Professional Development Grants for Environmental Journalism

• Eligibility Criteria: Open to legal entities in Europe with a proven track record of working with journalists and/or on environmental issues.
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Target Region: Europe
• Application Language: English

Journalismfund Europe is offering grants to support enabling activities and supporting services for environmental investigative journalism as a whole.

It seeks to promote collective development and support services for environmental investigative journalism, by providing funding to project ideas from organisations and institutions for training and professional development programmes, i.e. skills-focused professional training or fellowship programmes targeted at enabling investigative journalists to upskill with regards to reporting on environment related issues.

Eligibility 

• This grant programme is open to legal entities with a proven track record of working with journalists and/or on environmental issues. The jury evaluates organisation’s demonstrable expertise in this respect.
• The organisation must have been officially incorporated at least one year before the application deadline of the grant call.
• Eligible proposals entail professional development activities and supporting services for environmental investigative journalism in Europe.
• These can be training sessions, fellowship programmes, or other activities, services or tools that enable investigative journalists to better investigate environmental issues.
• The project should be clearly defined and limited in time.
• The grant cannot be used for core funding or for financing permanent operations of an organisation.
• Individuals (natural persons) cannot apply for this grant.
• If the project is a collaboration between several organisations, only one organisation should apply for this grant, simply mentioning others as partners.

How to apply 

• Applicants should consult the grant details, where you can find the rules, eligibility and assessment criteria, timing etc.
• After a one-time registration with their email address, applicants can access the online application form.
• The organisation is currently accepting application.

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