€ 10.000 per project on average

BELGIUM - NETHERLANDS Association of investigative Journalists / Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten VVOJ (founded 2001)

The Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten VVOJ is a Dutch-Flemish assocation for and by journalists. They want to stimulate investigative journalism by spreading knowledge about it. All journalists who share this ambition can become members.

BELGIUM The Pascal Decroos Fund (founded 1998)

The Pascal Decroos Fund promotes investigative journalism in the written and audio-visual press in Flanders by granting working grants to journalists who are willing to work on a special project. Both beginning and experienced journalists qualify for such working grants.

BELGIUM Fonds Pour Le Journalisme (founded 2009) 

The Fonds Pour Le Journalisme is a project run by the Belgian Union for Journalists (frenchspeaking part) and gives research grants to investigative journalism stories.

BRITAIN The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (founded 2010)

"The Bureau of Investigative Journalism officially launched on Monday 26th April 2010. The not-for-profit organisation is the first of its kind in the UK and aims to bolster original journalism by producing high-quality investigations for national and international press and broadcast media," according to its website. The £2 million start up funding comes from David and Elaine Potter.

BRITAIN The Centre for Investigative Journalism (founded in 2003)

The Centre for Investigative Journalism advances education for, and public understanding of, investigative journalism, critical inquiry, and in-depth reporting and research. CIJ is a registered charity offering high-level training, resources and research to the community, journalists, students, non-governmental organisations and others interested in public integrity and the defence of the public interest. It is based at the City University in London. Have a look at the CIJ blog.

BULGARIA Bulgarian Investigative Journalism Center

The Bulgarian Investigative Journalism Center (BIJC) is an nongovernmental and uncommercial foundation, whose main goal is to organize and produce  journalistic inquiries against the corruption and the organised crime.

DENMARK Foreningen for Undersøgende Journalistik FUJ (founded 1989)

The Danish association for Investigative Journalism (Foreningen for Undersøgende Journalistik, FUJ) works to promote investigative journalism in Danish media. As an FUJ member you do not need to work with investigative journalism yourself, but the members support the work to promote this type of journalism. It was founded in 1989.

FINLAND Tutkiva - Föreningen för undersökande journalistik (founded 1992)

The Finnish Investigative Journalism Association, Tutkivan journalismin yhdistys, aims to promote a thorough and critical journalism, the means are to improve the capacity of journalists and their working conditions. Tutkiva was founded in 1992.

GERMANY Netzwerk Recherche (founded 2001)

The association Network Research (Netzwerk Recherche, NR) works to promote investigative journalism in Germany. It represents the interests of those colleagues, who insist on conducting thorough research in journalism, a core interest is to further and improve the education in the field. Netzwerk Recherche was founded in 2001.

HUNGARY The Soma Foundation (founded 2001)

"The Gőbölyös József "Soma" Foundation seeks to enhance the functioning of democracy in Hungary by providing awards, stipends and legal defense to investigative journalists working toward greater transparency and accountability in society" according to its website.

ICELAND 

LATVIA Baltic Centre for Investigative Journalism (founded 2011)

The center intends to perform long-term, in-depth cross-border investigations of socially important issues, with a focus on topics involving corruption, crime, finances, entrepreneurship, health and human rights. The Center’s main focus will be corruption and lack of transparency at the higher structures of power: justice system, law enforcement, political parties and other major public institutions.

NORWAY Skup (founded 1990)

The Norwegian foundation for investigative journalism (Stiftelsen for en Kritisk og Undersøkende Presse, SKUP) is a foundation dedicated to promoting investigative journalism in Norway. It was established in 1990.

POLAND Foundation for Reporters (founded 2010)

Fundacja Reporterow's Initial activies are conferences and a cross-border award. 

ROMANIA The Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism (founded 2001)

The main goal of the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism is to enhance the quality of the investigative journalism in the country. Members of the Center themselves work on investigative stories, the center is run independently from local financing resources, and has established investigative desks in ten of the main cities of Romania. It was founded in 2001.

SLOVENIA 

SWEDEN Föreningen Grävande Journalister (founded 1990)

The Association for Investigative Journalism in Sweden, Föreningen Grävanda Journalister, Gräv,  aims at encouraging reporters to utilize investigative methods for in-depth reporting. This is done by providing training as well as in-house instruction. Also, a yearly seminar gathers hundreds of reporters for the purpose of sharing their collective experiences, education and knowledge in the field. Gräv was founded in 1990.

SWITZERLAND Swiss Investigation (founded 2003)

The Swiss investigative network is an independent organisation promoting the exchange of contacts and competences between the Swiss investigative reporters and their foreign colleagues. The purpose of this non-for-profit network is to facilitate access to data and resources and promote methods of best practices in investigative reporting. It was founded in 2003.

SWITZERLAND Investigativ.ch (founded 2010)

In the association investigativ.ch journalists have joined forces, who want an open exchange about research, research techniques and obstacles against research.