IWMF Kim Wall Memorial Fund 2027 (up to $5,000)

Deadline: December 6, 2026

Applications are open for the Kim Wall Memorial Fund 2027. The IWMF’s Kim Wall Memorial Fund will provide $5,000 grants to journalists whose work embodies the spirit of Kim’s reporting. The grant will fund women or nonbinary reporters covering subculture, broadly defined, and what Kim liked to call “the undercurrents of rebellion.” Kim wanted more women to be out in the world, brushing up against life, and the Kim Wall Memorial Fund honors this legacy.

This fund was developed in the spirit that Kim would have wanted more women to be out in the world, brushing up against life. Through this grant, the IWMF seeks to help bend the world toward Kim’s vision.

Grant

• Grants up to $5,000 will be awarded to cover reporting-related costs including travel, logistics, insurance, visa fees, professional stipends and payments for producers, translators, etc. The IWMF does not cover the cost of equipment purchase or rental and cannot support academic research or research for academic publication.

Eligibility

• Open to women or nonbinary journalists with one (1) or more years of professional experience working in news media from anywhere in the world. Internships do not count toward professional experience. Staff and freelance journalists are both eligible. They will only accept applications from individual journalists, but you may allocate part of the submitted budget for a reporting partner, such as a photographer or producer.
• Applicants must have excellent written and verbal English skills in order to fully participate in and benefit from the program. However, reporting may be published in any language.
• Applicants must be able to show proof of interest from an editor or have a proven track record of publication in prominent media outlets.
• Grants will be awarded to cover reporting-related costs including travel, logistics, insurance, visa fees, professional stipends and payments for producers, translators, etc. The IWMF does not cover the cost of equipment purchase or rental and cannot support academic research or research for academic publication.

Application

The IWMF is accepting applications from November 4 to December 6, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST via Submittable. Applications will be reviewed in January and February 2027, and applicants will receive a response no later than mid-March 2027. Grantees will be publicly announced on Kim’s birthday, March 23.    

Apply: https://iwmf.submittable.com/submit/038e57c0-167e-4410-ae1d-97ed122664a8/kim-wall-memorial-fund-2027