DEADLINE: Journalismfund.eu European Cross-Border Grants

This Journalismfund.eu grant and mentoring programme aims to address the shortage of independent journalism by providing grants to investigative journalism projects in Europe and encouraging cross-border collaboration.

The award-winning European Cross-Border Grant programme (running since 2009) supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets who have good ideas for cross-border investigations and for research on European topics. The stories must be relevant to European target groups. Teams from at least two countries in Europe are eligible to apply. 

These are projects that have great news value and depth, and at the same time are original, innovative and time-consuming, and would not be realised without financial support. Projects can include cross-border research and established and innovative investigative methods.

Journalismfund Europe supports costs related to journalistic research for all media. This can include travel, translation, access to pay-databases or simply time to research. We do not support fixed costs such as office costs, investments such as cameras or computers or production costs.

Next to a grant, teams can also apply for a mentor to provide assistance with either the focus of the investigation or the need for competences in a specific skill.

In 2024 the total grant budget is €900,000 to distribute over four application rounds (€225,000 per call).

Deadlines:

The first deadline was Thursday 25 April 2024 at 1pm CET
The second deadline was Thursday 27 June 2024 at 1 pm CEST
The third deadline was Thursday 26 September 2024 at 1 pm CEST
The fourth deadline will be Thursday 7 November 2024 at 1 pm CET

Details and application.

See also the European Local Cross-border Grants programme (same deadlines).