GRANT PROGRAMS - ALPHABETICALLY SORTED

--- tags: datdot, grants --- # GRANT PROGRAMS - ALPHABETICALLY SORTED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## A ### [Awesome Foundation](https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/) {watch} #### About Have a crazy brilliant idea that needs funding? We award 1,000 USD grants every month. It couldn't be simpler! Your idea is yours alone. We don't want a stake in it. We just want to help you make it happen! #### Eligibility Criteria Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. These micro-grants, 1000 USD or the local equivalent, come out of pockets of the chapter's "trustees" and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects. Every chapter interprets "awesome" for itself. As such, awesome projects include initiatives in a wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more. Many awesome projects are novel or experimental, and evoke surprise and delight. Awesome sometimes challenges and often inspires. #### Application * https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissions/new #### Deadline N/A --- ## B ### [Bloomberg @ Open collective](https://opencollective.com/bloomberg-foss-fund) {watch} #### About Bloomberg’s program for directly backing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects Bloomberg has historically backed open source foundations, as well as provided direct financial support to individual projects. Its new FOSS Contributor Fund, which will run a quarterly election to award up to three grants of $10,000 each voting cycle, is a natural extension of these initiatives. Goal: Sustaining digital infrastructure in the long term Three open source projects integral to Bloomberg's operations and beyond were chosen as the recipients of the company's inaugural FOSS Contributor Fund grants: * Apache Arrow is a project that makes data transfer and analytics lightning-fast for a number of data-intensive applications. Its language-agnostic in-memory columnar format has been increasingly adopted both inside and outside Bloomberg. At Bloomberg, there's a particularly engaged community around this project, which includes regular meetings and communication channels - a sign of exciting momentum around the software. * Curl, a ubiquitous tool used to interact with web services that's implicitly part of billions of interactions every day - yet is still essentially developed by one lead and a tiny group of contributors. * Celery, a primary task management tool in the Django and Python ecosystem that is used broadly within the company. #### Eligibility Criteria ?? #### Application https://opencollective.com/bloomberg-foss-fund #### Deadline N/A ## C ### [ChanZuckerberg](https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/) #### About Open source software is crucial to modern scientific research, advancing biology and medicine while providing reproducibility and transparency. Yet even the most widely-used research software often lacks dedicated funding. CZI’s Essential Open Source Software for Science program supports software maintenance, growth, development, and community engagement for critical open source tools. #### Eligibility Criteria We welcome applications from any country, provided the proposed work is compliant with the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctions program. Applications may be submitted by non-profit and for-profit organizations, public and private institutions, such as colleges, universities, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local government, companies, and eligible agencies of the federal government. As part of the full application process, for-profit organizations may need to provide additional information on the charitable purposes of the proposal. Grants are not permitted to individuals; only to organizations. Open source software projects operating independently must be affiliated with an organization, as described below. #### Application https://chanzuckerberg.com/rfa/essential-open-source-software-for-science/ #### Deadline cycle 5 closed in nov 2022 --- ### [Code for Science and Society (CS&S) - a community fund for open data science](https://www.codeforsociety.org/) {watch} #### About Tackling the complex scientific challenges of the 21st century requires global, collaborative research networks with robust data science capacity. Data science community events are a key tool to build skills and networks. People need money, time, and focused effort to build and sustain communities of practice with great events. This work is often under-resourced. The Event Fund, established in 2019, fills this gap in the current data science landscape. We offer grant funding (up to 20,000 USD) to support events bundled with cohort-based networking and training for event organizers. Grantee organizers run impactful, inclusive events and build new connections around the world. By investing directly in communities who seek to run inclusive events, the Event fund cultivates both data science skills and social infrastructure. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * https://www.codeforsociety.org/eventfund/closed-call-for-applications #### Deadline Closed, plans to re-open mid 2023 --- ### [Comcast Innovation Fund](https://innovationfund.comcast.com/) #### About The Comcast Innovation Fund was created to support technology and public policy research that contributes to the betterment of the Internet, and the continued evolution of connectivity products and services. The fund provides grants to technologists, researchers, and academics to support Internet- and connectivity-focused projects within the fund’s areas of interest, which are updated annually. The Comcast Innovation Fund offers funding for researchers at leading academic institutions and elsewhere to support research that is of mutual interest to Comcast and the research community. It also provides funding to support open source software development. While Comcast has supported this kind of work for many years, we are now doing so in a more strategic way. Areas out of scope for the 2023 Grant Year include: - Fintech, NFTs, blockchain, crypto currencies - Projects which focus on network simulators - New social media systems - Quantum computing #### Eligibility Criteria 2023 AREAS OF INTEREST - Areas of focus for the Comcast Innovation Fund are updated annually. Projects most likely to receive Innovation Fund Grants will fall into one of these areas. - Top Areas of Interest for 2023: - Understanding the Internet Network through measurement: - Improving, especially real-time, Internet-wide measurement - Improved insight into working latency, end user quality of experience, comparative performance between including ISPs, Wireline access to wireless such as 5G home Internet services, WiFi Performance - Data driven insight into adoption, performance, and network impacts of privacy protecting proxies using the MASQUE protocol and the various new encrypted DNS protocols - Low Latency Networking – especially related to deployment of AQM and L4S, including measurement of the use of ECT(1) and DSCP 45 - Improving Internet core network protocols, such as secure routing and RPKI, encrypted DNS, and adaptive DNS discovery for applications - Edge Computing - Understanding Internet Consolidation & Mechanisms for De-Centralization - Internet Governance and Policy Analysis – especially focused on common policy issues across countries, economic impacts, and related issues, as well as unlicensed spectrum and shared spectrum - Broadband Mapping – especially measuring the effectiveness & opportunities for improvement of new FCC maps and novel uses of mapping data - Rural Broadband – especially assessing the effectiveness and speed of subsidized rural broadband construction using a variety of different access technologies and associated issues of bringing broadband to unserved areas - CDNs and Video Streaming – especially low-latency live streaming, encoder improvements - Multi-Path Networking - IoT consumer labeling - Privacy and Security automation through both AI/ML and other techniques for: - Privacy threat modeling for detection & mitigation - Cybersecurity response and recovery - Privacy engineering and protection - Software supply chain security and integrity such as discovering malicious contributions to open-source projects #### Application https://comcastinnovationfund.smartsimple.com/s_Login.jsp #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Cosmos grant.fish](https://medium.com/stakefish/launching-grant-fish-validator-81634d882c40) #### About grant.fish is a new validator operated by stake.fish that has launched with the Cosmos Hub 3 upgrade. grant.fish will live on a separate validator node and will have the same quality of security that stake.fish uses. grant.fish will use staking rewards as grants to newer projects. stake.fish will bond 1,000 ATOMs to start grant.fish. #### Eligibility Criteria anyone (building on/with/for cosmos) #### Application onchain ? #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Cosmos hub grant program](https://forum.cosmos.network/search?q=grant) #### About With a properly funded community pool, we believe it is the right time to initiate the creation of a grant program to serve community contributors and builders around the Hub. The newly formed program will foster community’s engagement in a structured and strategic way while reducing the load of small to medium funding proposals on public governance. Grants will be assigned ranging from 10,000 to 1,000,000 USD per proposal, and will focus on open source code and ecosystem initiatives that create value for ATOM holders. #### Eligibility Criteria anyone (building on/with/for cosmos) #### Application onchain ? #### Deadline N/A --- ## D ### [Digital Infrastructure Grants @ Open collective](https://opencollective.com/di-grants) {watch} #### About Everything in our modern society, from hospitals and banks to universities and social media platforms, runs on software. Nearly all of this software is built on “digital infrastructure,” a foundation of free and public code that is designed to solve common challenges. The benefits of digital infrastructure are numerous: it can reduce the cost of setting up new businesses, support data-driven discovery across research disciplines, enable complex technologies such as smartphones to talk to each other, and allow everyone to have access to important innovations like encryption that would otherwise be too expensive. Sharing code to address common challenges is in principle cheaper, easier and more efficient. While the collective action problems that characterize infrastructure funding are well-explored, the industrial organization of digital infrastructure is less well-understood. In 2016, the Ford Foundation funded a report by Nadia Eghbal titled “Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure” that described how that the development and maintenance of digital infrastructure often falls to communities of volunteers who take it upon themselves to maintain this infrastructure in their own free time and for little or no money. Unsurprisingly, this leads to significant risks to the open internet and the ability to develop new, innovative research and businesses within it. In order to better understand the incentives and constraints that influence the maintenance of digital infrastructure, in 2018 the Sloan and Ford Foundations