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The European project MediaFutures incorporates startups and artists into its programme, who will receive equity free funding of up to €80,000 to tackle misinformation using data.
Media Futures a new data innovation hub project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, which aim is to bring together startups, SMEs and artists to solve challenges in the media industry and in which ZABALA is responsible for the open calls and actively participating in the dissemination and social innovation actions; they announced today the first projects to join their support programmes.
Alexandra Garatzogianni, Coordinator of MediaFutures, Head of Knowledge and Technology Transfer at TIB and Coordinator of EU Projects at Leibniz University of Hannover, said: “The infodemic that has accompanied the coronavirus pandemic over the last year has demonstrated the urgent need to tackle misinformation. In MediaFutures we are establishing a multidisciplinary data innovation hub for Europe where startups, SMEs and artists receive the necessary multifaceted support to further develop their ideas and solutions, thus strengthening the media industry in new and exciting ways. We are delighted to welcome the first startups, SMEs and artists to the MediaFutures programme and to see them growing during the next six months”.
19 projects will receive funding, mentoring, and training to develop innovative ideas to tackle misinformation using data. MediaFutures has three programmes: ‘Artists for Media’, an artist residency, ‘Startups for Citizens’, a startup accelerator, and ‘Startup meets Artist’, a unique programme that supports artists and startups to work together on one project.
5 projects will incorporate into the artist residency programme, receiving up to 30,000 euros. In addition, 7 startups and 7 collaborative projects between startups and artists will receive €5,000 and a month to develop their idea. They will then have the opportunity to apply and win one of the seven places in the next phase of the programme, receiving up to 80,000 euros.
The following projects join the artist residency programme:
The following projects join the startup accelerator programme:
The following projects join the collaborative programme for joint startup and artist teams:
For more information on each project, please visit: https://mediafutures.eu/projects/
MediaFutures will launch its second open call in 2021. For more information on the programme, please visit: https://mediafutures.eu/
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