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

The project will support the development of a modular, trustworthy and interoperable AI-enabled infrastructure enabling pan-European public-interest media platform(s) to make available real time news and information from professional media outlets across the EU and associated countries to wider audiences [1] . It will harness AI to translate, process and distribute content for relevant channels through…

Deadline 16 Feb 2027Budget €10MIndicative grants 1EU contribution per project €10MSingle stageHORIZON Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 1grant expected (official)
  • €10MEU contribution per project
  • €3.5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects

Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis
Thermi Thessaloniki
GreeceResearch organisation103InVID, XReco, vera.ai
Deutsche Welle
Bonn
GermanyPublic body112InVID, XReco, vera.ai
Athens Technology Center Anonymi Viomichaniki Emporiki Kai Techniki Etaireia Efarmogon Ypsilis Technologias
Athina
GreeceCompany · SME81vera.ai, MediaVerse, CPN
Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Ntnu
Trondheim
NorwayUniversity51VISUALMEDIA, EAiCCI, HERITWIN
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung Ev
Munchen
GermanyResearch organisation62vera.ai, SELMA, OptimAIse
De Vlaamse Radio En Televisieomroeporganisatie Nv
Bruxelles / Brussel
BelgiumOther62RePIM, MediaRoad, CPN
The University Of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
United KingdomUniversity52EMBEDDIA, SUMMA, INFINITY
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique Cnrs
Paris
FranceResearch organisation41EARTH-AID, AIXPERT, GenAI4Earth
Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum
Leuven
BelgiumResearch organisation61RePIM, MediaRoad, CPN
Barcelona Supercomputing Center Centro Nacional De Supercomputacion
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation40CLAIMA, EARTH-AID, OptimAIse
Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Poznan
PolandResearch organisation41ECHOLOT, INFINITY, GenAI4Earth
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation30UNICHE, CLAIMA, INFINITY
Agence France Presse
Paris
FranceOther40InVID, vera.ai, TransMIXR
Institut Jozef Stefan
Ljubljana
SloveniaResearch organisation31EMBEDDIA, ECHOLOT, Cleopatra
British Broadcasting Corporation
London
United KingdomPublic body50MediaRoad, SUMMA, MAX-R

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Barcelona Supercomputing Center Centro Nacional De Supercomputacion
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation40CLAIMA, EARTH-AID, OptimAIse
Universidad Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona
SpainUniversity32MAX-R, IDEAL, AudioCommons
Universidad Politecnica De Madrid
Madrid
SpainUniversity30XReco, AI-CODE, FANDANGO
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation20EARTH-AID, GenAI4Earth
Atos Spain Sa
Madrid
SpainCompany20XReco, MediaVerse
Fundacio Privada I2Cat, Internet I Innovacio Digital A Catalunya
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation21XReco, ImAc
Tree Technology Sa
Oviedo
SpainCompany · SME11OptimAIse
Brainstorm Multimedia Sl
Paterna
SpainCompany · SME21VISUALMEDIA, MAX-R

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 11partners (median)
  • 6countries (median)
  • 28%of partners are SMEs
Company 39%University 23%Research organisation 16%Other 15%Public body 7%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.

  • InVID – In Video Veritas – Verification of Social Media Video Content for the News Industry (H2020 · 2016 · ICT-19-2015)
  • PROVENANCE – Providing Verification Assistance for New Content (H2020 · 2018 · ICT-28-2018)
  • XReco – XR mEdia eCOsystem (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-06)
  • vera.ai – vera.ai: VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-27)
  • INJECT – Innovative Journalism: Enhanced Creativity Tools (H2020 · 2017 · ICT-21-2016)
  • RePIM – Revisioning Public Interest Media (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01-01)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.