COURSES, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEDIA CONFERENCES  

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No deadline: Free climate change adaptation workshops for journalists in Africa. Contact Michelle Betz at the International Center for Journalists

No deadline: Journalists from Afghanistan, Colombia, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Sudan interested in pursuing a peacebuilding project can apply for a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) grant. Applications accepted on a rolling basis

No deadline: The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting funds international travel costs for reporting projects on topics of global importance, especially stories under-reported in mainstream U.S. media. Contact the Pulitzer Center 

No deadline: Journalists can enrol for career-building online classes and seminars offered by Mediabistro.com website for media professionals

** WASH Media awards:  journalists who cover water supply, sanitation or hygiene issues can apply. Deadline – April 1, 2012. For more information, click here

Arthur F. Burns Fellowship: Each year 20 outstanding media professionals from the United States and Germany are awarded an opportunity to report from and travel in each other's countries as part of The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program. Deadline: March 1

Scripps Howard Semester in Washington Internship Program: The Scripps Howard ** Foundation Semester in Washington internship program brings two international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for a semester. Deadline: May 14

Online training: The International Journalists' Network (IJNET) has a YouTube page allowing journalists across the world to access journalism training videos. The network also lists journalism courses here

For 2012 Thomson Reuters Foundation courses, click here