Applications for 2012 Media Fellowships are open. Please submit the online application.

PERC's Media Fellowships are open to journalists (reporters, editors, authors, broadcasters, producers, and others) interested in learning more about markets and environmental issues. Media Fellows spend a minimum of a week in Bozeman, Montana, where they visit with PERC researchers and explore topics of interest.

The goal of the fellowship is to help journalists examine how property rights and markets can improve the environment. It is no secret that environmental organizations and government agencies are now recognizing the potential for market solutions. A visit to PERC brings journalists to the organization that has been the leading pioneer in discovering and analyzing these new approaches.

All media fellows are expected to give one seminar for the staff and visitors while at PERC. Subjects have varied widely, from the impact of social media to the development of international markets for agricultural produce in Africa.

PERC will provide an honorarium of $4,000 for a week's stay from which travel, room and board must be taken. For those who publish an article or produce a broadcast relevant to a subject that came to their attention because of the PERC fellowship, an additional $500 honorarium will be paid.

Timing for the fellowship is flexible, but typically May through September are the most productive. During this time, PERC hosts many visiting scholars and a variety of programs that attract  researchers and academics from  economics, law, environmental science, and other disciplines.