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The Research Grant to Support Innovative News Audience and News Engagement Studies

The Research Grant to Support Innovative News Audience & News Engagement Studies NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS DECEMBER 1, 2025 — MAY 1, 2026 An AEJMC and News Engagement Day Award The Research Grant to Support Innovative News Audience & News Engagement Studies encourages the exploration of the news audience and news engagement in new ways to answer never before asked theoretical and real-world questions relevant to today's times and the future. The winning proposal receives $3,000. Proposals Due: May 1, 2026. This research grant replaces the News Audience Research Paper Award.

Women Faculty Moving Forward (2026 Pre-conference Workshop) Call for Applications

Women Faculty Moving Forward: Successfully Navigating the Academy NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS DECEMBER 1, 2025 — JUNE 15, 2026 Empowering Women in Academia—Today and Tomorrow AEJMC Pre-Conference Workshop | New Orleans, August 4, 2026 Looking for advice, mentoring, and open discussion about academia? Join the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Preconference Workshop for Early Career Women on Tuesday, August 4, at the AEJMC conference in New Orleans. Hear from women who have been through the promotion and tenure process, worked in administration, managed classrooms, developed research agendas, juggled work and personal lives, and worked through problems and solutions. This workshop is designed for those on the tenure track, teaching professors, and/or anyone seeking strategies for teaching, research and service in colleges and universities. Those admitted to the program will become Kopenhaver Center fellows and will be invited to future programming from the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University. The deadline for applications is June 15, 2026.