Grants for Media Action in the Area of Communication

• Eligibility Criteria
  For the Grants for Media Action:
  – Entities from all EU Member States are eligible;
  – Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are a private legal person constituted and registered as legal entity for at least two years at the time of application;
  – Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are a legal person established in one of the Member States of the European Union;
  – Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are a legal person with no political affiliation.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Europe
• Application Language: English

The European Commission is pleased to announce its call for applications for the Media Action Grants Program.

Objectives

• The objective of the call is to co-finance media actions by news agencies television channels, radio stations, digital media and written press. Digital media includes both digital-only media and digital platforms of other media, including content creators that develop news reports and articles, interviews etc. to be distributed on social media platforms.

These media actions should have a two-fold objective:

• Provide regular, reliable, pluralistic and non-partisan information on the political and legislative work of the European Parliament, including information on the implementation of EU legislation, emphasising its implications in the European citizen’s daily lives. Actions can also include monitoring on the implementation of EU legislation.
• Contribute to resilience in society against disinformation and information manipulation through awareness raising, fact-checking and media literacy.

Funding Information

• The available budget for this call is 5 million euro.
• As an indication, proposals are expected to request a contribution from the European Parliament (maximum grant amount per project) between EUR 30,000 and EUR 150,000.
• The actions proposed shall have a duration of at least 6 months and take place between September 2025 and March 2027.

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