The first call of the Journalism Science Alliance selected 24 projects of journalist-scientist teams from 15 countries, with almost one million euros in grants.
The selected teams have participants and organisations from 15 countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Spain.
The chosen candidates will have eight months to complete their projects of investigative journalism grounded in scientific evidence and focused on topics of public interest. Most of the selected projects deal with environmental issues, but other topics such as health or justice are also covered..
In addition to funding for developing their ideas, the selected teams will benefit from expert mentoring and have access to a dedicated training programme and networking opportunities.
The table below presents the selected media outlets and research institutions, their countries of origin, and the professionals who lead and co-lead the teams.
The 2025 call for proposals closed on 4 August and received 162 applications from 54 countries. An independent jury selected the winning proposals.
The next call for Journalism Science Alliance is scheduled to open in early 2026.
See more information about the selected projects here.
List of grantees in the call 2025 of the Journalism Science Alliance
| Countries | Organisations Media outlet | Research organisation | Journalist (Lead) | Scientist (Co-lead) | Budget tier |
| Belgium, Netherlands | Apache (De Werktitel cv) | Open Future | Jan Walraven | Zuzanna Warso | € 20 000 |
| Bulgaria | AgriGate Media | The Agricultural University – Plovdiv | Histrina Vasileva | – | € 50 000 |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian National Television | The Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen | Milen Atanasov | Tsveteslava Ignatova-Ivanova | € 20 000 |
| Croatia | Faktograf – Association for an Informed Public | Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries | Ivana Živković | Branko Dragičević | € 50 000 |
| Czech Republic | Samizdat, s.r.o. / The Czech Radio Data Team | Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences | Klára Filipová | Blanka Nyklová | € 50 000 |
| Czech Republic, Finland | Verstka Media | University of Helsinki | – | – | € 20 000 |
| Germany | Deutsche Welle | German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) | Luisa von Richthofen | Christoph Kubitza | € 50 000 |
| Italy | Facta – Science-based journalism for democracy | Theoretical and Scientific Data Science Group at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) | Elisabetta Tola | Roberto Trotta | € 50 000 |
| Italy | Lettera Emme (Metropolis) | University of Messina | Alessio Caspanello | Filippo Cucinotta | € 50 000 |
| Italy | Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI) | University of Insubria, Mario Negri Institute | – | – | € 50 000 |
| Netherlands | VersPers | Amsterdam University Medical Center, Dept. of Public and Occupational Health | Irene van den Berg | Luc Hagenaars | € 50 000 |
| Netherlands | The Contrapuntal | Institute for Water Education, IHE Delft | Roger Anis | Emanuele Fantini | € 50 000 |
| Netherlands, Belgium | Lighthouse Reports | Université Libre de Bruxelles | Beatriz Ramalho da Silva | Larissa Bombardi | € 50 000 |
| North Macedonia | SDK.MK Digital Newsroom | Hans Em – Faculty of Forest Sciences, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering | Goran Mihajlovski | Kiril Sotirovski | € 50 000 |
| Poland | Pravda Association | SmartNet Research & Solutions (Sotrender) & Warsaw University | Jakub Śliż | Paweł Nowacki | € 50 000 |
| Portugal | Farol de Ideias | NOVA School of Science and Technology | Daniel Deusdado | Joanaz de Melo | € 50 000 |
| Portugal | Público | Comprehensive Health Research Centre, NOVA Medical School | Teresa Firmino | Maria da Conceição Calhau | € 50 000 |
| Portugal | Expresso | INESC TEC – Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science | Micael Pereira | Nuno Guimarães | € 20 000 |
| Portugal | Fumaça | ISPA – University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences | Margarida David Cardoso | Andreia de Castro Rodrigues | € 20 000 |
| Romania | Context, Association of Investigative Journalists | The ”Elie Wiesel” National Institute for the Study of The Holocaust in Romania | Venera Dimulescu | Adina Marincea | € 50 000 |
| Romania, Finland | Snoop. Ro (Articolul 31) | Check First Network | Victor Ilie | Guillaume Kuster | € 50 000 |
| Serbia | Boom93 Ltd. | National Ecological Association (NEA) | Milorad Tadic | Elizabet Paunovic | € 20 000 |
| Slovenia | Strašno hudi | National Institute of Biology (NIB) | Maja Čakarić | Tina Eleršek | € 50 000 |
| Spain | Newtral Media Audiovisual | Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC), University of Granada | Marilín Gonzalo | Fernando Blanco Bregón | € 20 000 |
