Research Grant for Dutch and Belgian Journalists

Funding Information

• For this round there’s €100.000 available. The funds come from the Flemish Government (Department of Culture, Youth and Media).

Grant Types

• The Pascal Decroos Fund has three types of grants:
  • Investigative Journalism: A working grant for investigative journalism allows the applicant to concentrate on one particular topic for a longer period of time.
  • In-Depth Journalism: The projects must go beyond regular reporting, daily journalism or correspondence. The subject or theme must be special, or else the approach or angle.
  • Preliminary Research: When it is not clear whether the inquiries will yield the expected results, it is possible to apply for a grant to cover the expenses of the preliminary research.

Eligibility Criteria

• Teams of at least one journalist living in Belgium and one living in the Netherlands are eligible.
• Both beginning (starters) and experienced journalist (seniors) can submit a project that cannot be realised through the normal channels of journalism, that has major news value and depth and that is also original, innovative and time-consuming.
• The applicant must be a journalist (written or audio-visual press), or be able to prove that he/she is aspiring to a career in journalism. Personal references and/or references to earlier work are essential in that respect.
• Only natural persons can apply for a grant.
• Projects with regard to investigative and special journalism must deal with topics that are relevant for Flanders.
• The project must be published in a Dutch-language medium in Belgium and a medium in the Netherlands. A letter of intent for publications from at least one professional news outlet on each side of the Dutch-Belgian border is required for journalists with more than 2 years of experience. For starters this is considered a plus.
• All journalistic end products qualify for a grant: newspaper and magazine articles, radio and television documentaries and series, photo-reportages and books, podcasts and journalistic non-fiction books.

For more information, visit Journalismfund Europe.