funded a portfolio of 13 research projects. In some cases the findings of these projects open up further questions, while in others they suggest interventions that could strengthen community practices. To continue to advance this agenda, this RFP invited proposals to further study the maintenance of digital infrastructure. This new RFP is being funded again by Ford Foundation and Sloan Foundation as well as Mozilla, Omidyar and Open Society Foundations. . #### Eligibility Criteria - digital infrastructure projects - civic tech, environmental justice, globa, online infrastructure, open source, research, social justice - research grants for the study of digital infrastructure maintenance. #### Application - it is a question if you can apply or do they just fundraise #### Deadline N/A --- ## E ## F ### [Filecoin open grants](https://github.com/filecoin-project/devgrants/tree/master/open-grants) {watch} #### About Do you have an idea for pushing the Filecoin ecosystem forward? Open grants are intended to support novel ideas that advance the Filecoin ecosystem, bring significant new usage, or directly advance the Filecoin mission statement. Open Grants are generally awarded in the amounts of 10,000+ USD , across several milestones. If this is your first, we strongly recommend scoping your project to under 50,000 USD https://github.com/protocol/research#private-retrieval https://arcological.xyz/#ipfs-funds #### Eligibility Criteria We welcome proposals in the following categories: - Developer and Data Tooling: For projects that close important experience gaps for developers or large dataset users. This might include improvements to command line or visual UX, API improvements, data preparation and ingest tools, developer tools and infrastructure, and more. - Applications: For projects that apply Filecoin, IPFS, or related technologies in novel ways to solve meaningful, real-world problems. Proposals in this category should have a strong understanding of, and working relationship with, a specific target audience. - Integrations: For projects that add integration or support for Filecoin, IPFS, or related technologies into popular, or fast-growing, existing tools and developer communities in Web2 or Web3. - Research & protocols: For projects aimed at improving the foundations of Filecoin, IPFS, and related technologies. - Other: From time to time, we may fund projects that don’t fit in the categories above, such as in the areas of community growth, but please contact us via grants@filecoin.org to discuss before submitting an application. #### Application https://github.com/filecoin-project/devgrants/tree/master/open-grants#-how-to-apply #### Deadline N/A ## G ### [Gitcoin](https://gitcoin.notion.site/Gitcoin-Grantee-Portal-6adfc92627474bd48a5dfcd1e8438d20) {watch} https://bounties.gitcoin.co/grants/ #### About The Gitcoin Grants Program is a quarterly initiative run by Gitcoin DAO that empowers everyday believers in web3 to drive funding toward what they believe matters, with the impact of individual donations being magnified by the use of the Quadratic Funding (QF) distribution mechanism. QF was introduced in a paper published in 2018 by Vitalik Buterin, Zoe Hitzig, and Glen Weyl. #### Eligibility Criteria - Climate Solutions - Ethereum Infrastructure - Web3 Community & Education - The project must be focused on improving the Web3 ecosystem. - Projects must be older than 3 months - Projects must have a proven track record in the Web3 space and list their long-term goals and recent milestones. - Examples of projects which may fit are those that are: - Growing new communities - Providing educational resources - Creating content (youtube tutorials, newsletters, blog posts, podcasts, etc) - Protecting users by investigating bad actors - DAOs focused on socialization - Onboarding new users - Working on inclusion/diversity/advocacy - Web3 Open Source Software - Be an open-source project with meaningful Github activity in the prior 3 months that has demonstrated work completed towards the project’s mission. - Primarily focused on developing on top of or advancing the broader Ethereum and/or Web3 industry. - ZK Tech #### Application https://support.gitcoin.co/gitcoin-knowledge-base/gitcoin-grants-program/project-owners/how-to-create-a-project-in-builder #### Deadline April 25th to May 9th --- ### [Google open source cms fund @ Open collective](https://opencollective.com/google-open-source-cms-fund?ref=blog.opencollective.com) {watch} #### About Support FOSS Sustainability. Google seeks to improve the web for developers and users by supporting open source CMSes. #### Eligibility Criteria The Open Source CMS Fund has enabled Google to: - Fund projects, like lazy loading, that work to improve performance, privacy and security, and support new web platform capabilities in the open source ecosystem. - Sponsor open source CMS and ecommerce platforms to learn from and support their communities, share best practices and educational content directly with developers and site owners, and to gather product feedback. #### Application https://opencollective.com/google-open-source-cms-fund?ref=blog.opencollective.com #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Global Innovation Fund](https://www.globalinnovation.fund/apply/about/what-we-fund/) #### About At GIF, we believe that innovation, by which we mean any solution that has potential to address an important development problem more effectively than existing approaches, can come from anyone, anywhere. This means that we accept applications working in any sector in any developing country. #### Eligibility Criteria Any type of organisation may apply. This includes social enterprises, for-profit companies, non-profit organisations, government agencies, international organisations, and research institutions in any country. It is recommended that individual innovators, entrepreneurs, or researchers apply through an affiliated organisation. An open application window does not mean, however, that all development projects are a good fit for GIF. We seek out innovations we believe have the greatest potential to improve the lives of millions of people living in poverty and only select those innovations which: - Are focussed on the poor. - Are novel approaches which are not commonplace. - Can improve upon alternatives solutions. - Are backed by evidence of potential impact. - Can be widely applied in many different settings. - Have the potential to scale to reach millions of people. - Are led by strong and dynamic teams. - Are ready for investment. - Will generate new knowledge on what works. - Have a clear role for GIF. * maybe for wizardamigos or datashell ... #### Application https://www.globalinnovation.fund/apply/starting-your-application/ #### Deadline N/A --- ## H ## I ### [Internet freedom support fund @ Open collective](https://opencollective.com/internet-freedom-support-fund) #### About Global internet freedom is more important than ever before. The internet is the primary way we communicate, collaborate, share knowledge and organize. We must therefore ensure it's freedom, openness, accessibility and privacy in order to revert the cycle of misinformation, polarization and the assault on our democracies occurring worldwide. At the forefront of this work is the Open Technology Fund (OTF), whose mission has been to support open technologies and communities that increase free expression, circumvent censorship, and obstruct repressive surveillance as a way to promote human rights and open societies. Through several funds and over the years, OTF funded projects focused on counteracting repressive censorship and surveillance, enabling citizens worldwide to exercise their fundamental human rights online. Through the research, development, implementation, and sustainability of technologies that facilitate the free flow of information, increase at-risk users’ digital security, and enable free expression, the OTF community has been working to shape the Internet as a platform that fosters unimpeded connection and collaboration - facilitating positive social progress and reinforcing core democratic values. Since the loss of government funding, many of these projects have seen their funding halted overnight and as a community we must come together and ensure their ability to continue doing this work. This lack of funding exposes a weakness in the global internet freedom ecosystem which needs to be resolved. The Internet Freedom Support Fund will provide relief to projects essential to guarantee and increase internet freedom who have been receiving funding from OTF and have recently seen their funding cancelled due to OTF’s loss of government funds. #### Eligibility Criteria ?? - looks like only 500 usd is left #### Application - it is a question if you can apply or do they just fundraise #### Deadline N/A --- ## J ## K ### [kusama](https://kusama.polkassembly.io) #### About The Kusama Treasury is a pot of funds collected through transaction fees, slashing, and staking inefficiencies, that can be spent by submitting a spending proposal that, if approved by the Community, will enter a waiting period before distribution. Proposals may consist of (but not limited to): Infrastructure deployment and continued operation; Network security operations (monitoring services, continuous auditing); Ecosystem provisions (collaborations with friendly chains); Marketing activities (advertising, paid features, collaborations); Community events and outreach (meetups, hackerspaces); Projects focusing on the relationship between technology and art; Research (academic and non-academic); Software development (wallets and wallet integration, clients and client upgrades). * https://guide.kusama.network/docs/grants/ * https://kusama.polkassembly.io/discussions * https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/610 * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hfofao18fZBK2XxLTZaYAougW2-_tB8UVsEUKVQi4n0/edit * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p3UQUjph5t8TVaWnTkfrI5mE-BABnM9Xvtuhdlhl6JE/edit?usp=sharing #### Eligibility Criteria Anyone building with Substrate and/on Kusama. #### Application Discuss before in the forum and only post proposal if you have enough support, otherwise you may lose the deposit (you pay the deposit when you submit a proposal, if it ed, you get it back) https://www.dotreasury.com/ksm/proposals #### Deadline N/A ## L ### [Libre Endowment Fund](https://www.fdl-lef.org/process/) !! {watch} #### About Organisations and institutions wishing to ensure support, maintenance and continuous development of mission critical free software can use FDL and AWL to offset some of the associated cost while also being able to influence the long-term roadmaps of utilised software solutions. Aside from supporting Free Software solutions, the FDL also aims to increase the visibility of European Free Software publishers and their importance in terms of innovation and employment as well as their contribution to a possible European technological sovereignty. n supporting long term maintenance of essential and mature Free Software as well as short term development of any generic Free Software, FDL sponsorship fits in the gap between public R&D funding and private system integration funding. #### Eligibility Criteria In order for a project to be eligible to receive funding for: Short-term improvements/extensions Long-term maintenance The following criteria