The Media Development Foundation (MDF), with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), is announcing a Small Grants Competition for the members of the Eastern Partnership Journalists' Network (EaP Media Hub) to prepare collaborative materials on common topics relevant to the EaP countries. The competition material may address one or more of the following issues and be relevant to at least 2 countries. In particular:

• Economics

• Politics

• Migration

• Religion

• Education

• Health

• Security

• Hybrid Warfare

• Cybersecurity

• Elections

• History

• Other
  
  

Conditions for participation in the grant competition:

• Journalistic material should cover topics that are common to the Eastern Partnership countries;
  

• As a prerequisite, the application should be submitted by at least 2 journalists from the Eastern Partnership countries;
  

• All applicants must be members of the Eastern Partnership Journalists Network (EaP Media Hub) in order to take part in the competition;

• The winning candidates must prepare and publish the competition materials no later than December 15, 2021; 

Submitting the Application:

• Applicants must complete a designated grant competition application;

• The deadline for submitting the grant applications is October 29, 2021.
  
  

Grant Amount and Giving Procedure:

• For one project that will be published in the media of at least 2 different countries, the winning applicants will receive a grant fee of 1400 Euros;

• The amount will be issued after the publication of the competition material.

• The selection committee will choose the 4 best papers.
  

Incomplete or late applications will not be considered!
The winners of the competition will be notified of the decision on November 5, 2021