European Development Journalism Grants

We support long term reporting on global development challenges.

Open to influential media organisations in France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom

€ 120,000 /Avg

Deadline for applications: 8 February 2021 (deadline extended from 18 January)
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Global Health Journalism Grant for France

Stipends awarded to freelancers and journalists on staff for in-depth journalistic research on global health, health policy and development related issues published in French media.

Open to French freelancers and journalists on staff

€ 15,000 /Avg

Applications are now closed
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Innovation in Development Reporting Grant

Awarded reporting grants for productions of out-of-the-box stories on international development topics by journalists and media organisations

Open to journalists and media organisations

€ 20,000 /Avg

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Südwestrundfunk

Germany

Description

Regional public broadcasting corporation serving the southwest of Germany, specifically the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is (after WDR) the second-largest broadcasting organization in Germany. SWR, with a coverage of 55,600 km2, and an audience reach estimated to be 14.7 million.

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Funded projects

Inside the pandemics predict project

Most of the deadly diseases like Ebola, Lassa and Zika find their origin in Africa. We will accompany researchers supported by the Robert Koch Institut who are looking for new pandemic threats to be able to predict future outbreaks.

Hope and hurdles - drugs are not enough to fight MDR tuberculosis

This investigation will show how science, the social setting and changes in funding interact in unexpected ways in the fight against tuberculosis in Mozambique and Belarus.

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