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To Apply: Send 4 copies of your Letter of Intent and CV to: Elizabeth Chan Coordinator Tel 416-869-4034 Deadline for Submissions is
January 11, 2010 |
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The Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy is designed to further both the tradition of liberal journalism in Canada and the commitment to social and economic justice of Joseph E. Atkinson. Download the brochure.
The Fellowship provides a grant for a Canadian journalist to undertake a year-long research project on a topical public policy issue.
Since its establishment in 1988, the Atkinson Fellowship has aided research into some of Canada's most important and often most complicated policy debates. Award winners have thoroughly examined an issue: they have investigated the causes, the effects, the debates and the solutions that most enhance equality, opportunity, justice and an understanding of who we are as Canadians.
While the Fellowship is interested in any number of topics, and is open to new and imaginative ideas for research, it favours issues that are in the forefront of public debate and have implications for Canadian society at large (e.g., poverty, unemployment, trade agreements, welfare, child care, etc.). The Fellowship will not consider projects in history, anthropology, literature, folklore and related areas.
Eligibility
The annual competition for the Atkinson Fellowship is open to all full-time Canadian journalists in print or broadcast media. Preference is given to those applicants who have already achieved some distinction in reporting on policy issues.
Terms - New simplified two-step process
1. In order to be considered, all that is required is a THREE PAGE maximum LETTER of INTENT along with your curriculum vitae, that summarizes your topic, its importance, brief outline of proposed articles, and treatment/approach to be recieved by Monday, January 11, 2010.
2. The Fellowship Committee will choose three to five Finalists who will be invited to submit a full application and proposal for consideration for the 2009 Fellowship award. Each finalist will receive an honorarium for submitting a proposal.
The Fellowship stipend is $75,000. A budget for research expenses up to $25,000 will also be considered. The Fellow will be expected to exclude other journalistic activities during this period. The research year begins on September 1.
The final decision on the eligibility of an application rests with the Selection Committee.
The goal of the Fellowship is to produce a major report that can be published as a series of newspaper articles and later reprinted in booklet form. Therefore, the report should be written for the general public and not for a specialized audience. The project must be completed within the one-year period of the Fellowship and published shortly thereafter.
The series of articles will be made available without charge to all interested members of Canadian Press. The author is also free to develop the report into a book or television or radio documentary.