38 Science Writing Opportunities

Grants up to $50,000 and $1,300 for a story about Long COVID.

Author

Ameya Paleja
January 18, 2025

In partnership with

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Science Freelancer.

38 gigs and jobs await you in this newsletter.

Many thanks to Tim G. and Kim T. for buying me coffee in the last two weeks.

I have been thinking of growing this newsletter beyond just gigs and pitch calls into an online community. I also want you to have a say in what features it should have, so I have created a small survey to know your preferences.

Thank you for participating.

Before, we proceed, a word from one of the sponsors of this week’s edition

Get Your Team Booked on 3.8 Million Podcasts Automatically

It's 2025. Want to finally be a regular podcast guest in your industry? PodPitch will make it happen. Even the beehiiv team uses it!

The best way to advertise isn't Meta or Google – it's appearing on podcasts your customers love.

PodPitch.com automates thousands of weekly emails for you, pitching your team as ideal guests.

Big brands like Feastables use PodPitch.com instead of expensive PR agencies.

Now onto the gigs!

I include many full-time gigs and some roles that are not directly related to writing because these are opportunities for growth.

You may not be able to apply to these opportunities today but look for skills that are in demand and what you can learn to get there.

I am sure you’d learn something new if the job paid $150k-$250k a year.

Type of Gigs this week

Freelance Gigs

Internship/ Entry Gigs/ Volunteer

Pitch call

  • Bluedot Living is looking for solutions-focused climate stories. Pitch to Leslie.

  • MIT Tech Review is looking for pitches about how creativity can solve an old problem

  • The Sick Times is looking for pitches about stories revolving around Long COVID [$1,300 for a 1,200-1,500 word story]

  • Atmos is accepting pitches about nature, science, climate, policy/politics, and environmental justice. Email

  • NatGeo is looking for pitches about health

If you’d like to support this newsletter, you can buy me a coffee or three!

A lot of subscribers prefer to click the ads instead. If all subscribers clicked on the following ad, nothing would delight me more. The probability of that happening is zero.  

Will you prove me wrong?

The quickest way to scale as a writer? Ghostwriting.

✅ You don’t need any startup capital.
✅ You don’t need a big social audience.
✅ And you don’t need decades of writing experience.

Full-Time / Part-Time

  • Washing State University is looking for a lead science writer (Full Time) [$5k-$7k a month]

  • JetBrains Research, a software engineering research company, is looking for a scientific content writer to tell the world about their work (Multiple Locations in Europe) (Full Time) 

  • A Sydney-based virtual outsourcing company is looking for a science communicator and project manager (Part-Time)

  • Kate Weston is hiring 8 science communicators who love to talk about whales and dolphins onboard Brittany Ferries at three locations in the UK. Apply here

  • National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the UC Santa Barbara is looking for a Lead Science Communicator (Full-time) [$85k]

  • The IAEA is looking for a graphics and motion designer and consultant for its social media at its Vienna office (Full Time) [€ 260/ day]

  • Padmashree Acharya is looking for someone to write about physiotherapy at Healthflex’s Bengaluru office (Full Time)

  • Amit Bansal at MediGence is looking for medical writers based in Noida, India (Full Time)

  • VyasLife is looking for a senior medical writer for its office in Pune, India (Full Time)

Hybrid/ Remote

  • Claire Brogan is looking for a technical writer for a biopharmaceutical company in Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid)

  • Visual Abstract, an AI platform, is looking for a scientific writer for a 2-year contract in Germany (Hybrid) 

  • University of Delaware is seeking a Communications Specialist for its College of Engineering (Hybrid)

  • Generate:Biomedicines, a novel therapeutics company is looking for a Communications Associate in Massachusetts (Hybrid) 

  • iNaturalist, a non-profit biodiversity platform, is looking to hire its first Communications Manager (Remote, US)

  • Maria Fernandez is hiring medical writers in various roles in London (Hybrid) [up to £ 60k]

  • Open Health is looking for medical writers with publications/ medical affairs experience in the US (Remote)

  • CLR Health is looking for medical writers based in London (Hybrid)

  • M3 Inc, a company that runs the UK’s largest community for doctors needs a medical writer based in the UK (Remote) 

  • Phillips is hiring a medical writer in the US for documentation such as CERs, PMCF, IBs for supporting regulatory submissions and studies (Remote) [$150k / year]

  • Pobl, a talent agency is looking for a medical writer with oncology experience in the UK (Hybrid) [up to ￡42k]

  • Alto Marketing is looking for a science writer with a PhD in the UK (Hybrid/ Remote) [up to ￡32k]

Resources

  • American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) is offering support of $1,000 to meet the living expenses of writers affected by LA fires

  • The application date for The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship comprising of ten $10,000 grants is fast approaching

  • Greater Good Science Center has multiple grants ranging from $5,000 - $50,000 to work on stories about love.   

  • For those looking for additional gigs, The Study Hall Sampler shares opportunities every week*.

  • Find out how you can earn more than a full-time salary every month through Lex Roman’s Journalists Pay Themselves newsletter*

    *- This is not a paid recommendation but this newsletter may earn a small fee if you sign up. 

If you liked this edition of the newsletter, your writer peers will too.

Share this free resource in your writing groups to earn some digital goodies.

How was this week's newsletter?

Login or Subscribe to participate in polls.

That’s it for this week.

New week, new opportunities!

Keep applying. We’ve got this!

Ameya

Reply

or to participate.