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JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS · CREA-PJG
What this call funds
This call funds organisations that will run cascading grant schemes to redistribute money to news media outlets, especially local, regional, investigative and public interest journalism across the EU. At least 60% of the grant must be passed on to these third party media organisations and professionals, with the rest usable for communication, training and support activities that help them adapt and survive. The goal is to strengthen media pluralism, independence and trust in democracy.
media journalism · civil society democracy
Who wins this
A non profit or civil society organisation experienced in regranting that can design and manage a transnational funding scheme supporting local, investigative or public interest journalism across the European Union.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Funding model
- CREA-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- CREA Project Grants
- Partners
- Not stated in the call.
- Eligible applicants
- non-profit, civil society organisation
- Support to third parties
- Applicants must set up a cascading grant scheme, dedicating at least 60% of the total grant amount to funding third party news media organisations and professionals.
- Also required
- All projects must sign a Declaration on Standards and Independence and ensure third parties receiving editorial support operate with full editorial independence.
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. Mandatory Annex: Declaration on Standards and Independence (from coordinator and all partners) (template available in the Submission System) 2. Eligible countries described in the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described in the call document. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in the call document. Publication of the call: OCTOBER 20 2026. Deadline for submitting applications: FEBRUARY 4 2027 17:00 (Brussels time). Evaluation period: FEBRUARY - JULY 2027. Information to applicants: AUGUST 2027. Signature of grant agreement: NOVEMBER 2027. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document