Grants for investigative journalism available [Latin America, Caribbean]

Journalists who plan to collaborate with other journalists or wish to expand on a previous investigation are invited to apply for this grant. 

The International Center for Journalism (ICFJ)'s Investigative Reporting Initiative in the Americas (IRIA) project, in partnership with Connectas, has launched an investigative reporting grant. 

Grants will vary from US$250 to US$2,000 and must be used solely for the purposes of the investigative reporting project and not as honorariums for journalists or to purchase equipment. 

Candidates must be journalists working in the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Santa Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.

The deadline is Aug. 5.

For more information on how to apply, click here.