We have filed a grant proposal for review with the German Science Foundation (DFG) on August 2nd, 2019, 

Conspiracy Theories as a Strategy of Political Communication: A Comparative Study of Modern Propaganda - Verschwörungstheorien als Strategien politischer Kommunikation: Eine vergleichende Studie moderner Propaganda

Three-year proposal, total budget proposed: EUR 283,000.  Researchers: T Braeuninger, H Schoen, N Marinov.