Deadline: 4-Oct-21
IJ4EU’s (Investigative Journalism for Europe) Investigation Support Scheme to support cross-border investigative projects.
Topics
Projects on all topics will be considered. This includes, but is not limited to:
- corruption, illicit enrichment and financial crime;
- security, democracy and human rights;
- environment and climate change
- health, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding Information
- Applicants to the Investigation Support Scheme can request grants of between €5,000 and €50,000.
- To ensure that IJ4EU can fund as many high-quality projects as possible — and recognising that cross-border projects don’t necessarily have to involve many countries to have an impact — they encourage applicants to think in terms of the following informal tier system, which is aimed at encouraging a diversity of budget sizes:
- Tier 1: EUR 5,000 to 15,000 – For smaller, highly focused cross-border investigations
- Tier 2: EUR 15,000 to 35,000 – For cross-border investigations requiring substantial resources
- Tier 3: EUR 35,000 to 50,000 – For cross-border projects of exceptional scale and/or complexity
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible under the Investigation Support Scheme, applications must be sent by teams of journalists and/or news organisations that meet the following criteria:
- They must be based in at least two EU member states or at least one EU member state and the United Kingdom.
- Third-country team members (including those in official EU candidate countries) are welcome to take part, but they must be part of teams with members based in at least two EU member states or one EU member state plus the UK.
- Teams can comprise any combination of members — including journalists working as part of newsroom structures as well as freelancers. Please note that while the first call of the Investigation Support Scheme was only open to teams that included a newsroom element, the IJ4EU project partners decided to relax the eligibility criteria for the second call to include freelancer-only teams as well. The decision reflected the tremendous demand for financial support from newsrooms and freelancers alike.
- The proposed project must focus on a topic of cross-border relevance.
For more information, visit https://www.investigativejournalismforeu.net/grants/investigation-support-scheme/