Media Start Funding
    Media Start Funding
    Grant

    Media Start Funding

    Apply by Oct 31, 2025

    About

    The Media Start Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative offers financial support to small media companies and self-employed journalists in Austria, helping them develop new media products and strengthen their business management and journalistic skills, with funding amounts ranging from 2,000 to 10,000 euros for various eligible costs including training, consultations, and payroll.

    Benefits

    • Maximum funding amount of 10,000 euros per project
    • Minimum project value of 2,000 euros
    • Funding for training and professional development, courses and consultations, internal payroll costs, and travel expenses
    • Headline: Fund Your Media Innovations with €10,000!

    Eligibility Criteria

    • Small media companies
    • Self-employed journalists
    • Benefits: Maximum funding amount of 10,000 euros per project
    • Minimum project value of 2,000 euros
    • Funding for training and professional development, courses and consultations, internal payroll costs, and travel expenses

    Target Region

    Austria

    Target Sector

    Media

    Vienna Media Initiative

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