Funding for Environmental Journalism

• Eligibility Criteria: This grant is open to cross-border teams of at least two professional journalists and/or news outlets investigating environmental issues linked to Europe. Applicants must be legally residing in at least two different countries.
• Type of Funding: Investigative Journalism Grant
• Target Region: Europe and Global (if the investigation is linked to European environmental affairs)
• Application Language: English

Objectives:

The Earth Investigations Programme aims to:

• Support cross-border investigative journalism on environmental issues affecting Europe.
• Uncover illegal, unreported, and unregulated environmental abuses.
• Enable comparative investigations into local environmental policies between different regions or cities.
• Provide funding for preliminary research in developing new investigative projects.
• Offer financial support for working time, logistics, travel, insurance, legal support, translations, technology access, and data sets.
• Provide mentorship for investigative focus and skill development.

Project Themes:

• Environmental investigations linked to Europe.
• Climate change, pollution, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and illegal environmental activities.
• Comparative environmental policy studies between regions/cities.

Financial Support: A total of €1,600,000 is available, with approximately €400,000 per application round.

Deadline: There are multiple application rounds in 2025:

• Next deadline: 3 April 2025, 1 PM CEST
• Following rounds: 24 July 2025 and 16 October 2025

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