Deadline: 15 January 2025
The Network for Border Crossing Journalism is seeking applications for its Research Award to support (cross-border teams of) professional journalists and photographers who in their reporting go well beyond the clichés often dominating Western perspectives on Eastern Europe.
Strengthening reporting from Eastern Europe – this is the idea behind the Research Prize for Eastern Europe. The prize will be awarded for the twelfth time in 2025. It enables outstanding journalists to research and produce time-consuming and travel-intensive reports for German language media.
Funding Information
- A total of up to 7.000 euros is available.
Eligible Projects
- Funding is available for in depth reporting on social issues from the countries of Central, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe that:
- Is focused on everyday life and people,
- Provides insights into the consequences of economic and social transformation,
- Reveals the living conditions of marginalised groups.
- An unbiased, cliché-conscious view of the topics and the search for new, surprising perspectives should already be evident in the research project.
Geographical Focus
- Research projects in or about people from the following countries can be submitted: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
Eligibility Criteria
- The call is aimed at qualified journalists, especially transnational teams, who publish in German-language media. Teams of print and photo journalists can also apply.
- Important criteria for awarding the prize include:
- Originality: Is the research topic new – or is a familiar topic told from a new angle or perspective?
- Relevance: Is the topic relevant to the current social and political debate?
- Quality: Has the applicant already shown an ability of writing outstanding reports?
- Appropriateness of effort and spending
Application Requirements
- Please apply with the following documents:
- Exposé in German or English (1-2 pages),
- Research and cost plan in the form,
- Curriculum vitae in tabular form,
- Three previously published work samples (in English or German translation)
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