have to be met in addition for long-term maintenance: The software must be in existence for more than 10 years It is used by companies or institutions and needs to be maintained for at least another 10 years. The following criteria have to be met: The software must be Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), with all source code and documentation available online. The software must be generic, meaning it is not specific to the needs of a single organisation. If the software is browser based, it should be compatible with at least two independent web browsers (ex. Firefox and Chrome). If the software is server based, it should be compatible with at least two independent operating systems (ex. GNU/Linux and FreeBSD). If the software is smartphone based, it should be compatible with at least two independent operating systems (ex. Android and iOS). The software must be easily accessible to the general public, meaning it is installable via a single click or a single command line. The software must be easy to contribute to, meaning it's source code can be remotely edited and contributed to through the web. The project must be of general interest (software, documentation, education) which cannot be financed through existing R&D grants in Europe. #### Application https://www.fdl-lef.org/process/ #### Deadline ??? --- ## M ### [Mathew Good Foundation](https://www.matthewgoodfoundation.org/grantsforgood/) #### About Every three months, we’ll share £15,000 between 5 shortlisted projects that have a positive impact on communities, people or the environment. Since 2011, the Matthew Good Foundation has empowered employees of the John Good Group to support many good causes in the UK and around the world by nominating good causes for funding. However, in 2021, our tenth year, we wanted to extend our impact and allow small charities, community projects and social entrepreneurs to come straight to us. #### Eligibility Criteria Your application must be on behalf of a local community group, charity, voluntary group or social enterprise that has a positive impact on communities, people or the environment and has an average income of less than £50,000 in the last 12 months. We want to make it easy for very small charities or new community interest companies to apply, so organisations/groups do not need to be a registered charity, however, you will need to have a bank account in your organisation’s/project’s name such as a community bank account. We are not able to provide funding to personal bank accounts. #### Application https://www.matthewgoodfoundation.org/grantsforgood/ #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Metamask grants](https://metamaskgrants.org/) {watch} #### About is an employee-led DAO with the mission of funding the development of high-value projects in the MetaMask ecosystem through a grants program. We seek to support developers across the community to be able to nimbly build on top of the MetaMask ecosystem, while empowering employees to embrace Web3 mechanisms and contribute as “One ConsenSys”. #### Eligibility Criteria Any project that adds value to the MetaMask ecosystem is eligible. We are keeping scope wide to consider as many interesting projects as possible. As the DAO evolves, we may choose to focus on specific, high-priority areas at times. #### Application * https://metamaskgrants.org/apply-for-a-grant #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Mozilla Data Futures Lab](https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/data-futures-lab/grantmaking/2023-prototype-fund/) !! {watch} #### About The Data Futures Lab is an experimental space for instigating new approaches to data stewardship challenges. It provides funding, scaffolding for collaboration, convening around emerging ideas, and a place to workshop approaches to data stewardship which give greater control and agency to people. Applications will be accepted for a period of four weeks and be reviewed by an evaluation committee. Among the list of top candidates, the Mozilla Foundation will choose and allocate awards of up to 100,000 USD each out of a total pool of 400,000 USD. Applicants can expect to hear back within eight weeks of submitting an application; please email datafutureslab@mozillafoundation.org with any questions. https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/what-we-fund/ #### Eligibility Criteria These awards are open to all applicants regardless of geographic location or institutional affiliation, except where legally prohibited. However, Mozilla is especially interested in receiving applications from members of the global majority or Global South; Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color; women, transgender and/or gender diverse applicants; migrant and diasporic communities; and/or persons coming from climate displaced/impacted communities, etc. We strongly encourage all such applicants to apply. #### Application #### Deadline Applications for the 2023 grants closed on November 11, 2022 at 23:59 (UTC-5). --- ## [MOSS Grants](https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS) * [MOSS Mozilla Secure Open Source](https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Secure_Open_Source) * [MOSS Mission Partners](https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Mission_Partners) {watch} * [MOSS Foundation Technolgy](https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Foundational_Technology) #### About The open source and free software ecosystem needs to be secure; thank you for your desire to help make that even more of a reality by suggesting a project for an SOS audit. Note that this form allows you to make a *suggestion*, not an *application* - please do not expect to hear back from us. Unlike other tracks of MOSS, Mozilla will take the initiative to approach organizations it wishes to make offers to, perhaps guided by a suggestion, perhaps not. #### Eligibility Criteria How commonly used is the software? Is the software network-facing or does it regularly process untrusted data? How vital is the software to the continued functioning of the Internet or the Web? Does the software depend on closed-source code, e.g. in a web service? Are the software’s maintainers aware of and supportive of the application for support from the SOS fund? Has the software been audited before? If so, when and how extensively? Was the audit made public? If so, where? Does the software have existing corporate backing or involvement? #### Application https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLwANEOvLBE6gnFVoiamqHOYzzkaChpdQJ7f0PlZGmfyy94w/viewform #### Deadline N/A ## N ### [NGI](https://www.ngi.eu/opencalls/) {watch} #### About NLNET Zero Entrust We are seeking project proposals between 5.000 and 50.000 euro's — with the possibility to scale them up if there is proven potential. Reliability, confidentiality, integrity, security and data portability should be the 'new normal' of the internet, something ordinary users should not have to worry about — users should be in control. So let's make it happen. https://hackmd.io/Ak2Y1KZLRL2Ij1M6jP4pgw #### Eligibility Criteria If the project you are are considering would be a significant advance towards the goals and the vision of the Next Generation Internet, we invite you to submit - even if you live outside of Europe #### Application https://nlnet.nl/propose/ #### Deadline Apr 1 2023 Aug 1 2023 --- ## O ### [Open Defense Fund](https://github.com/OpenDefenseFund/monorepo/tree/main/how-to-apply-for-funding-or-speak) !! {watch} #### About Owned by none, ODF is a consortium of organizations participating in an open forum dedicated to protecting the future of the web. No member speaks for or represents the foundation or any other member in the think tank, all views come from a diverse range of ethnic and cultural heritages. ODF's mission is to facilitate healthy discourse between differing cultures by freely promoting corroborative facts with fair algorithms. If you align with ODF's mission, please write a proposal and submit it as a pull request, and we will route it to an appropriate person for review. This can be for a conference or an art project, to show off a code demo, or anything relevant. Try to at least showcase any past project(s) you are proud of. Currently, only 1 existing member needs to approve of your pull request and you will then be granted full push permission. #### Eligibility Criteria All work must be open source, built in public. If you are a for-profit or blockchain entity, you are expected to commit funds. No future-facing projections are permitted, as such all teams will be continuously subject to ethics disclosures and members are encouraged to constructively criticize each other, especially across replicable engineering standards. Public podcasts of debates and challenges will be promoted, proofs will be prioritized as pragmatic over philosophies alone. #### Application Make a pull request https://github.com/balzack/monorepo/blob/main/how-to-apply-for-funding-or-speak/README.md #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Open Humans](https://www.openhumans.org/grants/) {watch} #### About Do you have a project that might help grow the Open Humans ecosystem? You may qualify for 5000 USD to support your work! Projects can work with members in a variety of exciting ways – help members add new data sources, or share new ways to explore existing data! For example... Share a data report or visualization! Help members import a new type of data Connect to an existing community or study #### Eligibility Criteria This is open to both US-based and international individuals. No institutional or organizational affiliation is required. Individuals and teams are invited to apply for a project grant of up to 5000 USD if they plan to do one or more of the following: provide valuable new/novel data sources raise significant awareness of the project attract new members (e.g. by providing an analysis or visualization of data) who will continue to contribute to the ecosystem in the future after your project rolls out #### Application https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpunOhJosk-u4jr-5BtI9YQaR8zBPFTwX9Q5CLy091m88FdA/viewform #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Open Society Foundation](https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants) #### About Building long-term relationships of trust with the entities we support, and understanding their health, effectiveness, strengths, and the challenges they face, is an integral part of the Open Society Foundations’ organization-centered approach to grant making. The vast majority of our grants are awarded to organizations that we approach directly. The kind of grants any Open Society program makes depend on its strategy and its vision of how to use its budget most effectively. #### Eligibility Criteria https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/open-society-fellowship?eligibility=1 #### Application - no tech grants open atm #### Deadline N/A --- ### [OpenTechnology Fund](https://www.opentech.fund/) {watch} #### About The Open Technology Fund supports projects and people that develop open and accessible technologies promoting human rights and open societies, and help advance inclusive and safe access to global communications networks. - Internet Freedom Fund - Rapid Reponse Fund - Information Controls Fellowship - Surge and Sustain Fund - Technology