- 14 sep 2023
2023 RESULTS: €4,2 MILLION FOR 16 PROJECTS
EMIF’s Management Committee has granted 16 projects a total amount of €4.260.686,25. The granted projects will work across 15 European countries, namely Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The successful projects responded to the 2023 EMIF Calls for Proposals across three priority areas: Investigations into Disinformation, Research – Studies & Sandboxes, and Media and Information Literacy.
CALL “Investigations into Disinformation Dynamics”
The grant amount under this call sums to a total of €1.594.458,23, split by 8 projects – a considerable increase compared to last year’s. The projects will focus on investigating disinformation in Europe, its origins, methods, and dynamics.
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LEAD PARTNER COUNTRY |
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Understanding Disinformation Dynamics on Telegram (UDDOT) |
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Fundación Maldita.es contra la desinformacion: periodismo, educacion, investigacion y datos en nuevos Formatos |
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Spain |
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The marketplace of (false) ideas: Uncovering, analyzing, debunking, and researching sponsored disinfo |
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Political Capital Limited Liability Company |
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Hungary |
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Exploring the interplay between pro-Kremlin ecosystems and extremist movements in Europe |
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Institute for Strategic Dialogue |
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United Kingdom |
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CrossOver Finland |
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Check First (Limited Company) |
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Finland |
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Decoding the Disinformation Playbook II |
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International Press Institute (IPI) |
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Austria |
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Disinformation Dynamics: Weaponising community divisions in local environmental discourse |
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DEMOS |
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United Kingdom |
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The dynamics of LGBTQ+ misinformation across Europe |
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Tilburg University |
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Netherlands |
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Preventing Disinformation seepage into EU pre-election campaigns in Slovakia and Czechia |
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Transparency International Slovakia |
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Slovakia |
CALL “Research for a Transparent and Resilient Information Ecosystem”
The four projects under this Call for Proposals will receive a total of €1.139.718,25.
In the Research area, projects aim to develop open-source software and frameworks, leverage the use of natural language processing, machine learning and text analysis, to understand how disinformation circulates across multiple platforms, the role of AI in generating content and fostering transparent information ecosystem.
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ExU: AI Models for Examining Multilingual Disinformation Narratives and Understanding their Spread |
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The University of Sheffield |
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United Kingdom |
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FacTS (Factual Transparent Statements): Using Machine Learning and Text Analysis to Identify Fact-Checkable Political Statements |
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Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna |
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Italy |
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Detecting and matching suspicious claims with AI |
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Athens Technology Center Societe Anonyme Industrial and Commercial Advanced Technology Products (ATC SA) |
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Greece |
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Understanding Misinformation and Science in Societal Debates (UnMiSSeD) |
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Centre for Science and Technology (Leiden University) |
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Netherlands |
CALL “Media and Information Literacy for Societal Resilience”
Within this round of EMIF’s Calls for Proposals, the four media and information literacy projects approved add up to € 1 526 509,77.
Most of these projects intend to improve critical thinking in specific target groups as librarians, judges, policymakers, staff from NGOs, or young adults from Gen Z, when exposed to the media, and adopt different approaches to explore their impact and multiplier effect.
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LEAD PARTNER COUNTRY |
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Information and Media Literacy Programme for Judges and Policymakers (InfoLead) |
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Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford |
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United Kingdom |
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Bridging Facts (BRIF) |
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Association Verificat |
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Spain |
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Media and Information Literacy for Societal Resilience through Europe-wide Library Networks |
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Stichting The Tactical Technology Collective – TTC |
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Netherlands |
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SHAZAAM |
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Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis |
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Greece |