The Worlds of Journalism Study has received funding from the following institutions:
- Anadolu University, Turkey
- Austrian Science Fund
- Charles University, Czech Republic
- Cyprus University of Technology
- Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, USA
- Estonian Ministry of Education and Research
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany
- Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
- German Research Foundation
- Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, Finland
- Icelandic Research Fund
- Icelandic Student Innovation Fund
- Institute for Democracy Media and Culture, Albania
- KEA svf, Akureyri, Iceland
- LMU Munich, Germany
- Massey University, New Zealand
- Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland
- Nihon University, Japan
- Ohio University, USA
- Qatar University
- Research Council of Lithuania
- Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Belgium
- Riga Stradiņš University, Latvia
- Ryerson Journalism Research Centre, Canada
- The Second Authority for Television and Radio, Israel
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- South African National Research Foundation
- State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Universidad del Norte, Colombia
- Universidad Nacional de la Matanza, Argentina
- Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
- University of Agder, Norway
- University of Bergen, Norway
- University of Florida, USA
- University of Miami, USA
- University of Oregon, USA
- University of Pennsylvania, USA
- University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
- University of Tartu, Estonia
- University of Tirana, Albania
- Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
- Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation, Bulgaria
- Zayed University, UAE