Login

I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

—Martina Navratilova

How to Apply

APPLY NOW!
Applications due:
May 1, 2008.

    • Guidelines
    • FAQs

To apply for a NMWE grant:

  • Read the funding guidelines and make sure you are eligible.
  • Complete the online application.

If you have any questions, please call us at (301) 985-4020 or e-mail us at .

Award

NMWE will honor one new media woman entrepreneur with a $2,000 award in 2009.
Nominate a woman whose creative contribution to news inspires you.

Our Focus

NMWE is a unique initiative addressing opportunity and innovation, recruitment and retention for women in journalism by spotlighting their ingenuity and entrepreneurial abilities. Pilot projects will show what can be done. Research will tell us what more to do. And an awards program and summit will showcase women’s creative ideas. NMWE is supported by the McCormick Foundation.

Check It Out

MediaShift talks to Echo team

MediaShift’s Mark Glaser recently interviewed Echo project leaders Karyn Lu and Lila King about their plans and motivations. Read the full blog post, “Digging Deeper: Locative Media Project Aims to Collect Stories of Atlanta,” at PBS.org.

Retention of Women Journalists

Women Journalists and Retention of Women Journalists graphs