Apply for €350.000 Money Trail reporting grant

DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2020 ― In Money Trail, Journalismfund.eu offers working grants for (teams of) African, Asian and European journalists to investigate cross-border illicit financial flows, tax abuse money laundering and corruption in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Money Trail is a collaborative project between highly regarded journalism and training organisations – Journalismfund.eu, Finance Uncovered, Free Press Unlimited – and Oxfam Novib.

Grants are awarded to journalists solely by Journalismfund.eu, with no input or oversight at any stage from the consortium as a whole.

The primary goal of this grant is to expose illicit finance, tax abuse, corruption and money laundering.

There are 10 application rounds in total for this project. The deadlines take place from 2018 to 2020. The total amount per call is around 50.000 euro: this amount is distributed among different projects. The money comes from the Dutch Nationale Postcode Loterij.

Money Trail exists because countries throughout the world lose billions of dollars through tax abuse, money laundering and grand corruption. Investigative journalism is key to combatting this situation. Such work clearly can have a tremendous impact.

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Brilliant reporting by journalists and some notable civil society organisations has resulted in revenue authorities and enforcement agencies recovering desperately needed funds. Politicians have been forced to act.

Who can apply?

• Intercontinental journalist teams from Africa, Asia and Europe.
• Regional cross-border collaborations in Africa and Asia.
• Exceptional proposals from individual journalists in Africa and Asia whose story includes an offshore element in a national story – where the money trail leads to a tax haven – can be accepted.
• European journalists planning on applying must collaborate with an African or Asian journalist.
• Foreign correspondents in Africa or Asia must collaborate with local journalists.

In order to be eligible for application, the journalists have to ensure that their story will be published. Therefore, during the application procedure, they will be asked to upload commitment of publication from relevant media organisations.

Deadline

• 16 March 2020
• 15 June 2020, 4.00 p.m.
• 14 September 2020, 4.00 p.m.

NB: 2020 deadlines (all times are Brussels time)

APPLY HERE