Tarbell AI Reporting Grants Are Now Open for Application, with Awards of up to $15,000 in AI Journalism Grants

Tarbell Center for AI Journalism took applications for AI Reporting Grants 2025 to support journalists and media creators producing innovative and impactful reporting on artificial intelligence and its societal impact. With grants ranging from $1,000 to $15,000, the project hopes to support reporting that informs citizens, questions AI companies, and holds politicians accountable.

The award can be claimed by experienced journalists globally and comprises staff writers, producers, editors, and freelancers. There should be a tech or AI reporting background, but not necessarily from the imperative perspective. Applicants are not required to have a guaranteed publishing platform when applying but a letter of interest by an editor will be asked before payment. The chosen platform or publication should also take grant funding.

Key Themes that grant-funded projects can pursue a wide range of AI challenges including:

Research into leading AI companies and their effects.

Artificial intelligence policy development at the federal and international levels.

Government and military applications of AI technology.

Strengths, safeguards, and third-party evaluations of AI systems.

Work and organizational life in an AI-affected future. 

The grants, according to the Tarbell Center, are intended to support solutions-driven, forward-thinking journalism that increases public awareness of the potential and dangers of artificial intelligence.  Applications must be submitted by September 14, 2025.

 Public impressions of AI in contrast to technical reality, the developing ecosystem of AI assessments, new capabilities like misleading reasoning, benchmark comparisons with real-world deployments, and the uneven automation development across industries are some suggested reporting directions.

For the submission requirements and eligibility criteria, the applicants are respectfully asked to visit the official website of the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism.