PPPA – Advancing Social Cohesion in the Face of Polarized Public Discourse – 2026

Objectives

• To advance social cohesion and democratic resilience across the European Union by addressing the growing risks of online political polarisation

Priorities

• Priority 1: to develop a neutral and scientifically sound approach to analysing political discourse and polarisation
• Priority 2: to create a pan-EU, designed to surface, validate, and cross-pollinate effective on-the-ground de-polarisation and social cohesion initiatives
• Priority 3: to build a collaboration and practical mitigation strategies

Among financed actions

• Organisation of a pan-EU conference in Brussels, and/or a series of regional conferences
• Development of a transparent theoretical framework and measurement protocol
• Development of open-source, modular software components and integrated platforms for data ingestion, processing, and visualisation

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
• Proposals must be submitted by any of the following combinations of:
  • media and social media organisations, online platforms, creative practitioners, and technology companies
  • civil society organisations
  • information integrity professionals, fact-checkers, media literacy practitioners
  • educational, cultural and research institutions, universities and organisations, think tanks
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the participant register before submitting the proposal.
• A consortium composed of at least 5 applicants, established in at least 4 different eligible countries.

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: up to 15 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment

• Contact: CNECT-I4@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• DG website : Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 785 000 euros
• Amount of the grant: max 785 000 euros per project
• Funding rate: up to 85% of the total eligible costs