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Here is a list of distress funds, grants and fellowships compiled by the IFEX Secretariat (Please note that the IFEX Secretariat assumes no responsibility for these links):

Distress Funds and Grants

• Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) - Journalists in Distress Fund
• Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - Journalist Assistance page
• The Correspondents Fund
• Doha Centre for Media Freedom - Journalist Assistance
• Free Press Unlimited - Reporters Respond fund
• Freedom House - Emergency Assistance Programs (or contact emergency.assistance.inquiries (@) gmail.com)
• Front Line - Emergency Support
• Front Line - Security Grants
• Human Rights Watch - Hellman-Hammett Grants
• International Committee of the Red Cross Hotline - Assistance for Journalists on Dangerous Assignments (Contact tel: +41792173285 or email: press (@) icrc.org)
• International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) - Safety Fund
• International Media Support - Safety Fund
• International Press Institute - Press Freedom and Emergency Funds
• Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) - Sahar Journalists' Assistance Fund (See end of page for details)
• Journalists help Journalists (JhJ)
• Kality Foundation, Sweden
• Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI)
• PEN American Center - Writers' emergency fund
• PEN International – Emergency Fund for writers (contact info (@) pen-international.org, tel: +44 (0) 207 405 0338)
• Prisoners of Conscience - Appeal Fund
• Reporters Without Borders (RSF) - Assistance desk (contact assistance (@) rsf.org)
• Rory Peck Trust - Freelance Assistance Programme
• Scholar Rescue Fund
• Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights

Fellowships

• Alfred Friendly Press Partners - Daniel Pearl Fellowship (United States)
• Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships (United States)
• Human Rights Watch Fellowships in International Human Rights (United States - For recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs in journalism, international relations etc.)
• Humphrey Fellowship Program Journalism Fellowships (US State Department sponsorships - open to journalists worldwide)
• International Womens Media Foundation (IWMF) Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship (Takes place in the United States)
• International Writers Project Fellowship at Brown University
• IREX - scholarship opportunities and Thomas Jefferson Scholarship Program's Tunisia Undergraduate Scholarship Program (Tunisia UGRAD)
• Knight International Journalism Fellowships from the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) (International)
• Open Society Grants, Scholarships and Fellowships (Fellowships for journalists, activists, scholars, and practitioners)
• Scholar Rescue Fund at the Institute of International Education (United States)
• Scholars at Risk Network - New York University (United States)
• Scotiabank/CJFE Journalism Fellowship at Massey College (Two-semester fellowship open to mid-career journalists from Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America)
• Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Fellowship (a 12-month fellowship program in conjunction with the Scripps News Washington Bureau/Newsy and ProPublica)