Journalism Grants Rewarding quality journalism

Call for Applications Round 1

The first call for applications ran between 14 September and 12 October 2016.

We are currently running the third call for applications. Entries can be submitted up to 27 September 2017 (22:00 CET).

The Winners Round 1

The winners of Round 1 were announced on 23 November 2016.The awarded six freelance journalists started their projects after attending the boot camp training and signed the grant agreements in Amsterdam in December 2016. The awarded projects are being completed within the 12 months following the signing of their grant agreement.

Bootcamp Round 1

The winners of Round 1 took part in a two-day boot camp style training. Taking place in December 2015 in Amsterdam, the event focused on impact, dissemination and publication strategies on how to achieve real world public impacts.

Call for Applications Round 2

The second call for applications ran between 23 November, 2016 and 29 March, 2017 and 15 applications were submitted.

The Winners Round 2

The winners of Round 2 were announced on 6 June, 2017. The awarded grantees will start their projects once having attended the boot camp training and signed the grant agreements end of June 2017 in Hamburg. The awarded projects will need to be completed within the 12 months following the signing of their grant agreement.

Bootcamp Round 2

The seven winners of Round 2 will take part in a two-day boot camp style training. Taking place end of June 2017 in Hamburg, the event will focus on publication strategies, social media use in dissemination, cross-border journalism and how to achieve broad public impact.

Call for Applications Round 3

We are currently running the third call for applications. Entries can be submitted from 20 June up to 27 September 2017 (22:00 CET).

Winners Round 3

The winners of Round 3 will be announced in early November 2017. The awarded freelance journalists will start their projects once having attended the boot camp training and signed the grant agreements in December 2017 in Brussels. The awarded projects will need to be completed within the 12 months following the signing of their grant agreement.

Bootcamp Round 3

The winners of Round 3 will take part in a two-day boot camp style training which will take place in December 2017 in Brussels.