at Scale Fund - https://github.com/OpenTechFund/application-guide #### Eligibility Criteria - Internet Freedom Fund projects and people working on open and accessible technology-focused projects that promote human rights, Internet freedom, open societies - Rapid Reponse Fund aims to resolve threats in a timely and comprehensive manner for individuals, communities, and organizations whose free expression has recently been repressed. To resolve digital emergencies, OTF offers both direct financial support as well as technical services from trusted partners to high-risk people and organizations, such as bloggers, cyber activists, journalists, and human rights defenders - Information Controls Fellowship supports examination into how governments in countries, regions, or areas of OTF’s core focus are restricting the free flow of information, cutting access to the open Internet, and implementing censorship mechanisms, thereby threatening the ability of global citizens to exercise basic human rights and democracy; work focused on mitigation of such threats is also supported - Surge and Sustain Fund provides resources to leading VPN and circumvention solutions to support user costs in highly restrictive environments. - Technology at Scale Fund fund is the primary means through which OTF directly supports the technology needs of USAGM broadcast networks, journalists, and their audiences. Many of these networks serve audiences in countries that attempt to block access to USAGM content and impede journalists’ efforts to report objective news. The Technology at Scale Fund solicits mature technology solutions to ensure that USAGM audiences can access content safely through firewalls and other government attempts to censor objective news and allow journalists to safely do their work and communicate with sources. #### Application https://apply.opentech.fund/internet-freedom-fund-concept-note/ #### Deadline - Internet Freedom Fund (open) - https://www.opentech.fund/funds/internet-freedom-fund/ - Rapid Reponse Fund (open) - https://www.opentech.fund/funds/rapid-response-fund/ - Information Controls Fellowship - Surge and Sustain Fund (open) - https://www.opentech.fund/funds/surge-and-sustain-fund/ - Technology at Scale Fund (open) - Learning Lab - https://www.opentech.fund/labs/learning-lab/ - Localization Lab - https://www.opentech.fund/labs/localization-lab/ - Read Team Lab - https://www.opentech.fund/labs/red-team-lab/ - Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab - https://www.opentech.fund/labs/sua-lab/ --- ### [OS collective](https://www.oscollective.org/) #### About Stay focused on your project — let us take care of all the accounting, taxes, invoices, and admin. You decide where the money gets spent, then we make it happen. Plus, your budget will be fully transparent to your community. #### Eligibility Criteria - licence (Free Software Foundation License List or Debian Free Software Guidelines or Fedora Software License List or Open Source Hardware Association Statement of Principles) - at least 100 stars on Github/Gitlab - at least 50 members - project must be directly related to open source, not proprietary technology or any other topics - meetups or small event groups should have organized at least 2 events previously - conferences and larger events may require specific risk assessment by our board #### Application https://opencollective.com/opensource #### Deadline N/A --- ## P ### [Plaintextgroup](https://github.com/PlaintextGroup/oss-virtual-incubator/) !! {watch} #### About We are seeking to support the most ambitious and innovative ideas to systemically improve the sustainability of the OSS ecosystem. Submit your idea or view other ideas here. Discussion forum https://github.com/PlaintextGroup/oss-virtual-incubator/discussions #### Eligibility Criteria Like roads and bridges for the digital world, open source software (OSS) makes up much of our digital infrastructure and underlies many critical software systems, both public and private. Some of the most popular apps and websites are open source as well. Often referred to as "free and open source software" (FOSS), OSS can be used, modified, and shared by the public according to its terms of distribution. However, OSS faces a sustainability problem. While some OSS projects are well-resourced by companies and non-profit organizations, other OSS code is maintained and released by people who struggle to monetize their work. Moreover, flaws in OSS has been used to mount supply chain attacks such as Heartbleed and, more recently, log4j. Traditional methods of resourcing OSS development and maintenance – such as corporate or philanthropic donations, crowdsourcing, or volunteer time – may not be enough. We are seeking the most ambitious and innovative ideas to systemically improve the sustainability of the OSS ecosystem. We welcome ideas from around the world, and they can range from (but are not limited to) research proposals to specific technical improvements to institution-building to policymaking ideas. Here are some (not exhaustive) examples: "implement X feature in a certain package manager", "perform dependency mapping of the OSS ecosystem", "create a training program for OSS maintainers to learn how to apply to grants", "create a mechanism for the US National Science Foundation to better fund critical OSS libraries", "use X web3 mechanism to create incentives to fund OSS tools", "develop tools or new methodologies to predict open source sustainability or community health". #### Application https://github.com/PlaintextGroup/oss-virtual-incubator/#2-submit-a-proposal #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Polkadot treasury fund](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IZykdp2cyQavcRyZd_dgNj5DcgxgZR6kAqGdcNARu1w/edit) {watch} #### About The Polkadot Treasury is a pot of funds collected through transaction fees, slashing, and staking inefficiencies that can be spent by submitting a spending proposal that, if approved, will enter a waiting period before distribution. Proposals may consist of (but not limited to): Infrastructure deployment and continued operation; Network security operations (monitoring services, continuous auditing); Ecosystem provisions (collaborations with friendly chains); Marketing activities (advertising, paid features, collaborations); Community events and outreach (meetups, hackerspaces); Research (academic and non-academic); Software development (wallets and wallet integration, clients and client upgrades); Cross-chain application development. * https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/grants * https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-treasury * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IZykdp2cyQavcRyZd_dgNj5DcgxgZR6kAqGdcNARu1w/edit * https://polkadot.network/blog/kusama-treasury-funds-seven-teams-in-seven-weeks * https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-treasury#creating-a-treasury-proposal * https://medium.com/polkadot-network/common-good-parachains-an-introduction-to-governance-allocated-parachain-slots-88e01812160d #### Eligibility Criteria Anyone building with Substrate and/on Polkadot. #### Application Discuss before in the forum and only post proposal if you have enough support, otherwise you may lose the deposit (you pay the deposit when you submit a proposal, if it ed, you get it back) https://www.dotreasury.com/dot/proposals #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Protocol Labs research](https://github.com/protocol/research#private-retrieval) !! {watch} #### About We are looking for research and development of interactive private communication mechanisms. Commensurate with scope, up to USD 150k per award for research grants and USD 300k per award for implementation grants. Works we are interested in funding include those which: Explore new mechanisms for private communication (e.g. with cryptographic, information theoretic, or statistical basis) Relax the traditional ‘web’ assumptions of a single origin to engage with the possibilities of pre-distributed CDN or content-addressed data. Prototype the use of novel network-layer privacy technologies in real systems. #### Eligibility Criteria Implementation grant We expect that a team of 2-3 research engineers/developers working for 1-2 years will be sufficient to carry out the prototype development projects envisioned in this call, but we will consider other proposals. Renewals are possible. #### Application @willscott We encourage you to reach out to research-grants@protocol.ai or visit #private-retrieval in the Lodestar Discord if you’re considering applying or have any questions. #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Protocol Labs Sponsorships](https://research.protocol.ai/outreach/sponsorship/) !! {watch} #### About Sponsorships To request sponsorship for research-oriented events, we ask that you fill out our sponsorship request form. Please provide as much information as possible (sponsorship tiers, free non-speaker tickets, branding, a table or other space for swag, inclusion in newsletters, etc.) to minimize the need for back-and-forth communication and help streamline our review process. We ask that all requests are submitted at least two months prior to the date of your event, so we have sufficient time to review the request, make a decision, and finalize logistics. If you have a question about sponsorship that is not covered by the request form, please email research-grants@protocol.ai. #### Eligibility Criteria Protocol Labs (PL) Research reviews requests for sponsorship at research-focused events. In addition to financial support, we seek to support these events by providing speakers, sending attendees, and promoting them on our website when appropriate. Note that we do not sponsor pay-to-speak events #### Application https://protocollabs.smapply.io/prog/event_sponsorship/ #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Prototype fund](https://prototypefund.de/en/) {watch} #### About The Prototype Fund supports software developers, designers and other creatives in transforming their ideas from a concept to a software prototype. Whether it’s about society, education, environment or tech sovereignty – together we explore and test new ways for technical and social innovations. As individual developers or small interdisciplinary project teams, you will receive up to €47,500 over six months from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. With this funding, you can write code and develop a first prototype of your software. We will also connect you with tech and other relevant communities, support you with coaching, and advise you on project implementation, communication, and sustainability. We explicitly encourage all people who belong to groups that have been underrepresented in software development to apply for the funding. You can contact us at any time during the application period. #### Eligibility Criteria You are individual developers or part of a team* (of developers + x). ✓ Your idea is a software project (or at least largely based on software – hardware projects are not eligible). ✓ You are of legal age (18 or older). ✓ You are resident in Germany, self-employed** or freelance and pay your taxes here. ✓ #### Application * ... #### Deadline The next application phase starts on August 1st, 2023. --- ## Q ## R ### [RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund](https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf) {watch} #### About