
" IJ4EU | Investigation Support Scheme "
IJ4EU | Investigation Support Scheme
IJ4EU grant supports cross-border investigative projects in Europe
IJ4EU’s Investigation Support Scheme provides grants of between €5,000 and €50,000 to allow journalistic teams of any type — including newsrooms and specialist investigative outlets — to team up across frontiers on ambitious projects. The scheme will provide €1.5 million in grants in 2024/25.
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AMOUNT
The IJ4EU grant may cover any percentage of a project’s costs, up to 100 percent of the total. Co-funding is encouraged but not mandatory. Teams must declare any existing sources of funding on their application.
Applicants to the Investigation Support Scheme can request grants of between €5,000 and €50,000.
Applicants to the Investigation Support Scheme can request grants of between €5,000 and €50,000.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
March 10, 2025
There will be three calls for applications during the 2024/25 funding round, opening on the following dates:
First call: February 1, 2024
Second call: September 2, 2024
Third call: January 13, 2025
The deadline for applications will be eight weeks from the launch of each call.
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland, Republic of (EIRE) - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Ukraine
ELIGIBILITY
Projects on all topics will be considered. This includes, but is not limited to, corruption, illicit enrichment and financial crime; security; democracy; human rights; the environment and climate change; migration and public health.
Teams must have members based in at least two European countries that have signed up to the full cross-sectoral strand of the European Union’s Creative Europe Programme, which provides core funding for IJ4EU.
Eligible countries include all 27 EU member states and the following non-EU countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Ukraine.
Eligibility is based on residency (where you live and work) and not nationality (citizenship).
Teams must have members based in at least two European countries that have signed up to the full cross-sectoral strand of the European Union’s Creative Europe Programme, which provides core funding for IJ4EU.
Eligible countries include all 27 EU member states and the following non-EU countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Ukraine.
Eligibility is based on residency (where you live and work) and not nationality (citizenship).
APPLICATION DETAILS
For all the application details please read the guidelines of the program here.DEADLINE
2025-03-10
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Public funding
FUNDING COUNTRIES
Germany
Netherlands
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KEYWORDS
Digital approaches - Digital arts and new media - Research