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The Pulitzer Center funds civil society in the Global South to build civic engagement projects around Pulitzer Center-supported journalism: grassroots collectives, community-led movements, ARTISTS and civic coalitions taking published reporting to the communities it concerns. This grant cycle is restricted to the Center's Climate and Environment topics: RAINFOREST (drivers of rainforest degradation, the role of global markets, finance and policy, centring the rights and roles of Indigenous peoples), OCEAN (degradation of marine environments, ocean health and the climate crisis, ocean governance, science-backed and community-led solutions), and CLIMATE AND LABOR (the intersection of climate and labour, including gender, livelihoods, adaptation and community resilience). WHAT COUNTS AS A PROJECT: community engagement and organising that connects reporting with audiences; creative expressions, explicitly including digital campaigns, public performances and creative publication formats; public dialogues bringing together affected communities, journalists, decision-makers and academia; and other innovative uses of the reporting that build on local cultural practices. Every project must use at least one published Pulitzer Center-supported reporting project meaningfully, or involve a Pulitzer Center-supported journalist centrally, and must name a clear target audience. OUT OF SCOPE: journalism and reporting projects themselves (those go to the Center's reporting grants), anything not built on Pulitzer Center-supported reporting, direct advocacy or lobbying, campaigns endorsing political candidates or parties, and for-profit projects. WHO CAN APPLY: grassroots organisations, community educators, civil society organisations and coalitions, youth movements and other groups working at the intersection of journalism, civic rights and active citizenship, with past experience running civic engagement activities in the Global South, proven experience on the named topics, and the operational capacity to manage a microgrant from an international organisation. APPLICATION: a project description of no more than 400 words, the target audience and desired impact, your methodology, a timeline and budget, the lead applicant's CV with a letter of recommendation, and, where activities involve Indigenous peoples or traditional communities, a signed or recorded statement of consent from a community member. Applications are accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Indonesian through Submittable. TIMELINE: applications 15 August to 6 September 2026, selection announced mid-September 2026, onboarding October 2026.