Stipend
Each fellow will be awarded a stipend of up to $55,000 for a nine month fellowship, or a prorated amount for fellows who spend less time completing their project.   

Additional expenses, including travel, will also be met.  Applicants will need to submit a budget outline and an estimated timeframe for their project that provides some detail of the additional expenses requested.  A maximum budget for these expenses will be individually negotiated at the outset of the fellowship as part of the discussion and agreement about the precise scope and scheduling of each fellow's activities. Where possible, the fellow's employer will be actively encouraged to supplement the fellowship stipend.

Core Program Activities
All Fellows will be required to accomplish the following:

• Complete at least one individually designed research project or field practicum.
• Meet regularly with other Kaiser Media Fellows and with a range of leading experts, policymakers, journalists, and others in the health field.
• Participate in the program program’s site visits.

All fellows, regardless of the length of their projects, will take part in a series of program seminars and group site visits during the course of the year. Typically, there are up to five program site visits during the fellowship year, varying in length from a couple of days to a week, for a total 4-5 weeks in any calendar year.  These site visits and events provide journalists with the opportunity for in-depth learning about specific topics in health policy, and aim to address timely policy questions which are both current and complex.

These programs vary widely in focus and location.  In the past they have ranged from a weeklong series of briefings in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast focused on the health post-Katrina health issues facing the area, to a weeklong program in Canada focused on prescription drug pricing, to a daylong briefing in Washington, D.C., on quality of care issues.

See the Site Visits and Events page for more details on fellowship meetings.

Multi-media Training
The fellowship program is giving an increasing emphasis to helping journalists report across different media, with trainings designed to address the fellows' needs.  In September of each year, the fellows meet in Washington, D.C., to discuss the projects they would each undertake during the fellowship year, and for an intensive three-day skills building workshop on multi-media reporting including blogging, and audio-visual reporting.  In November, the fellows meet again at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, for a 3-day program on spreadsheet reporting and multi-media techniques and technologies.