The RIPE NCC has supported a range of projects and innovative ideas over its 25-year history, and we are now formalising these efforts through the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. We know there's no shortage of brilliant minds in the Internet technical community working on groundbreaking projects, but securing funding to support these projects can be challenging. The RIPE NCC will provide €250,000 per year to support projects of value to the operation, resilience and sustainability of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefiting the technical community in our service region. #### Eligibility Criteria - projects working ‘for the Good of the Internet’ - justifiable benefit to the Internet, with preference to be given to projects of particular benefit to the RIPE community #### Application https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/call-for-applications #### Deadline May 31 2023 --- ### [Roddenberry Catalyst](https://roddenberryfoundation.org/our-work/catalyst-fund/) !! {watch} #### About The Catalyst Fund makes grants between 2,500–15,000 USD to anyone, anywhere in the world who has an early-stage idea or project that addresses pressing global challenges. #### Eligibility Criteria The Catalyst Fund has been created to source ideas from all corners of the globe. You can be a seasoned social entrepreneur or a first-time changemaker. Eligible candidates for the Catalyst Fund may be individuals, teams of individuals, non-profit organizations, or social enterprises. To be eligible, all applicants must: Be 18 years of age or older Submit an application in English Include completed responses to all required application questions Agree to all legal terms and conditions of the Catalyst Fund grant program Be able to legally receive grant funding #### Application https://apply.roddenberryfoundation.org/app/main/register/096B3E8FC7C03D844F7922C7FA2EF64695300ED49329FA653523A0DB38C26E85 #### Deadline There are no deadlines. Applications are accepted year-round. --- ## S ### [Samsung Next](https://www.samsungnext.com/) {watch} #### About We focus broadly on these technology areas, but invest opportunistically in founders pursuing the imagined and impossible: artificial intelligence, blockchain, fintech, healthtech, infrastructure, mediatech Samsung Next is committed to driving and fostering innovation globally. This means that we invest in startups, acquire technology, and partner with companies big and small to unlock value across the entire ecosystem and maximize impact. We believe great talent and ideas exist in all communities. Companies like ours have a responsibility to ensure that all great founders and tech leaders, regardless of background, access, and geography, have the same opportunity to unlock their potential. Knowing that so much of the tech industry is powered by relationships, we found ourselves asking: How do we broaden our networks to ensure that we’re meeting with the companies who are building the most exciting and visionary products, services, and technologies? https://www.samsungnext.com/whats-next/introducing-the-samsung-next-stack-zero-grant/ #### Eligibility Criteria ?? #### Application https://samsungnext.typeform.com/to/FFh0nIgy?typeform-source=www.samsungnext.com #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Siegel Family Endowment](https://www.siegelendowment.org/grantees/) {watch} #### About We know that philanthropy doesn’t hold all the answers to addressing tough societal challenges. However, we believe that philanthropy is uniquely positioned to ask big questions of our society, and to bring together the right stakeholders to answer those questions. Our inquiry-driven approach to grantmaking is an iterative process of asking questions, systematically interrogating them, and applying our learnings to subsequents rounds of questioning. Our approach is grounded in the scientific method, and is inspired by our chairman and founder David Siegel’s approach to his life’s work. We ask questions that help us develop an informed hypothesis, support academic and field-work that uncovers evidence, track and interpret outcomes thoughtfully, and apply our findings in order to inform the next phase of inquiry. https://www.siegelendowment.org/our-interest-areas/infrastructure/ https://www.siegelendowment.org/our-interest-areas/learning/ #### Eligibility Criteria Siegel Family Endowment supports organizations working at the intersections of learning, workforce, and infrastructure. #### Application no application, but an inquiry driven approach #### Deadline ??? --- ### [SIDN Fonds](https://www.sidnfonds.nl/over-het-fonds) !! {watch} #### About As an independent fund and Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling ( ANBI ), we support projects that contribute to a strong internet for everyone. We were founded in 2014 at the initiative of SIDN (Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland) and since the first call in 2015 we have supported more than 300 projects. https://www.sidnfonds.nl/aanvragen/pioniers #### Eligibility Criteria You are eligible for our support if your innovative project serves a social interest, has the potential to make an impact on one of our focus areas and can continue to exist after our funding period. Moreover, it is essential that the results of your project are shared, as is the knowledge and experience gained. We take the following general criteria into account when assessing an application. Please note: additional criteria are sometimes set for theme calls. - Will it be tackled in collaboration with relevant players from the Dutch internet sector? We see that as a plus. This also applies to cooperation with registrars, hosters or internet providers. #### Application https://fundpro.se/calls/2399 #### Deadline Closes: 2023-12-31 23:59 --- ### [Shuttleworth Foundation](https://shuttleworthfoundation.org/) https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellows/ #### About The free and open source software (FOSS) movement has not only created widely used software but million dollar businesses, using collaborative development approaches and open licences. Although the model is well established for software, it is not the case for education, philanthropy, hardware or social development. The default imposed on knowledge resources by copyright law is automatic lock down, with ideas generated and owned by 'experts'. This default makes little sense if your agenda is social change. We identify amazing people with innovative ideas and give them a fellowship grant, project funding and a support system of like-minded individuals. If we are deliberate about finding great people, supporting and sharing their positive approaches for social change, the world will get better, faster. That is why we are looking for social innovators who are open at heart, have a fresh perspective on addressing challenges and have a very clear idea of their role in bringing about positive change. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application https://shuttleworthfoundation.org/apply/#more #### Deadline Last one was March 2022 --- ### [Sloan Foundation](https://sloan.org/programs/digital-technology/better-software-for-science) #### About We fund research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics 1. Better Software for Science Open source in research Open source is much more than a licensing strategy, it is a set of community practices that enable the distributed production and maintenance of software that are not widely adopted in the research enterprise. The Better Software for Science program seeks opportunities to better understand and align best practices in open source with academic research, with a particular eye toward the health and maintenance of digital infrastructural dependencies upon which computational research relies. Software Publication and Archiving Software is not well-integrated into the scholarly communication system; scientific software is often not cited or well-archived, and can require substantial work to reuse. The Better Software for Science program seeks opportunities to elevate software as a first-order research product as well as efforts that aim to improve the linkages between software and other research outputs such as articles, preprints or data. Career paths and incentives The work of building and maintaining research software is often undervalued and marginalized in the research enterprise. The Better Software for Science program seeks opportunities to foreground and institutionalize the individuals and communities who are essential to the utility and durability of software in science, with particular attention to the roles of research software engineer, data scientist, and software curator. 2. Exploratory grant making in technology Open Hardware Open and cheap hardware has the potential to revolutionize the creation and deployment of sensors and other scientific instruments, expanding access and lowering barriers to innovation in data-driven research methods. Grants in this focus area seek to explore the potential for Foundation support to have an impact on the development of best practices, data standards, and emerging new practitioner communities in open hardware. Trust in Algorithmic Knowledge The complexity and opacity of AI-driven research methods has raised new questions about the degree to which their results can or should be trusted. Issues examined in this focus area include identifying and mitigating algorithmic bias, the role of training and benchmarking datasets in AI development, how Machine Learning techniques enhance or degrade rigor and reproducibility, and the ways that algorithmic recommendation systems influence trust in knowledge. Grants focus on exploring these issues with an eye toward understanding the potential for Foundation impact. Virtual Collaboration Health, safety, and travel restrictions imposed in response to the global coronavirus pandemic made co-located scientific activities impossible. From conferences to classrooms to lab work, research communities responded by using new approaches and technology platforms to continue the practice of science. Grants in this focus area explore these innovations, their effects on research outcomes, and their post-pandemic durability, and encourage continued experimentation by research communities in how scientific practice might be effectively mediated by digital platforms and immersive technologies. 