The 2026 Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call is now open

We are delighted to announced the third year of our journalist-in-residence programme, an innovative initiative to provide early career and established journalists with the opportunity to work directly with environmental and sustainability researchers in UCD.

The residency aims to:

• Strengthen the communication between journalists and researchers in UCD Earth Institute and across UCD more broadly;
• Offer journalists the opportunity to learn more about the Institute’sstrategic projects,research themes, andmembers’ research areaswith a particular focus on interdisciplinary research;
• Encourage Earth Institute members and UCD researchers to think and learn more about public communication of their research;
• Support high-quality journalism around environmental, climate and sustainability research. 

Read more about the programme, current and previous residents, and the application process here. 

Deadline 5pm, 8 December 2026.