The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is funding cross-border media literacy projects under the Creative Europe cross-sectoral strand, call CREA-CROSS-2027-MEDIALITERACY. Consortia of at least three organisations from three different eligible countries can request up to EUR 500,000 for projects that help citizens, especially adults outside the education system, recognise and respond to disinformation and information manipulation. The total call budget is EUR 3,500,000, and the EU covers 70 percent of eligible costs.

What you get:

• A grant of up to EUR 500,000 per project
• Reimbursement of 70 percent of eligible costs, with the remaining 30 percent from the consortium
• Projects normally lasting up to 24 months

What you'll do:

• Create or distribute multilingual or multicultural content and campaigns that build resilience against disinformation
• Develop and deploy media literacy tools and other innovative solutions
• Train citizens, educators and content creators, sharing practice across borders
• Run public events, workshops and community-led activities

Key dates:

• Call opened 22 October 2026
• Applications close 20 January 2027 at 17:00 Brussels time
• Evaluation February to June 2027, results July 2027
• Grant agreements signed October 2027

What you get:

• A grant of up to EUR 500,000 per project
• Reimbursement of 70 percent of actual eligible costs
• Projects normally lasting up to 24 months

What you'll do:

• Create or distribute multilingual or multicultural content and campaigns against disinformation
• Develop and deploy media literacy tools and innovative solutions (prototypes allowed, not IT development alone)
• Train citizens, educators and content creators across borders
• Run public events, workshops and community-led activities

Key dates:

• Call opened: 22 October 2026
• Online info session: 29 October 2026 (slides published by EACEA)
• Deadline: 20 January 2027, 17:00 Brussels time
• Evaluation: February to June 2027
• Information on results: July 2027
• Grant agreement signature: October 2027

More information:

• Call document: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/crea/wp-call/2027/call-fiche_crea-cross-2027-medialiteracy_en.pdf
• Funding and Tenders Portal topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/CREA-CROSS-2027-MEDIALITERACY
• EACEA info sessions: https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/events/online-info-sessions-creative-europe-media-and-cross-sectoral-2027-2026-10-12_en
• Call contact: EACEA-CREATIVE-EUROPE-MEDIA-LITERACY@ec.europa.eu

• Applicants must be legal entities (public or private bodies); natural persons are not eligible, except self-employed sole traders
• Applicants must be established in a Creative Europe participating country: EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories), listed EEA countries, and countries associated to Creative Europe. International organisations are also eligible
• Consortium of at least 3 applicants: minimum 3 independent entities from 3 different eligible countries
• Activities must take place in the eligible countries; financial support to third parties is not allowed
• Projects should not normally exceed 24 months
• Applicants must register in the EU Participant Register before submitting and apply through the Funding and Tenders Portal