AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship, Summer 2027
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Who can apply: Enrolled upper-level undergraduate or graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, or anyone within one year of completing either, in the life, physical, health, engineering, computer or social sciences, mathematics and related fields. Students enrolled in English, journalism or other non-technical communications fields… What is funded: A ten-week summer placement at a media organisation in the United States, where the fellow works as a journalist reporting science. Past hosts named on the page include National Public Radio, the Los Angeles Times, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and STAT. Fellows receive a stipend of USD 10,000 for the summer plus… Deadline: 4 January 2027. The funder’s banner reads “Applications for Summer 2027 are open! Apply by January 4, 2027.” No closing time and no timezone are printed, so treat the date as the last usable day and submit earlier. Round: Summer 2027 cohort. The application window opened on 1 October 2026.
Read the full call and apply on the official page: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), official page.
Who can apply
- Enrolled upper-level undergraduate or graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, or anyone within one year of completing either, in the life, physical, health, engineering, computer or social sciences, mathematics and related fields. Students enrolled in English, journalism or other non-technical communications fields are not eligible, although students on science journalism programmes may be eligible if they also hold a STEM degree. CITIZENSHIP BARRIER, READ THIS FIRST: applicants must be United States citizens or already hold visas that allow them to receive payment for work during the summer, and AAAS states it cannot assist in obtaining or retaining visas. The fellowship is open to international students already studying in the United States on such a visa, and to US citizens studying abroad who can pay their own way back for the summer. There is no route into this fellowship from outside the United States. Successful applicants must attend an orientation at AAAS headquarters in early June and a wrap-up session in mid-August.
Stage dates
Application deadline for the Summer 2027 cohort, stated unhedged on the programme page.4 January 2027
Orientation at AAAS headquarters in Washington DC, 9 to 11 June 2027; placement onsite 14 June to 20 August 2027; wrap-up in DC 23 to 24 August 2027. The funder labels this 2027 schedule block as anticipated, so treat those dates as indicative.See the official page
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.