Deadline: September 20, 2025
Applications are open for the Algorithmic Accountability Reporting Fellowship 2025. For a fifth time, AlgorithmWatch is looking for new Algorithmic Accountability Reporting fellows. Apply now if you have research ideas concerning the relation between Artificial Intelligence and power and its consequences.
The expansion of generative AI infrastructure, the influence of big tech executives in public administrations, and their meddling in regulation have become pressing topics. Therefore, algorithmic and AI accountability reporting is more relevant than ever. In the framework of its ongoing reporting fellowship, AlgorithmWatch is calling on journalists and researchers across Europe to join the new cohort of reporters to unveil automated injustice and investigate the relation between AI and power.
The new round of the fellowship will run from November 2025 to May 2026. During this period, AlgorithmWatch will provide financial support, mentoring sessions, and organizational resources. They expect their fellows to produce at least one journalistic story, audio or video feature, research report, or a similar output by the end of the fellowship. AlgorithmWatch will also support the fellows in the publication process.
Benefits
- They will choose maximum six applicants that will receive a total of €7,400 gross each to conduct their research. Candidates can present a joint proposal with a research partner. In this case, the money will be divided equally among the participants.
- Fellows will be free to choose the media outlet for the publication and also decide whether they wish to sell their stories. They can otherwise be published on AlgorithmWatch’s platforms. The fellowship includes outreach support. Optionally, the fellowship will also provide mentorship sessions with AlgorithmWatch team members and external researchers in the algorithmic accountability field.
- Fellows will also be invited to an in-person gathering in Berlin when the fellowship starts.
Eligibility
- Any person above 18 is welcome to apply. They very strongly encourage persons from minoritized or marginalized groups and communities to apply.
- Applicants do not need to have a background in computer science. Just like you do not need a degree in climate science to report on the climate crisis, the effects of automated systems can be researched by non-technical people. They do expect people who apply to be familiar with the algorithmic field and have experience with writing and working with journalists.
There are some specific requirements the applicants must fulfill:
- Residence in a country of the European Union, or in an EFTA country (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), or in a candidate country, or in a former country of the EU.
- Written English at a B2 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- A very strong interest in the topic of AI accountability and automated decision-making.
- A commitment to complete the research within the timeline of the fellowship and to deliver at least one journalistic product, such as an article, an audio or video feature, a report or similar.
Application
The fellowship will start on November 10, 2025 and end on May 10, 2026.
For more information, visit Algorithmic Accountability Reporting Fellowship.