3. Data & computational research Grants in this program sought to partner with research communities to develop tools, standards, practices, and institutions that enable the efficient management and sharing of data and code at every point in the scientific pipeline—from acquisition through analysis to archiving. https://sloan.org/ https://sloan.org/grants/apply https://www.softwareheritage.org/2020/05/20/welcoming-sloan-support-to-expand-the-software-heritage-archive/ #### Eligibility Criteria In selecting projects for funding, the Foundation seeks proposals for original initiatives led by outstanding individuals or teams. We are interested in projects that have a high expected return to society, exhibit a high degree of methodological rigor, and for which funding from the private sector, government, or other foundations is not yet widely available. The Foundation does not generally make grants to for-profit institutions. #### Application Interested grantseekers should send a two-page letter of inquiry to technology@sloan.org. After that follows the real grant proposal process Letter of Inquiry should include (1 or max 2 pages) A brief statement (1-2 sentences) about the nature and purpose of the proposed project; A description of the proposed work to be supported; An estimate of the total cost of the project and the amount of this total the proposer would likely seek from the Sloan Foundation; An estimate of the duration of the project; The grantseeker's title and contact information; The names, affiliations, and titles of other key members of the project, if any. #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Sovereignity tech fund](https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/) {watch} #### About The Sovereign Tech Fund supports the development, improvement and maintenance of open digital infrastructure. Our goal is to sustainably strengthen the open source ecosystem. We focus on security, resilience, technological diversity, and the people behind the code. #### Eligibility Criteria - STF invests in open digital base technologies that are vital to the development of other software or enable digital networking. We invest in projects that benefit and strengthen the open source ecosystem. Examples include libraries for programming languages, package managers, open implementations of communication protocols, administration tools for developers, digital encryption technologies, and more. - not looking for user-facing applications, such as messaging apps or file storage services - only support technologies with societal relevance, i.e. technologies from which a broad public benefits or on which particularly vulnerable groups depend. The public interest in these technologies is not measured solely by the number of users, but also by their criticality in particularly important areas of society - To receive funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund, technologies must be under-supplied or threatened by other circumstances, acute or long-term, such as market consolidation or severe dependencies. The lack of support and resources or technical alternatives places the technologies in a vulnerable state that threatens the existence and sustainability of the project. Applicants must clearly state the extent to which there is underuse or overuse. #### Application https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/applications/ #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Spotify Grants](https://engineering.atspotify.com/2022/04/announcing-the-spotify-foss-fund/) #### About Spotify is starting a Free and Open Source Software Fund (FOSS Fund) to pay maintainers of independent projects. This new initiative is about giving back to open source developers and is one of the ways we are investing in a more sustainable open source ecosystem for all of us. The fund will start at 100K EUR, with Spotify’s engineers nominating what projects should receive funds and our fund committee making the final selections. #### Eligibility Criteria Anyone #### Application - no links to application #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Substrate Builder's Program](https://substrate.io/ecosystem/substrate-builders-program/) #### About The Substrate Builders Program directly supports you by connecting you with Parity’s extensive resources, taking your Substrate project to the next level. The program is divided into three tracks: chain, infrastructure and application track #### Eligibility Criteria The Substrate Builders Program identifies, supports, and mentors current and potential Substrate-related projects. If you're a visionary builder who is considering or already developing a project in the Substrate ecosystem, we want to talk to you. #### Application https://share.hsforms.com/1mcuE-iW8TpynU-hGG7CAyQ4iqge #### Deadline: N/A --- ## T ### [top10vpn research grant](https://www.top10vpn.com/research-grant/) #### About PrivacyCo’s funding opportunities provide a platform for researchers and postgraduate students to conduct original research and promote digital rights globally. PrivacyCo is committed to provide funding for original research that helps advance digital rights globally. We are particularly interested in funding research that uncovers hidden threats to our digital rights through technical research methods. We will be accepting applications on a rolling basis, with candidates invited to apply for up to 10,000 USD in funding. Approval will be dependent on the quality and originality of the proposed research coupled with its potential to shape and influence digital rights debates. #### Eligibility Criteria researchers and postgraduate students #### Application To apply, please email samuel@privacy.co a one page concept note outlining your methodology, potential findings and funding requirements. #### Deadline Open --- ## U ## V ## W ### [web3 foundation grants](https://web3.foundation/) #### About As part of our commitment to promoting the Web3 ecosystem, we offer a comprehensive grants program focused on funding software development and research efforts related to Polkadot and Kusama. You don't need to start your own project in order to be eligible for a grant. Instead, some teams choose to port existing work to Substrate, where the pertinent licenses allow, or even to contribute to an existing open-source project. In the latter case, you should check in advance that the maintainers of the project are interested in your contribution, and the acceptance of the milestones will generally be tied to the inclusion of your work in said project. See the Maintenance Grants section for more info. * https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/#wave-introduction * https://medium.com/web3foundation/web3-foundation-grants-wave-one-winners-2a9cd39f1fbc * https://medium.com/web3foundation/web3-foundation-grants-wave-two-recipients-16d9b996501d * https://medium.com/web3foundation/web3-foundation-grants-wave-3-recipients-6426e77f1230 * https://medium.com/web3foundation/wrap-up-for-winter-with-our-wave-four-grant-recipients-52c27b831a6e #### Eligibility Criteria Generally, your project will have better chances to be accepted if: It presents a well-researched or tested concept, for which ideally you are able to show some prior work. You can demonstrate that the project will be maintained after completion of the grant, be it through an obvious commitment to the technology from your side, additional funding sources or an existing business model. Your team has proven experience with the relevant languages and technologies and/or a strong technical background. You will be asked to provide the GitHub profiles of your team members as part of your application, which we will examine for past activity and code quality. Naturally, you can also link to projects on other platforms. Your application is rich in technical details and well-defined. You can clearly present how your project stands out among competitors or implements technology that doesn't exist in the ecosystem yet. Additionally, it must fulfill the following requirements: All code produced as part of a grant must be open-sourced, and it must also not rely on closed-source software for full functionality. We prefer Apache 2.0, but GPLv3, MIT or Unlicense are also acceptable. We do not award grants for projects that have been the object of a successful token sale. Applications must not mention a specific token. Furthermore, the focus of the application should lie on the software that is being implemented/research being carried out as part of the grant, and less on your project/venture/operation. For the purpose of the application and delivery, think about how others might also benefit from your work. As a general rule, teams are asked to finish a grant before applying for another one. Lastly, we do not fund projects that actively encourage gambling, illicit trade, money laundering or criminal activities in general. #### Application https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/#mailbox_with_mail-suggest-a-project #### Deadline N/A --- ## X ## Y ## Z -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # NOT APPLICABLE (at the moment) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### [EsmeeFairbaim Funding Plus](https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/our-support/funding-plus/) #### About We believe in the potential of open data. With better information, funders can be more effective and strategic decision-makers. We also believe that being transparent helps us to be accountable. https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/our-support/grants/ #### Eligibility Criteria As there is currently more demand for this type of support, we are prioritising requests from funded organisations that: Have not yet received Funding Plus Are led by and for communities experiencing racial inequity Eligibility quiz https://esmeefairbairn.typeform.com/to/xeB89baB?typeform-source=esmeefairbairn.org.uk #### Application ... #### Deadline ... --- ### [Calyx Institute Microgrants](https://calyxinstitute.org/projects/microgrants-and-small-project-support) #### About Launched in 2020, The Microgrants and Small Project Support program is designed to support digital security and privacy education and software development through low overhead financial support to organizations and individuals working on projects that support the Calyx Institute's mission. We accept applications for our themed funds subject to certain restrictions detailed in the call for proposal pages. General grants and project support are currently by invitation only. https://calyxinstitute.org/projects/microgrants-and-small-project-support #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline March 17th, 2023 --- ### [Cisco Research Grants](https://research.cisco.com/open-rfps) #### About - Sustainability Information technology systems and infrastructures represent, by some estimates, approximately 4% of the net contribution towards greenhouse gas emissions. While actions can be undertaken to reduce both the energy required for power and cooling, as well as reducing the embedded emissions, ICT infrastructures offer the potential to help reduce the resource consumption and emissions from other sources of activity. In other words, we may see ICT sector emission increasing while other sectors decrease. 