Journalism and Media Program
Journalism and Media Program
The program supports professional journalism and media projects that take a curious, provocative, and investigative look at science, contribute to promoting reliable information about the area, and help combat scientific misinformation. The initiative includes newspapers, television, radio and the press in general, as well as digital media and entertainment platforms.
Recently, the program also began supporting projects that seek to gather relevant data to better understand the Brazilian science scenario, from inclusion policies to financing policies, supporting decision-makers.
Previously called the Science Outreach Program, in its first three years it mapped the field of Brazilian scientific dissemination and supported projects of different formats, objectives, audiences and scope. In 2021, the program began to focus on supporting professional media and journalism initiatives; in 2023, its name was changed to Journalism and Media Program.
Project selection is done through public calls and active outreach. Proposals and inquiries can be sent to jornalismo@serrapilheira.org. When submitting a proposal, it’s important to include information about the project, the organization, and the strategy behind it.
Calls are diverse: we have already had more open calls, some focused on podcasts, and others focused on journalistic projects that showed the relationship between science and other topics of public interest. Check all previous calls here.
Eight tips for preparing a good proposal
Do you want to know more about preparing a good journalism or media project that takes a curious, provocative or investigative look at science? Check out eight tips inspired by the creators of the 37 degrees podcast, Bia Guimarães and Sarah Azoubel.
Camp Serrapilheira
Investment since 2018
R$ 21.317.160,50
Supported projects: 133
December 2025 numbers
Supported projects
Podcast
O quê? Por quê?
The podcast features questions asked by children to scientists who respond in a clear and understandable way.
Journalism
O peixe que sabia das secas
The report analyzes changes in ecosystems and the challenges faced by wildlife and riverside communities.
Podcast
Pod Paiter: A voz do povo da floresta
Indigenous podcast connects the knowledge of the Paiter Suruí people with the exact and natural sciences.
Video series
Watch all the videos on Serrapilheira’s YouTube channel.
Serrapilheira Challenge
In 2018, we challenged 65 young Brazilian scientists to present their research to three different audiences: a 10-year-old child, a university student, and a researcher in the same field. The goal? To show how young Brazilian scientists think and what they are doing.
Fundamental Questions
What are the fundamental questions that drive scientists in their discovery processes? In 2019, the Serrapilheira Institute launched a series of videos to understand where these big questions come from and what role intuition and creativity play in research. We spoke with five young researchers: Bruno Mota (physics and neuroscience), Marina Hirota (mathematics and ecology), Tiago Jalowitski (geology), Rafael Chaves (quantum physics), and Rafael Silva (chemistry).
Ways of Seeing
“Ways of Seeing” is a series of videos launched by Serrapilheira in 2021. We spoke with 12 scientists about their work, methods, and interfaces to show that different ways of doing research build what we know as science. Geology and physics, mathematics and chemistry, biology and oceanography can all encounter concepts, hypotheses, and questions. Here, we dive into six different perspectives: landscape, time, evolution, community, representation, and limits.
