Each fellow is awarded a $10,000 stipend and two required expense-paid trips to The Carter Center in September 2010, and again in September 2011, to meet with program staff and advisers. Fellows are not required to leave their employment during the fellowship year and are encouraged to choose timely projects that may educate the public and raise awareness about important mental health concerns. Since the fellowship program began in 1996, 108 fellowships have been awarded, producing more than 100 newspaper and magazine articles, five books, four television documentaries, and hundreds of minutes of radio and television time.

Among other achievements, through their reporting, the Center’s fellows have helped expose patient abuse in a state psychiatric hospital, resulting in its closure; brought international attention to the tragic toll sexual violence has taken on women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and explored the complex and devastating mental health challenges faced by returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Fellows’ projects have garnered an Emmy Award and awards from Mental Health America, the American Psychological Association, Amnesty International, and the Association of Health Care Journalists, as well as nominations for the Pulitzer Prize.

You can learn more about the Fellowships and how to apply on the Carter Center website. Here’s some of what the fellowships have produced in the past (sorted by mental health topic).

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