'No decarbonization without digitalization'. As Sustainability rises on the global agenda, Cisco is interested in how information and communication technologies can be improved in efficiency and how ICT can enable a more sustainable future for the world. The goal of this RFP is to solicit proposals that aim to conduct research in information and communications technologies (ICTs) and their application towards more sustainable outcomes. Specific areas of research include but are not limited to the following: Sustainable data, computing and communications architectures and infrastructures: datacenters, clouds and edge as well as novel network designs Sustainable and energy-efficient systems: computing, communications, networking, storage, etc. The application of AI/ML to enable improved sustainability outcomes Design for sustainability - software design and operations paradigms taking 'sustainability-first' approach Energy and sustainability profiling and monitoring techniques Novel approaches to enable information exchange for product lifecycle management and circularity Security considerations for distributed infrastructures and systems such as energy generation and distribution Business models and information systems for sustainability and circularity Human factors in design of improved product sustainability - Web 3 Web 3.0 has disrupted the technological ecosystem and geoeconomics worldwide. A parallel digital economy was born out of bitcoin, and then continues to grow with the help of Ethereum and other cryptocurrency (aka virtual-currency) platforms. They have given rise to the concept of de-centralized finance (DeFI) technology. De-centralized computing is enabled by blockchain and is being implemented as de-centralized apps (dApps). While the industry is building the Web3.0 technology and building on top of the continuously evolving Web3.0 platforms, there are several research challenges that need to be addressed. Cisco is interested in helping the industry solve the foundational and applied technical problems and in advancing the technology of Web 3.0. The goal of this RFP is to solicit proposals that aim to conduct research and address research challenges in the technologies and applications in the area of Web 3.0, Blockchain, cryptocurrencies aka virtual-currencies. Specific areas of research include but are not limited to the following: Blockchain platforms, protocols, cross-chain protocols, consensus, smart contracts, de-centralization Networking, Compute, Edge, Cloud Infrastructure for Web 3.0: Blockchain De-centralized Apps (dApps) De-centralized Finance (DeFi) Trust, Security & Privacy: Security for de-centralized system and applications, privacy-preserving protocols Trust, Fairness: fairness in DeFi, Consensus Compliance: Regulatory compliance for blockchain, DeFi, dApps Applications of Web 3.0: DAO, NFTs #### Eligibility Criteria University researchers only #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [DigitalDefenders Fund](https://www.digitaldefenders.org/funding/) #### About The Digital Defenders Partnership provides financial support to to build digital security capacities. Discover which fund suits your needs. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [mediademocracyfund](https://mediademocracyfund.org/#what-we-do) #### About Media Democracy Fund is a catalyst for an open, secure and equitable internet. We bring together diverse voices to design inclusive and responsible solutions, and empower public interest advocates to create an environment where digital technologies and the internet have a long-term, positive impact on society. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application Can't find any open calls #### Deadline ??? --- ### [FPH](https://www.fph.ch/rubrique6_en.html) #### About FPH provides long-term core funding to civil society organisations that put forward alternatives and advocate on the issues covered by the ten programmes that have been selected for the budget period running from 2021 to 2023: P01 – Regional Integration, Peace and Cooperation P02 – Territorialised Sustainable Food Systems P03 – Territories and Bioregionalism P04 – Ecological Economics P05 – Technological Democracy, Econological Technologies and Low-Tech P06 – Regulation of Transnational Companies and Sustainable Sectors P07 – Democracy and the Rule of Law P08 – Alter-Globalist Movements P09 – Energy and Climate P10 – Capitalisation, Structuring Information and Conferences More specifically, the Foundation supports: the setting up of networks between stakeholders and organisations putting forward new alternatives, and improving their capacity to coordinate; the drawing up of common analyses and proposals with a view to promoting changes of scale, or to providing expertise; the dissemination of alternative solutions (sharing experience, advocacy, campaigns, publications…) in order to generalise best practices, put forward good policies and initiate a change of scale. #### Application #### Deadline Most of the budget is earmarked for a period of three years. During this period, given that most of our resources are already allocated, it is rare for the Foundation Board to open up new partnerships. If however you still wish to put in a request, you can write to us at our postal address or send an email to: contact.fph@fph.ch --- ### [Outreachy](https://www.outreachy.org/) #### About Outreachy provides internships in open source and open science. Outreachy provides internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they are living. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application ... #### Deadline ... --- ### [Facebook Research Grants](https://research.facebook.com/research-awards/#all-the-latest--research-awards---status--open---) #### About ... #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application ... #### Deadline ... --- ### [Sage Concept Grants](https://ocean.sagepub.com/concept-grants/) #### About SAGE’s Concept Grant program provides funding for innovative software solutions that support research in the social sciences. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application ... #### Deadline ... --- ### [Google for AI](https://google.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_di0qQuYNuDnUiJE) #### About ... #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application ... #### Deadline ... --- ### [Netidee](https://www.netidee.at/einreichen) #### About Austria #### Eligibility Criteria They don't have the english version, so it might be only for the Austrians, although it doesn't specifically say so. #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Internet Society Foundation](https://www.isocfoundation.org/funding-areas/) #### About We support the global Internet community – researchers, developers, nonprofits, educators and more – through the following grant programs: Bolt Program https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/bolt-grant-program/ #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline Nothing open atm --- ### [Grant for the Web](https://www.grantfortheweb.org/grantees) #### About Grant for the Web is an Interledger Foundation program to boost open, fair, and inclusive standards and innovation in Web Monetization. Grant for the Web is founded on the belief that a healthy internet needs openness and opportunity, and that it cannot be built on the backs of individuals’ security and privacy. These funds will seed an ecosystem that will challenge the web’s most urgent issues: loss of privacy, centralization of power, and inequalities in online participation. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * currently not yet announced for 2023 #### Deadline Our last open call ended in September 2021. --- ### [Indela Latin America](https://indela.fund/en/home-2/) #### About Indela funds and supports organizations that work to advance digital rights in Latin America. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Isif Asia](https://isif.asia/about-isif-asia/) #### About The challenges of improving Internet growth are multi faceted and interrelated, particularly in developing countries. They include, for example, access to technical skills and knowledge, the diffusion and reliability of infrastructures and services, an enabling business and policy environment for information and telecommunications, as well as unique local economic and social challenges. Meeting and overcoming these challenges requires innovative solutions and the involvement of local actors, who are best placed to understand their needs and requirements. Critical to reach these goals are the availability of Internet infrastructure and services that are affordable and efficient; innovative Internet applications; successful and sustainable models for the provision of Internet services and finally, business environments which can become commercially competitive and sustainable. Support research on Internet operations, infrastructure, technologies and protocols, conducted within the Asia Pacific region. Support implementation and refinement of digital solutions that make strategic use of Internet technologies in an innovative way, responding to the needs and challenges that different communities face. Provide higher visibility and share evidence of the positive influence that the Internet is having in the Asia Pacific region, and in particular the contributions from Asia Pacific digital innovators to these developments. Build the capacities needed by organizations and their project teams, to scale-up their solutions; whether through better management, fundraising, or partnership development. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Fire Africa](https://fireafrica.org/home) #### About Projects from African-based public or private sector organizations, universities, or research and development institutions, and non-government organizations will be considered. Individuals are not eligible. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Lacnic Frida](https://programafrida.net/en) #### About FRIDA is an initiative of LACNIC, the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * opens 26.04.2023 #### Deadline ??? ### [aspen tech policy hub](https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/fellowship/) #### About The Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellowship is a 10-week, full-time, paid, in-residence program in the Bay Area that teaches STEM experts the policy process. We currently offer fellowship programs along two policy tracks: technology and climate. The program is ideal for people with scientific or technical backgrounds who are interested in building better policy, whether that be within government or more broadly as an external advocate or from within industry. It is particularly well-suited to applicants who have existing policy ideas they wish to refine and press forward. Admitted applicants receive an 18,000 USD stipend to enable their participation. While the Hub fellowship is normally full-time and in-person, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, any Fellowship program we hold is likely to be a mix of in-person and online programming for the foreseeable future. