Journalismfund.eu is seeking applications for the European Cross-Border Grant Programme to support professional journalists who have good ideas for cross-border investigations and research on European topics.

The stories must be relevant to the European target groups. These are projects that have great informative 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, networking between colleagues and established and innovative research methods.

Journalismfund.eu supports the costs related to journalistic research for all media. This can include travelling, translation, access to paid databases or simply time to research. They do not support fixed costs such as office costs, investments such as cameras or computers or production costs.

Financing information
*In 2022, there is a total budget of €200,000 to distribute over four rounds of applications.

Eligibility criteria
*Cross-border teams of at least two journalists can submit an investigative proposal.
*These are projects of great news value and depth, which are at the same time original, innovative and time-consuming, and which would not be realised without financial support.
*This fellowship programme is open to journalists living in geographical Europe or the 47 member states of the Council of Europe (including Kosovo). Where relevant to the story, team members from outside Europe may also be accepted.
*Candidates must be professional journalists (print or audiovisual).
*Personal references and/or references to previous work are essential in this respect. Students are not eligible.
*Only natural persons can apply for a grant.
*The project must be published by at least two professional media outlets in at least two different countries. Letters of intent to publish from at least two professional media outlets are required.
*Investigative journalism published by the professional media in any form is eligible, regardless of whether it is in print, online, broadcast or cross-media.
*All final journalistic products qualify for a grant: newspaper and magazine articles, documentaries and radio and television series, photo-essays and books, podcasts and non-fiction journalistic books.
*Journalists who have previously received a grant from Journalismfund.eu can apply again.
*The jury will include the results of previous scholarships when assessing the new application.
*All relevant topics are eligible.
*However, if your research proposal concerns the environment .

For more information, visit https://www.journalismfund.eu/european-cross-border-grants