Journalism History and American Journalism are offering a combined $4,800 in microgrant funding to encourage research relating to the intersection of diversity and media history. The microgrants are sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s History Division and the American Journalism Historians Association, respectively. Topics should incorporate any of the following or an intersection of the following with media history: race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, class, religion, disability, mental health, and/or rural populations. Topics related to public relations and advertising diversity history are also welcome.

To apply, write a one- to two-page description of your research project proposal that includes a brief description of your budget and how the grant money will be used. The maximum grant request is $1,200. Please also include a brief curriculum vitae (no more than three pages). 

The firm deadline for submission is January 31, 2025. Decisions will be announced by February 31. Research must be completed by June 1, 2026, and submitted in publishable journal format to either Journalism History or American Journalism. 

Publication is not guaranteed and is subject to peer-review acceptance. Awardees must also submit a brief one-page report on how the grant money was spent by June 1, 2026.

Submissions and questions can be emailed to Journalism History Publications Committee Chairwoman Maddie Liseblad at madeleine.liseblad@csulb.edu. Please put “History Grant” in the subject line. 

Journalism History is published by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s History Division, and American Journalism is published by the American Journalism Historians Association.