European Cross Border Journalism Grants

Journalism Fund Europe | European cross-boarder grants

This grant from JournalismFund Europe aims to address the shortage of independent journalism by providing grants to investigative journalism projects in Europe and encouraging cross-border collaboration with an expert approach.

This European Cross-border Grant programme supports cross-border teams of professional journalists or news outlets who have strong ideas for cross-border investigations and for research on European topics.

The proposed projects must have substantive news value and depth, while at the same time being original and using innovative investigative methods. The stories must be relevant to European audiences.

Journalismfund Europe supports costs related to journalistic research for types of media formats, which could not be covered without the grant support. This can include travel, translation, access to pay-databases and/or time to pursue the research. Fixed costs such as office costs and other investments such as cameras or computers or production costs are not supported.

Alongside the applications for funding, teams can also apply to receive support from a project advisor and work with an expert to enrich their investigation.

Apply for JournalismFund Europe by 19 March 2026.

Freelancer Support & Investigation Support Scheme

IJ4EU supports cross-border investigative journalism in Europe with direct funding to collaborative projects through two grant schemes. It is managed by the European Journalism Centre (EJC).

IJ4EU’s Freelancer Support Scheme

This funding provides teams of journalists working outside of newsroom structures with grants of up to €20,000 plus an extra cushion of tailored assistance including training, mentoring and networking opportunities.

The scheme is designed to support journalists operating outside of newsroom structures who may be underserved by other journalism support schemes and who are willing and able to collaborate with others to launch investigations of importance to audiences at a local, national, regional or European level.

Investigations developed for all formats including print, broadcast, online media, documentary filmmaking, and multi-platform storytelling are eligible for support. Teams must have members based in at least two European countries that have signed up to the full Creative Europe cross-sectoral strand which provides core funding for IJ4EU.

Eligible countries include all 27 EU member states and the following non-EU countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Ukraine.

Find out more and apply for Freelancer Support by 13 April 2026

Investigative Journalism for Europe

IJ4EU’s Investigation Support Scheme provides grants of between €5,000 and €50,000 to support cross-border investigative projects in Europe. The scheme will provide €1.2 million in grants in the 2026-27 funding cycle. It is managed by the International Press Institute (IPI).

IJ4EU will consider funding all formats including print, broadcast, online media, documentary filmmaking and multi-platform storytelling.

Teams must have members based in at least two European countries that have signed up to the full cross-sectoral strand of the European Union’s Creative Europe Programme, which provides core funding for IJ4EU.

Eligible countries include all 27 EU member states and the following non-EU countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Ukraine.

Eligibility is based on residency (where you live and work) and not nationality (citizenship).

Apply for Investigative Support funding here by 13 April 2026.