Professional Development Grants Programme for Environmental Journalism

The grant facility supports enabling activities and supporting services for environmental investigative journalism as a whole. It seeks to promote collective development and support services for environmental investigative journalism, by providing funding to project ideas from organisations and institutions for training and professional development programmes, i.e. skills-focused professional training or fellowship programmes targeted at enabling investigative journalists to upskill with regards to reporting on environment related issues.

Funding Information

• The total available amount per call to be distributed among all supported projects will be around €84,000. The total budget for 2025 is €252,000.

Eligible Costs

• Personnel and operating costs that meet the following cumulative conditions:
  • directly attributable to the project
  • arise during the project period and after the signing of the grant agreement with Journalismfund Europe
  • necessary for carrying out the project
  • effectively incurred by the grant beneficiary, identified and verifiable
  • not funded by other donors or support programmes

Ineligible Costs

• personnel and operating costs not directly attributable to the project
• internal rental costs (rental to oneself – as owner – of premises or other infrastructure)
• overhead costs
• meal costs, food and beverages
• tangible investment goods (e.g. IT equipment or personal protective equipment)
• recoverable VAT

Eligibility Criteria

• This grant programme is open to legal entities (organisations, companies, …) officially incorporated at least one year before the application deadline of the grant call and with demonstrable expertise in investigative journalism, environmental issues, and/or the development of supporting services.
• Eligible proposals entail enabling activities and supporting services for environmental investigative journalism in Europe. These can be training and professional development programmes, or other activities, services or tools that enable investigative journalists to upskill with regards to reporting on environmental issues.
• The project should be clearly defined and limited in time. The grant cannot be used for core funding or for financing permanent operations of an organisation.
• If the project is a collaboration between several organisations, one organisation should apply for the Journalismfund Europe grant.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Individuals (natural persons) cannot apply for this grant.

For more information, visit Journalismfund.