Call for Proposals: Media Resilience Grant (Jordan)

These grants are intended to support new, upcoming and existing media to become more resilient for the future. Therefore, preference is given in the selection to applicants who present a clear challenge or development need, or for whom core funding will be used to improve organizational and professional capacity, advance innovative ideas, and efforts towards the sustainability of the outlet or initiative.

Among various needs identified within the media sector, independent media actors consistently indicate the need for core support to continue developing organizational and professional capacities, policies and standards. Media outlets also face an urgent need to diversify their revenue streams and increase their resilience to external pressures, changing contexts, and future opportunities.

As such, FPU has opened a call for core funding grants available to Jordanian media outlets and initiatives. This grant scheme follows an open, accountable and competitive process designed to identify media outlets and new initiatives with clear potential to contribute to development of independent, diverse and inclusive media as a result of the support they receive.

Objectives

• The overall objective of the media resilience grant is to provide core funding in order to advance or scale up promising media outlets or innovations seeking to build their organizational capacity and financial sustainability. Producing independent, relevant and inclusive content, these media outlets or initiatives should reach diverse and under-served audiences (such as, but not limited to teenagers and young adults, women and girls, marginalized communities and regions, people with a disability).
• The grant selection will pay specific attention to inclusive media and embrace new entrants to the sector, with emphasis on supporting innovative outlets and ideas that lead by example.

Aims

• The overall strategy of the project aims to:
  • Promote an enabling environment where journalists can work safely.
  • Serve the interests of diverse audiences, with media producing inclusive and relevant content.
  • Enhance the resilience of media through organizational and professional capacity building.

Funding Information

• Proposed budgets should be a maximum of EUR 50,000 and are subject to assessment during the selection process.
• The maximum duration of the grant is 12 months. Start- and end-dates of the grant can be discussed based on the needs of the applicant

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible proposals should cover at least one of the following objectives:
  • Developments to improve the newsroom or organizational capacities;
  • Stimulating the production and publication of innovative, inclusive and gender sensitive content, tailored for specific target audience(s);
  • Testing or developing cross-media formats and innovative journalism approaches;
  • Increasing audience engagement with content producers and increasing dialogue (post-production experiences);
  • Experiments to increase or diversify revenue streams from journalistic content.
• The media resilience grants are available to Jordanian media with a primary focus – in their content and staff (including journalists and freelancers) – on reaching and informing audiences within Jordan.
• Eligible types of grant recipients:
  • Media start-ups;
  • Innovative media initiatives;
  • Non-profit and for-profit media outlets;
• In addition to the eligibility criteria, the following elements will be given priority in the selection of grantees:
  • Innovative – out of the box thinking, new ideas, alliances etc.
  • Diversity – inclusion of under-served audiences and marginalized groups; e.g. young adults, women and girls, people with a disability
  • Feasibility – clear set of success indicators, time frame, safety indicators, financial strategy
  • Impact – measurable change in the organization, content, sector or broader society
• The grant is not intended for journalist trainings, fellowships or similar activities, but should focus on the resilience of the media outlet, initiative or start-up applying for core funding.

For more information, visit FPU.