cross-border science Journalism grantS

winning project 2025

Pathways of Andean Memory:

Voices from the Inca Trail amid the climate emergency

By: Óscar Bermeo Ocaña, Clara Ferrer Puccio, Simón Zapata y Natalie Gilbert Hermosilla

2023 winner

Taking Conservation into Their Own Hands

Two communities in Ecuador and Peru safeguard vulnerable wildlife refuges

2022 winners

Lithium:

The toxic paradox of ‘green’ energy

SOS:

Climate change threatens our traditional foods

Winner
Food & Agriculture Reporting
2024 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Second Honorable Mention
Outstanding Explanatory Reporting
Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Annual Awards

Ciudad Juárez:

Unearthed | The peaceful past of “the most violent city in the world”

Gold Medal
Reporting
2023 José Vasconcelos Prize for Journalists
(State of Chihuahua, Mexico)

Underwater Deforestation:

CHILE & PERU Two faces of a tragedy

2021 winners

The Axis of Fluoride:

Corporate Pollution

Finalist
Science Journalism
2022 National Journalism Award
(Mexico)

Lupus in Latin America:

Racism, Invisibility and Lack of Care

Motagua River:

An avalanche of waste and a looming international conflict

Adrift:

Venezuelan Migration and Mental Health

Finalist – Longlist
Refugee Reporting Award
2022 One World Media Awards

2020 winners

Andean Agriculture At the Crossroads of GMOs

Trapped:

The pink dolphins of the Madeira river

Coronavirus in Central America:

Voices of the Scientific Dissidence

Health01

Drug trafficking and an Amazonian park split in two:

Bolsonaro’s highway to connect Brazil and Peru

2019 winners

Transgender in Latin America:

Unfolded from Otherness

Investigative Report Meet the Journalists

Finalist for Outstanding Investigative Reporting
Fetisov Journalist Awards