Application for the Global Health Security Fund Call 2021 is ongoing!
As innovation during COVID-19 demonstrated, when there is public awareness, political will, and investment commensurate to the need, science can rapidly meet the moment and save lives. Despite the unprecedented pace of innovation, COVID-19 also showed how the Global Health R&D ecosystem still falls short, leaving huge parts of the world behind.
In-depth media coverage of issues such as pandemic preparedness, vaccine development, and equitable access is essential to keeping the topic of global health security on the public agenda and encouraging European governments to prioritize their funding commitments.
The 2021 Global Health Security Call is a project that will deliver grant funding and facilitate research opportunities to support in-depth journalistic analysis on the topic of global health security.
The Call will provide grants of up to USD$7,500 per project and is aimed at journalists publishing stories in opinion-forming media organizations across France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, and Sweden.
Eligibility to apply
Applicants that meet the following criteria are eligible to apply to the Call:
- Applicants must be freelance or permanently employed individual journalists (staff journalists), or small teams of journalists, and should be experienced in reporting on the topic of health, science, development and/or policy.
- There is no citizenship, nationality or residence/ location restriction on the applicants
- Applicants should have a track record of publication in respected media outlets in one or more of the following countries: France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway or Sweden.
- Freelance applicants should be signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association
- Applicants must complete, in full, the dedicated application form (see ‘How to apply’ on page 8) and provide requested documentation including:
- a project budget
- relevant policy/ procedure/ supporting documents
- for freelancers, a minimum of two of the following should be published on your website or available via upload: Mission statement, Privacy policy/ data protection policy, Relevant qualification(s) in journalism or related field(s), Current CV/ history of working with trusted news organisations (in one or more of the seven target countries), History of working in/reporting on the topic of health, science, development and/or policy, Press card
- for organisations, a minimum of three of the following should be published on your website: Mission statement, Editorial policy, Code of conduct, Transparency statement, Complaints procedure, Diversity policy, Privacy policy, Whistleblower policy
- Applicants must have a bank account that accepts international payments.
What is not eligible
Applicants must not:
- be state funded/ be from state-funded media organisations. For the purpose of this Call, state-funded refers to the direct funding of public service media organisations (whether state-owned or a private non-profits)
- Staff journalists from media organisations indirectly supported through tax reductions or exemptions and/or favourable rates for public utilities are eligible. Staff journalists from organisations that receive direct disbursements, or subsidisation of costs, are eligible. Staff journalists from organisations that have received COVID-19 support grants from governments are eligible.
- be state controlled/ be from state-controlled entities. For the purpose of this Call, state-controlled refers to editorial control by a government, which takes direct forms (e.g. through editorial guidelines or ownership structures) or indirect forms (e.g. state-controlled advertising revenue)
- Freelancers and staff journalists from organisations that can prove editorial independence through processes, statutes or external assessment are eligible.
- be from a news aggregator
- be a freelancer or from a media organisation that publishes content solely via a messaging service and/or social media platforms^^
- be a freelancer or from a media organisation that is not a publisher of their own original journalism
- be directly funded by, directed by, financially invested in by or affiliated with a political party or political activist group, religious or church group or diocese
- discriminate based on race, gender, faith, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability.
How to apply
To apply follow the process:
- Read the Call For Applications document thoroughly
- Download the application process, this makes it easier to prepare before filling out the online webform. note: only the filled out webform will be considered. The below document is solely to support the application process.
- Freelancer application process (for Lead Applicants that are individual freelance journalists or freelance journalists submitting on behalf of a team)
- Organisational application process (for Lead Applicants that are individual staff journalists or staff journalists submitting on behalf of a team)
- Login or create a new account
- Start the application process and follow the application wizard.
Application Deadline
Applications close on 5 November 2021 at 17:00 CET.
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