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    DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS

    European Network of Factcheckers

    Closing soon · 12 daysLive official EU data

    Accelerating the Best Use of Technologies · DIGITAL-GFS

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

    What this call funds

    This call funds a network that supports fact-checkers across Europe, helping them collaborate, share tools, and expand into more languages and regions. It builds on the European Digital Media Observatory to boost the capacity of fact-checkers to counter disinformation, including support for newer fact-checking organisations and training. Funding can also be passed on to third parties like individual fact-checking groups.

    media journalism · civil society democracy · social innovation

    Who wins this

    A consortium of established fact-checking organisations, media literacy practitioners, and researchers experienced in coordinating cross-border networks like EDMO, aiming to expand fact-checking capacity and language coverage across the EU.

    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
    Funded activities may include financial support to third parties, though no maximum amount per third party is specified.
    Also required
    Activities may also cover candidate and accession countries associated with 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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