This database collects more than 400 grants to online content controls programs in Germany from 2015 to 2025. It was released in tandem with our November 2025 report The Censorship Network: Regulation and Repression in Germany Today. A companion database of more than 300 content controls organizations can be found here.

Please read our project overview and methodology pages for further details of how we approached building the database and related infographics. If you spot any errors or grants we may have missed, please contact us.

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Monitoring and Transfer Platform Radicalization (MOTRA)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
8000000
Project name: Monitoring and Transfer Platform Radicalization (Part II)
2025
2028
Germany

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Rethinking Disinformation (Re:DIS)
German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)]
German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)]
6900000
Project name: Rethinking Disinformation
2025
2028

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Democracy Reporting International (DRI)
European Union
European Union
737991
Project name: Strengthening Resilience Against Disinformation in Sri Lanka
2025
2026
EU

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Das NETTZ
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
625000
Project name: Network Against Online Hate and Disinformation
2025
Germany

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The Institute for Democracy and Civil Society
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
425000
Project name: Network Against Online Hate and Disinformation
2025
Germany

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New German Media Makers [Neue deutsche Medienmacher*innen e.V.]
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
424999.38
Project name: Network Against Online Hate and Disinformation
2025
Germany

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HateAid
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
424823
Project name: Network Against Online Hate and Disinformation
2025
Germany

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Baden-Württemberg Youth Foundation [Jugend Stiftung]
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
424562.38
Project name: Network Against Online Hate and Disinformation
2025
Germany

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University of Konstanz
European Union
European Union
352268.75
Project name: WHat-if: Advanced Simulations for Testing the Effect of the Information Environment on the Functioning of Democracy
2025
2027
EU

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Society for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK)
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
German Federal Program 'Living Democracy!' [Demokratie leben!]
334999.78
Project name: Network Against Online Hate and Disinformation
2025
Germany

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