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

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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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Julia Amberger

Germany

Biography

Julia Amberger, born in 1986, has studied languages and journalism in Freiburg, la Réunion and Leipzig. After her traineeship at the German national newspaper taz, die Tageszeitung, she fulfilled her dream, decided to work freelance, travelled to China, Afghanistan and Africa. She writes and produces radio features about science, security, environmental crime and society for the magazines stern, REPORTAGEN, internazionale and the German public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk.

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.

Enemies around the operating table

Burundi is struggling to emerge from a more than 12-year, ethnic civil war, but for Deo, his country is a nation of hope. He trains former enemies to become doctors and nurses.