Grants for Cross-Border Collaborative Investigations on the impact of AI

• Eligibility: Independent European media organisations and freelance journalists residing in the EU
• Target region: Europe
• Application language: English

Free Press Unlimited (FPU) is inviting applications for funding for cross-border collaborative investigative stories on the impact of AI.

Four grants, each worth 5,000 EUR, will be awarded to teams of journalists, to produce quality investigative journalism that would enhance understanding of AI technology and its impact on the society, including AI as a technology, political power and agenda behind AI, environmental Impact of AI and more.

Eligibility

• Cross-border teams of independent European media organisations, freelance and/or staff journalists with a proven track record in cross-border investigative journalism
• Teams should be composed of at least two journalists/or two media organisations residing in two different European countries that are part of the full cross-sectoral strand of the European Union’s Creative Europe Programme.
• Journalists from Ukraine, Belarus, or Russia, who are currently legally residing within the EU due to the war in Ukraine or media censorship in Belarus and Russia are also eligible to apply.
• Story relevance to at least two EU countries, or one EU country and Ukraine, Belarus, or Russia. Wider dissemination is possible and encouraged.
• Prior discussion with and potential publication in at least two EU-based media outlets, evidenced by letters of commitment.
• The story should be published by at least two media outlets from the countries where the story narrative unfolds, in order to engage their local or national audiences.

How to apply

Submit a project budget using this template. First installments disbursed in September. Apply here.

For more information, please visit this page.