Lifecycle: { "status": "closed_in_delivery_or_recently_completed", "edition": 2026, "cadence": null, "duration": "3 months, May–July 2026", "renewable": false, "dates": { "published": "2026-04-16", "deadline": "2026-05-04", "start": "May 2026", "end": "July 2026" } } Funding and benefits: { "amount": { "production_fee": 500, "currency": "EUR", "scope": "per fellow for one story" }, "award_count": 20, "total_pool": { "minimum_production_fees": 10000, "currency": "EUR" }, "benefits": [ "three online workshops/six modules", "editorial mentorship", "story-production support", "regional peer community" ] } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": null, "residence": "Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia or Jordan", "age": null, "applicant_type": [ "staff journalist", "freelance journalist" ], "education": null, "experience": "working with local/international mainstream, digital, startup, nonprofit or for-profit media, or freelancing", "fields": [ "journalism", "AI", "platform governance", "digital information ecosystems" ], "institution": "must have a media outlet willing to publish the fellowship story", "language": [ "Arabic", "English", "French" ], "location": [ "Egypt", "Lebanon", "Tunisia", "Jordan" ], "remote": true, "route": "Google Form linked from official call", "exclusions": [], "performance_filters": [ "commitment to full fellowship and production period" ] } Application: { "opens": "2026-04-16 or earlier", "deadline": "2026-05-04", "decision": null, "start": "May 2026", "end": "July 2026", "url": "https://maharatfoundation.org/en/FellowshipProgram-StrengtheningAILiteracyinJournalism-MENARegion", "materials": [ "completed application form", "required documents", "publication commitment", "story interest/proposal" ], "selection_stages": [ "application", "selection of 20 journalists", "training", "mentorship", "story production and publication" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "program_leaders": [], "latest_recipients": [], "past_recipients": [], "coverage": "The reviewed call does not yet expose the named 2026 fellows." }, "history": { "launched": 2026, "editions": [ { "year": 2026, "fellows": 20, "production_fee_eur": 500 } ], "statistics": [] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "decision date", "named fellows", "future cadence", "exact document list" ] Source conflicts: []