Second chance for news organisations to grab slice of Google’s €150m innovation fund opens on 2 June

Second chance for news organisations to grab slice of Google's €150m innovation fund opens on 2 June

The second stage of applications for Google’s €150m scheme to fund journalism innovation around Europe opens on 2 June.

The company has already handed out grants of €27m including €2.8m in the UK (more than any other single country).

UK projects receiving funding include:

News agency SWNS which has received a six-figure sum to develop a new content syndication platform
Trinity Mirror, which was also awarded a six-figure grant to develop its news aggregator app Perspecs
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which was given £520,000 to set up a network of journalists using coding and computer technology to analyse databases and generate.

Other UK recepients of Google grant funding under the DNI include:

Telegraph Media Group
Mysociety – UK Citizens Online Democracy
Magnum Photos
James Durston
Talk About Local (West Midlands)
City University London
Project for Study of the 21st Century
The Financial Times
International Press Telecommunications Council
Trint Ltd.

Grants are available of up to €1m per project, with larger projects only reeciving 70 per cent of their total cost.

Google says: “Preferred projects will demonstrate potential for significant positive impact on the production of original journalism, the creation of new revenue streams or even change the way people consume digital news.

More details about how to apply here.