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    HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-09

    EU AI Media Platform – modular multilingual public-interest infrastructure for European news and audiovisual media (IA) - Apply AI

    Opens 20 Oct 2026Live official EU data

    Bridging actions 2027 · HORIZON-IA · TRL 6 to 8 · Needs partners

    16 Feb 2027
    Deadline
    20 Oct 2026
    Opens for applications
    €10M
    Indicative, per project
    ~1
    Grants expected

    What this call funds

    This call funds a single large project to build a modular, multilingual AI infrastructure for public interest media across Europe. It will help news organisations, broadcasters and publishers translate, process and distribute trustworthy content at scale while embedding provenance, transparency and governance features. The goal is to move existing pilots into real world operational validation, ready for wider rollout from 2028.

    artificial intelligence · media journalism · software platforms · data analytics · civil society democracy

    Who wins this

    This call suits a consortium of public broadcasters, media outlets, language technology and AI providers, and platform developers who want to scale an existing pilot into a validated pan European public interest media infrastructure.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €10M
    Funding model
    Budget-based. Reimbursement of actual eligible costs
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Innovation Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
    Also required
    Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks, with only one grant expected for a total budget of 10 million euro.
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    General conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligibility Conditions Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks. Described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions

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