One-year and six-month grants are awarded to working journalists to pursue independent projects of significant interest and to write articles based on their investigations, which are published by the Foundation on its website and by other media outlets. The Alicia Patterson fellowships are open only to U.S. citizens who are fulltime print journalists, or to non-U.S. citizens who work fulltime for U.S. print publications, either in America or abroad. Freelancers are welcome to apply. All applicants, including those being considered for the new Cissy Patterson fellowship for environmental or science topics, should complete the Alicia Patterson Foundation application.