Europe-Ukraine Desk Grants for Journalists

The program aims to enhance European media coverage of Ukraine by promoting cross-border journalism, fostering a lasting journalistic network and amplifying Ukrainian voices and perspectives. Grants are available from July 2023 to September 2024.

Funding Information 

• The maximum grant amount that can be requested by an applicant’s team is €5,000. The stories should be produced within 3 months and published by at least one media outlet based in an EU country by November 2024 latest.
• Funding covered:
  • Working time for freelancers;
  • Working time for staff journalists if they do not work on the project as part of their employment and will not publish it in their own media;
  • Production and associated expenses: travel, accommodation, translation, fixers, software licenses, access to pay data-bases, equipment rental etc.

What projects are supported?

• The Europe-Ukraine Desk grants offer support for journalistic projects spanning various genres and formats: podcasts, features, documentaries, printed or online stories, books, comic strips, photos, and cross-media productions. The programme focuses specifically on in-depth stories and high-impact reporting, as well as sustainable and scalable projects. Funding cannot be granted to long-term initiatives that run beyond end of 2024. It is important that all contributors involved in the final publication are appropriately credited.

Who can apply?

• The program is open to journalists from the project’s participating countries: Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and Ukraine. Applicants are expected to form teams of two to four members, and submit one application per team for a single project.  It is necessary for the team to include at least one journalist from the EU and one journalist from Ukraine. This condition is essential for fostering cross-border collaboration.

Evaluation Criteria

• Relevance of the topic;
• Added value compared to mainstream coverage (stories that lack attention);
• Clarity of the project;
• Potential outreach and impact;
• Budget rationality;
• Creating new network opportunities.

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