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    DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS

    European Network of Factcheckers

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    Accelerating the Best Use of Technologies · DIGITAL-GFS

    1 Sep 2026
    Deadline
    €5M
    Call budget (2025)
    ~1
    Grants expected

    What this call funds

    This call funds a network supporting fact-checkers across the EU, aiming to expand fact-checking coverage in more languages and regions, build technical tools, and support peer-to-peer training and collaboration among fact-checking organisations, researchers and media literacy practitioners to fight disinformation.

    media journalism · civil society democracy · social innovation

    Who wins this

    A consortium building on EDMO/EFCSN experience that can operate a pan-European fact-checking support network, including sub-granting to smaller or newly emerging fact-checking organisations.

    Could you win this call?

    We read your site to see what you build.

    The call in detail

    Funding model
    DIGITAL-AG
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Cut-off dates (4)
    1 Sep 2026 · 6 Sep 2026 · 31 Dec 2027 · 30 Apr 2028
    Partners
    Not stated in the call.
    Support to third parties
    Financial support to third parties is expected, e.g. for peer-to-peer support and capacity building among fact-checkers, though no maximum amount per third party is specified.
    Also required
    Activities may also cover candidate and accession countries associated to the Programme.
    Sectors
    AI/ML · Cybersecurity · Deep Tech
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    Conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes:

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