http://saja.org/articles/saja-calls-5th-annual-reporting-fellowship-applications

The South Asian Journalists Association is pleased to announce that the application process for its 2010 SRFs is open and the application deadline has been extended to Dec. 14, 2009. The SAJA Reporting Fellowships, which were launched in 2005 to ensure follow-up reportage about the 2004 tsunami and its victims, were initially funded by SAJA members, corporate donors and friends of SAJA. Last year, SRF received a major financial boost thanks to the support of the Mahadeva Family Foundation, which will make an annual contribution of $20,000.

The fellowship is open to proposals on any in-depth topics covering South Asia or the South Asian Diaspora.

To be eligible for the fellowship, applicants must:

/ Have at least five years of journalism experience.
/ Produce content in the English language.
/ Be able to publish or broadcast the finished work in North America (U.S. and Canada).
/ Publish the work in a U.S. or Canadian media outlet.
/ Be willing to work with an editor, chosen by SAJA, who will oversee the successful completion of the project.
/ Be available to discuss the project at SAJA events, including but not limited to the annual SAJA convention and/or panel discussions and SAJA webcasts.

[Teru Kuwayama won one of these things last year, a $3,500 fellowship to create a photo essay on the tribal wars in Pakistan.]