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EFCSN Permanent Call for Protection Grants
Digital Europe Programme · DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS
Protection grants for fact-checkers facing harassment, threats or lawsuits, covering legal, psychological, physical and cyber safety.
Quel est l’objet de cet appel ?
The call offers rapid protection grants to fact-checking organisations facing harassment, threats or legal attacks. It covers psychological, legal, physical, relocation and cybersecurity support.
Que finance cet appel ?
Scope
The scheme provides direct, rapid support to fact-checkers facing harassment, threats, hacking attempts, vandalism, physical attacks, lawsuits or SLAPPs. It is run by the European Fact-Checking Standards Network and its consortium partners with EU support.
Supported areas
- Psychological support: counselling, burnout prevention and specialised training linked to a specific incident
- Legal aid: defence against defamation, harassment, violence, SLAPP suits, copyright disputes and similar
- Safe workspace and physical safety: security systems and equipment, secure workspace rental, remote work arrangements
- Emergency relocation: transport, temporary housing, crisis coordination
- Cybersecurity: encryption, security tools, risk assessments
General staff wellbeing, commercial or employment legal disputes and general IT upgrades not linked to a specific threat are not eligible.
Eligible costs
Direct costs must relate to the requested support. Indirect costs are capped at 10% of direct costs. Costs are eligible from the date of application if the grant is approved. Grants are lump sums, paid 75% on approval and 25% after approval of the final report.
Selection
Applications are screened automatically for completeness and basic eligibility, then evaluated by consortium experts on need, urgency, regional vulnerability and absorptive capacity. Urgent requests are processed within 48 hours and others within 5 working days.
Quelles sont les informations clés ?
- Budget du thème
- 340 169 €
- Taux de financement
- jusqu’à 50 %
- Code de l’appel
- DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS
- Programme
- Digital Europe Programme
- Funder
- European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN)
- Eligible applicants
- fact-checking organisations based in the EU or Digital Europe Programme associated countries
- Funding per project
- up to €20,000 per request; up to €40,000 in exceptional cases
- Duration
- up to 12 months
- Expected number of projects
- approximately 17
Qui peut candidater à cet appel ?
- Legal entities, for-profit or non-profit.
- EFCSN-certified fact-checking organisations, or fact-checking organisations that can show they respect in practice the European Code of Standards for Independent Fact-Checking Organisations.
- Organisations based in the European Union or Digital Europe Programme associated countries.
- Single applicants only; consortia cannot apply.
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Quelle est la date limite ?
Rolling call open from 2 September 2026 until 31 May 2028, or until funds are depleted.
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