Earth Investigations Programme

• Eligibility Criteria
  – The Earth Investigations Programme programme is open to legal entities (organisations, companies, …) officially incorporated at least one year before the application deadline of the grant call and with demonstrable expertise in investigative journalism, environmental issues, and/or the development of supporting services;
  – Eligible proposals entail enabling activities and supporting services for environmental investigative journalism in Europe. These can be training and professional development programmes, or other activities, services or tools that enable investigative journalists to upskill with regards to reporting on 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, one organisation should apply for the Journalismfund Europe grant.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Europe
• Application Language: English

The Journalismfund Europe is seeking applications for Earth Investigations Programme to promote collective development to build the capacities of environmental investigative journalists.

This grant programme supports activities and services for environmental investigative journalism as a whole. 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 targeting investigative journalists to upskill their capacities to report on environment related issues.

This is part of a larger programme: The Earth Investigations Programme supported by Arcadia.

Eligible Costs

Personnel and operating costs that meet the following cumulative conditions:

• Directly attributable to the project.
• Arise during the project period and after the signing of the grant agreement with Journalismfund Europe.
• Necessary for carrying out the project.
• Effectively incurred by the grant beneficiary, identified and verifiable.
• Not funded by other donors or support programmes.

Ineligible Costs

• Personnel and operating costs not directly attributable to the project.
• Internal rental costs (rental to oneself – as owner – of premises or other infrastructure).
• Overhead costs.
• Meal costs, food and beverages.
• Tangible investment goods (e.g. IT equipment or personal protective equipment).
• Recoverable VAT.

Funding Information

The total available amount per call to be distributed among all supported projects will be around €84,000.

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