Research Support Framework for Situational Awareness on information integrity
European Commission · Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
Posted 21 Apr 2026 · Closes tomorrow
In plain terms
The European Commission funds research projects that scale up monitoring and analytical efforts on information integrity, misinformation and the information environment across digital platforms. Projects of 6 million euros total should create technical solutions, generate research insights, and establish shared infrastructure for researchers, with applications in English due 1 October 2026.
A generated summary of the donor's text; the original wording is below.
Summary
Expected Outcome:
At a general level, the project should achieve a strong, visible and recognised impact in scaling, facilitating and accelerating research and analytical efforts focussing on the information environment and information integrity.
The main outcomes of the awarded project will be:
The technical solutions created or supported
The insights generated from supported research and monitoring projects
The proof of concept and lessons learnt for the support of shared infrastructures to support research on the information environment
Project applications will formulate their own deliverables in accordance with their needs analyses and proposed means to address them. At the minimum, deliverables should include:
A suite or network of solutions capable of addressing Specific Objectives 1 and 2 (c.f. section 2 ‘Scope – Specific Objectives 1 and 2’)
A methodology and dissemination plan for creating access to the created resources (c.f. section 2 ‘Scope – Specific Objective 3)
A sub-granting methodology in line with the scope set forth in the section above (c.f. section 2 ‘Scope – Specific Objective 5’)
A final report detailing lessons learnt and identifying clear paths for future…
Excerpt from the donor's page. The full text, annexes and forms are on the original call.
Eligible regions
- eu_only
Who can apply
- ngo_cso
- academia_research
- private_company
- government
Eligibility and conditions
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">Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (DEP) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
DEP MGA
Additional documents:
DEP Work Programmes
DEP Regulation 2021/964
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement