issues effectively.
Application Deadline: 9th October 2024
University Science Communication Competition for Africa 2024
InfoNile has organized a science communication competition that aims to engage university students in Africa to understand the critical role of conserving swamps and their biodiversity. The competition aims to foster environmental awareness and empower young scientists and conservationists in Africa to take action for swamps. Participating students are encouraged to conduct in-depth research, critically analyze scientific information, and effectively communicate their findings to diverse audiences.
Registration Deadline: 15th August 2024
Call for Applications: NileWell Scientist-Journalist Co-Production Fellowship Program 2024
InfoNile, through the NileWell platform, invites applications from journalists and scientists in the Nile Basin countries (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Egypt, DRC, Sudan and South Sudan) for a fellowship program running from June 2024 to March 2025 that will involve training, mentorship, and coproduction of communication outputs based on scientific research.
Application deadline: 31st March 2024
InfoNile Egypt Coordinator
InfoNile is seeking a journalist from Egypt to help coordinate InfoNile activities in Egypt, translate InfoNile content into Arabic, increase the reach of stories and build networks and partnerships. Coordinators will also be in charge of securing media house content partners, mobilizing journalists and scientists to join the network, and translating other communications content.
Please send CVs and cover letters to info@infonile.org
Call for Applications: #EverydayNile- Water and Biodiversity in the Nile Basin
InfoNile, a flagship project of Water Journalists Africa, with support from, IHE Delft Water and Development Partnership Programme, JRS Biodiversity, NBCBN, MiCT and GIZ invites applications from Journalists working in the Nile Basin countries with interest and experience in photography for the #EverydayNile Photojournalism Project.
The six-month project will support 10 photojournalists to tell science-based water stories by visualizing under-reported issues of the Nile River and its biodiversity through photography under the theme “Water and Biodiversity in the Nile Basin.”
Application Deadline: 14th January, 2024
Call for Applications: Training and Mentorship Program for South Sudanese Journalists Based in Juba
InfoNile in partnership with Classic FM in Juba invites you to apply for a training, mentorship and story grants program aimed at empowering journalists in South Sudan to report on issues of environmental degradation, human rights abuse, and financial crimes.
10 journalists will be selected to take part in the training, mentorship and story grants program. The program will include; two practical training workshops, online mentorship program, grants and equipment and publication of stories
Application Deadline: 30th December, 2023
University Science Communication Competition for Africa 2023.
InfoNile, has organized a science communication competition that aims to engage university students in Africa to understand the critical role of conserving swamps and their biodiversity.
The competition aims to foster environmental awareness and empower young scientists and conservationists in Africa to take action for swamps. Participating students are encouraged to conduct in-depth research, critically analyze scientific information, and effectively communicate their findings to diverse audiences.
Application Deadline: 11th September, 2023
Call for Applications: Environmental Youth Activism Training Program 2023
InfoNile, in partnership with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, with funding from JRS Biodiversity Foundation and IHE Delft’s Water and Development Partnership Programme, calls for applications from water and biodiversity activists in the Nile Basin countries of (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo) for an activists training program.
The activists training program seeks to enhance science communication and the capacity of water/environment activists to work together with journalists, scientists, and other communities’ stakeholders, to find solutions for environmental challenges in the Nile Basin countries.
Application Deadline; 20th August 2023.
Call for Applications: NileWell Scientist-Journalist Co-Production Fellowship Program 2023
InfoNile, through the NileWell platform, invites applications from journalists and scientists in the Nile Basin countries (Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, DRC, Ethiopia and Rwanda) for a fellowship program running from May to December 2023 that will involve training, mentorship, and coproduction of communication outputs based on scientific research.
Application deadline: 10th April 2023
Call for Applications for InfoNile – Editors’ Biodiversity Program 2022-2023
InfoNile in collaboration with Earth Journalism Network invites applications from editors from all regions of Uganda for an editors’ biodiversity training program which will be held in Kasese district in February 2022. 20 editors will be selected.
Apply by 6th January 2023, 5:00pm EAT. Click here for more details.
University Science Competition 2022 #GroundwaterandBiodiversity
InfoNile with support from JRS Biodiversity is calling for applications from Science and Communication students on Groundwater and Biodiversity in the Nile Basin.
A group of 2-3 university students including at least one science student and one communication or journalism student are invited to apply for this program that involves training before they embark on working on their submissions. The top three groups stand a chance to win monetary prizes, certificates and trophies. Their submissions will also be published by InfoNile, Water Journalists Africa and pitched to media partners.
Apply by 14th October 2022. Click the above link for more details
Workshop Training: Reporting on Rivers and Biodiversity in the Nile Basin
InfoNile is calling for applications for training, workshop and mentorship on Reporting on Rivers and Biodiversity in the Nile Basin.
Reporters and editors from Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are invited to apply for this program that involves a weeklong workshop in Uganda from 17th-22rd July 2022, mentorship and possible support to produce a multimedia report on Rivers and Biodiversity in the Nile Basin.
Apply by 20th June 2022. Click the above link for more details
Call for Applications: Strategic Water Resources Analysis Project in the Nile Basin
InfoNile and MiCT/The Niles invite journalists in the Nile Basin countries; Ethiopia, Eritrea, Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC to submit proposals for investigative multimedia journalism stories relevant to and/or impacted by the Nile Basin Initiative’s (NBI) Strategic Water Resources Analysis and linking them with basin-wide datasets and projected trends.
Apply by 15th April 2022. Click the above link for more details
Small Grants for Stories on Wildlife Crime in East Africa
InfoNile together with Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism invites journalists in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda to submit in-depth story pitches on Wildlife Crime and legal interventions in East Africa.
The deadline for submitting your detailed story pitch is 25th February 2022. Click the link above for more details.
Workshop Training: Investigating Water Stories
InfoNile is calling for applications for a training on investigating threats to freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria basin. Teams of three (2 reporters and 1 editor) from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania,and Uganda are invited to apply for this 4-day workshop in Uganda from 18th-23rd October 2021. Click the link above for more details.
Story Grant Call: The benefits and pitfalls of generating power from waterways in the Nile basin
InfoNile invites journalists in the Nile basin to submit proposals for investigative multimedia journalism stories on the benefits and pitfalls of generating power from waterways in the Nile basin. Cross-border collaborations are preferred. Click the link above for more details.
