Looking for a temporary change of pace to focus on exciting projects for the future of journalism, community journalism and journalism education? These six fellowship programs offer unique opportunities to expand and rework your professional horizons -- and they're currently accepting applications.

1. Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute, Jan. 5-9, 2014. Offered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State Univ., this five-day program immerses 12 journalism educators in the concepts and practice of entrepreneurship, with the goal of equipping them to teach media entrepreneurship at journalism schools. Led by Dan Gillmor, an internationally known speaker and thinker on new media and entrepreneurship. Training, transportation, lodging, materials and most meals will be provided. Deadline: Oct. 21. Apply now.

2. Nieman Foundation Visiting Fellowships, 2014 academic year. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard offers up to three short-term visiting fellowships (a few weeks to a few months) to individuals interested in working on special research projects to advance journalism. Open to publishers, programmers, Web designers, media analysts, academics, journalists and others interested in enhancing quality, building new business models or designing programs to improve journalism. Deadline: Nov. 8. Apply now.

3. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford. Offers 20 journalists the opportunity to spend 10 months experimenting, testing and developing innovative ideas for the future of journalism. Open to full-time journalists, journalism entrepreneurs and innovators (which can include independent journalists or developers) and journalism business and management executives. Deadline: Dec. 1. Apply now.

4. Reynolds Fellowship in Community Journalism. This fellowship is be awarded to "a journalist of accomplishment and promise who is committed to the role of the community press." Open to journalists working at a U.S. daily and weekly newspapers with a circulation less than 50,000, journalists doing online work for community newspapers, or journalists who have established independent local news websites in communities where the circulation of the local newspaper is less than 50,000. Must be a U.S. citizen. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2014. Apply now.

5. Nieman-Berkman Fellowships in Journalism Innovation. A collaboration between two parts of Harvard (the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society), this fellowship involves spending a year in residence in Cambridge, and full participation in both the Nieman and Berkman fellowship communities. Applicants must propose a specific course of study or project relating to journalism innovation. Open to working journalists or others who work for a news organization in a business, technology, or leadership capacity. Independent journalists are also welcome. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2014. Apply now.

6. Knight-Wallace Fellowships at Michigan. Spend an academic year at the Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Fellows devise a personalized study plan with access to UM courses and resources, and are encouraged to nurture their creative and artistic tendencies. Includes twice-weekly seminars as well as domestic and international travel. Deadline: Feb. 1, 2014. Apply now: U.S. and international.