The fellowship offers 10 experienced science journalists an academic-year opportunity to conduct research projects leveraging MIT and Boston area resources. It includes seminars, workshops, field trips, and auditing courses at MIT, Harvard, and other universities. Benefits include stipend, travel and housing support, health insurance, and childcare subsidy. Fellows live in Cambridge and focus on advancing science journalism.
Applicants must be full-time journalists with at least three years covering science, health, technology, or environment. They must not have held a residential fellowship of four months or more in the prior two years.
