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European Journalism Centre | Journalism Science Alliance
Three types of grants aim to forge new alliances between media and academia or research institutions
The Journalism Science Alliance (JSA) programme delivers grant funding, training, mentoring and networking to drive the production of local, regional, and transnational investigative journalism backed by science, and enhance cross-sectoral collaboration between journalism and research institutions.
The grants aim to forge new alliances between media and academia or research institutions, ramp up pertinent skills and operations, and deliver in-depth investigative reporting on topics of public interest, ranging from climate change and healthcare to emerging technologies and local governance.
INFO
AMOUNT
The Journalism Science Alliance will award three types of grants:
- € 10 000
- € 20 000
- € 50 000
APPLICATION DEADLINE
4 August 2025, 17:00 (CEST)
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
ELIGIBILITY
The grants will be open to:
- Collaborations involving at least one media outlet and one research/academic organisation working on an investigation on a topic of public interest, such as climate change, healthcare, emerging technologies, local governance, etc. The list of examples is not exhaustive.
- Organisations need to be based in one or more countries that have signed up to the full cross-sectoral strand of the European Union’s Creative Europe Programme, which provides core funding for the JSA. 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.
- The lead applicant is always a media outlet. The application should be submitted by a journalist associated with that media outlet who will act as the team lead. This can also be a freelancer, as long as they are supported by a media outlet.
- Individual journalists and/or scientists can be part of the applying teams as long as there are at least two organisations already involved in the application (1 media and 1 research organisation), but they cannot be lead applicant.
- Media, journalists, scientists, and/or research organisations from outside of the Creative Europe participating countries will be able to be part of the applying teams, as long as these already include one media and one research entity that satisfy the eligibility criteria.
APPLICATION DETAILS
For more information about the application process, visit European Journalism Centre's official website.
NOTE
*The calls that are listed on our website are shared for informational purposes and are sometimes subject to change. Please visit the organization's official open call website for up-to-date information
DEADLINE
2025-08-04
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Public funding
FUNDING COUNTRIES
Netherlands