Robert Novak Fellowships
Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship FAQ's
1. Who is eligible to apply?
Working print and online journalists with less than 10 years of professional experience in journalism are eligible to apply. Each applicant may submit only one fellowship proposal per year. Applicants must be citizens of the
2. What types of fellowship grants are offered?
The Phillips Foundation offers full-time $50,000 gold fellowships and part-time $25,000 silver fellowships. The gold fellowships include a $40,000 fellowship grant and up to $10,000 to reimburse expenses. The silver fellowships comprise a $20,000 grant and up to $5,000 for expenses. Full-time fellowship winners are expected to devote his or her full energies to completing their one-year fellowship and should not be employed elsewhere. Part-time fellowship winners may continue employment during the term of their one-year fellowship.
3. What topics are of interest to the Novak Journalism Fellowship judges?
Fellowship proposals should focus on journalism supportive of American culture and a free society. The Foundation created this program to provide fellowships for projects to be undertaken by journalists who share the Foundation's mission to advance constitutional principles, a democratic society and a vibrant free enterprise system. In addition to the regular fellowships, the Foundation awards special fellowships on the environment, on free enterprise, and on law enforcement. Please view the list of Fellowship winners by year to see the projects that were awarded fellowship grants.
4. If I’m granted a Fellowship how do I submit my project?
During the course of the one-year fellowship, the journalism project will be delivered in four quarterly installments and should be double-spaced and no more than 25-30 pages. Each installment should be formatted to have the potential to be published sequentially in a periodical or all together as a book.
5. What is the schedule of grant, and expense payments?
In addition to the funds set aside to reimburse the Fellow's expenses ($10,000 for a full-time fellowship and $5,000 for a part-time fellowship), the fellowship grant will be paid in four increments to correspond with completion of the quarterly writing installments. An installment must be judged acceptable by the Trustees before payment of the corresponding increment.
6. What is the application process?
Applications material must be mailed and be postmarked by February 12, 2013. Please do not fax or email your application or other material. Letters of recommendation must also be postmarked by the deadline date although we can receive these references via email if it’s more convenient. Please have three individuals familiar with your work and your fellowship proposal, submit a letter of recommendation directly to The Phillips Foundation. Recommendation letters can be sent via email to: letters@thephillipsfoundation.org
When submitting writing samples with your application; please send five sets of three copies of each article, noting date and place of publication. You are asked to submit no more than three samples of your work which demonstrate your journalistic abilities and your support of American culture and a free society. In addition to published articles, books and chapters of books may be submitted as samples of your work. Each part of a series will be considered to be one article.
Your application is judged by a panel of trustees in March after which Finalists will be invited to our offices in
Applications packets should be postmarked no later than February 12, 2013 and mailed to:
The Phillips Foundation
Attn: John Farley, Executive Director
7. When do the fellowships start?
The fellowships will begin no later than September 1st although the start date can be sooner with prior discussion.
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