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline Applications are currently closed for the Summer 202 --- ### [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org/projects/apply/) #### About Part of Conservancy's activity is through its member projects. These projects become formally part of Conservancy and have a close relationship with our activity. Most of our projects are purely software projects, but we also occasionally accept initiatives designed to advance software freedom, such as Outreachy. #### Eligibility Criteria Conservancy seeks projects that dedicate themselves to the advancement of software freedom and focus their projects on the rights of users to copy, share, modify and improve their software. Being a FOSS project under an OSI-approved and DFSG-free license is mandatory, but not the only criteria. #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Numfocus](https://numfocus.org/) #### About The Small Development Grants program is a NumFOCUS microgrant program benefitting our Sponsored and Affiliated projects. The program helps projects fund important work that they might not otherwise be able to do like improving usability, growing project communities, and speeding up the time to major releases. #### Eligibility Criteria Any NumFOCUS Fiscally Sponsored or Affiliated project is eligible to submit 1 proposal per grant cycle. Each project may receive a maximum of 2 grants per calendar year. #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Beta Nsf Gov](https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cns-computer-systems-research-csr) #### About https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/secure-trustworthy-cyberspace-satc #### Eligibility Criteria US only? #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? ### [Google Summer of Code](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/) #### About Google Summer of Code is a global, online mentoring program focused on introducing new contributors to open source software development. GSoC contributors work on a 12+ week programming project with the guidance of mentors from their open source organization. https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/student-stipends #### Eligibility Criteria - student or OS beginner - organization workin on OS #### Application * ... #### Deadline Apr 4 2023 --- ### [Google Grants](https://www.google.com/grants/) #### About free google ads to attract donors #### Eligibility Criteria nonprofit #### Application https://www.google.com/nonprofits/account/u/0/f/apply #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Microsoft FOSS Fund](https://opensource.microsoft.com/ecosystem/) #### About Microsoft is proud to support amazing open source projects, initiatives, foundations, and contribute to thousands of open source communities on GitHub and beyond. The Free and Open Source Software Fund (FOSS Fund) is a way for our employees to collectively select open source projects to receive 10,000 USD sponsorship awards throughout the year. #### Eligibility Criteria The open source project must be used by Microsoft. #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [CodingItForward](https://www.codingitforward.com/fellowships) #### About The Civic Digital Fellowship and Civic Innovation Corps are **paid, 10-week summer fellowships** for early-career technologists #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Google Season of Docs](https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs) #### About Create a proposal outlining the documentation your project needs to create, update, or improve. Show us how you'll measure the impact of your project. Google Season of Docs provides financial support for your documentation project. At the end of the program, share what you've learned to improve knowledge of documentation in the open source community as a whole. https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline March 24, 2023 ### [Unicef Innovationfund](https://www.unicefinnovationfund.org/apply/frontier-tech-solutions) #### About The UNICEF Venture Fund is looking to make up to 100K USD in equity-free investments to provide early-stage (seed) funding to for-profit start-ups developing frontier technology solutions that can positively impact the lives of the world's most vulnerable children and youth. If your product is registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries, is a working prototype, has demonstrated results, and is (or could be) open-source licensed, we encourage you to apply. https://www.unicefinnovationfund.org/funding-support #### Eligibility Criteria company registered NOT in Europe/Common Wealth/US (West) #### Application https://form.jotform.com/230251713767354 #### Deadline July 28 2023 --- ### [Knight Foundation](https://knightfoundation.org/grants/) #### About We are social investors who support a more effective democracy by funding free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and in the success of American cities and towns where the Knight brothers once published newspapers. https://knightfoundation.org/grants/6001/ https://knightfoundation.org/funding-opp-research-norms-rules-governance-internet-digital-platforms/ #### Eligibility Criteria We primarily fund U.S.-based organizations. #### Application We seek innovative ideas that advance informed and engaged communities. To apply for funding, please submit a brief letter of inquiry. The letter of inquiry is one way to apply for funding but not the only way. Applying to our open challenges is a separate process. https://knight.fluxx.io/lois/new?utf8=%E2%9C%93&lang=en&commit=Apply+Now #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Unreal Engine Megagrants](https://www.unrealengine.com/de/megagrants) #### About Epic Games has committed to providing financial grants to creative, noteworthy, and innovative projects built in and around Unreal Engine or projects that enhance the open source 3D graphics ecosystem. Our average grants range from 5,000 USD to 250,000 USD, with some extraordinary projects receiving up to 500,000 USD Projects selected cover a variety of endeavors from game development, architecture projects, and film production, to educational uses and software tool development. No matter what size grant you receive, you will continue to own your IP and will be free to publish it however you wish. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Seedfund NSF](https://seedfund.nsf.gov/apply/get-started/) #### About WE INVEST UP TO 2 MILLION USD IN SEED FUNDING. AND TAKE ZERO EQUITY. #### Eligibility Criteria Your company must be a small business (fewer than 500 employees) located in the United States. At least 50% of your company’s equity must be owned by U.S. citizens or permanent residents. NSF does not fund companies that are majority-owned by multiple venture capital firms, private equity firms, or hedge funds, to participate in SBIR and STTR. All funded work, including work done by consultants and contractors, needs to take place in the United States. The project’s principal investigator (tech lead) must be legally employed at least 20 hours a week by the company seeking funding. The PI doesn’t need any advanced degrees. The principal investigator needs to commit to at least one month (173 hours) of work on a funded project per six months of project duration.#### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Software sustainability evaluation](https://www.software.ac.uk/resources/online-sustainability-evaluation) #### About The following evaluation is a short, free, online version of the full sustainability evaluation that the Institute can perform for your project. It takes about 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire, which gives you the opportunity to review the main issues that affect the sustainability of your software. At the end of the evaluation, a report will be generated and emailed to you with sustainability advice that is tailored to your project. The online evaluation investigates the following areas of your software: What does your software do? Support Documentation Plans for the future Availability of your software Source code structure Open standards Building from source Installing the binary Testing Portability Community Contributor policy Identity Copyright Licences #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0ccsVdN-nXJCHLluJ-hANZlp8rDKgprJa0oTYiLZSDxh3DA/viewform #### Deadline N/A --- ### [Horizon Europe Guarantee](https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1181/overview/82439c10-3c37-4220-86fe-930514116f16) #### About You will be eligible to register with UKRI for the Horizon Europe guarantee through this route if you are a UK-based organisation which has been successful through a Horizon Europe call in scope of the first or second wave of the guarantee. For the consortium-style grants, you must remain a partner on the project and be listed on the Horizon Europe grant agreement as an Associated Partner. #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application form: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/application/create/start-application/1181 #### Deadline: N/A --- ### [Internet Society](https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/) #### About #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [CISCO Grant Program](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/csr/community/nonprofits/product-grant-program.html#~overview) #### About USA #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Wau Holland Stiftung](https://wauland.de/en/) #### About Germany #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Google Research Outreach Program](https://research.google/outreach/) #### About Google Outreach Program - Includsion Award Program https://research.google/outreach/air-program/ #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application ... #### Deadline ... --- ### [Webfoundation](https://webfoundation.org/our-work/) #### About https://contractfortheweb.org/principles/principle-6-develop-technologies-that-support-the-best-in-humanity-and-challenge-the-worst/ #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [UK Innovation competition list](https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/search) #### About: List of many open competitions from many innovation areas (digital technology etc.) #### Eligibility Criteria ... --- ### [Kickstart Scheme for employers](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/kickstart-scheme-for-employers) #### About: The Kickstart Scheme helps employers create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit. #### Eligibility Criteria ... --- ### [open collective funds list](https://opencollective.com/search?q=&type=FUND) #### About List of all the funds published on OpenCollective #### Eligibility Criteria ... --- ### [BBSw Fellowship Program](https://bssw.io/pages/bssw-fellowship-program) #### About #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * re-opens in Summer 2023 #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Mozilla Technology Fund (MTF)](https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/what-we-fund/awards/mozilla-technology-fund-mtf/) #### About #### Eligibility Criteria * Supports "AI auditing tools" at the moment #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Mozilla Technology Fund](https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/what-we-fund/awards/mozilla-technology-fund-mtf/) #### About Our goal is to provide projects in the MTF: Auditing Tools for AI Systems cohort with the resources needed to unlock their full potential and to make them more sustainable in the long term. We will provide awards of up to 50,000 USD each to open source projects which are providing concrete tools and support to auditors. #### Eligibility Criteria Applicants should: - Have a product or working prototype in hand--projects which have not moved beyond the idea stage will not be considered - Already have a core team in place to support the development of the project (this team might include software developers working in close collaboration with auditors, AI researchers, designers, product/project managers, and subject matter experts) - Embrace openness, transparency, and community stewardship as methodology - Make their work available under an open-source license #### Application https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/what-we-fund/awards/mozilla-technology-fund-mtf/call-for-proposals/ #### Deadline closed --- ### [Mozila Ventures](https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-investing-in-responsible-tech/) #### About Early next year, we will launch Mozilla Ventures, a first-of-its-kind impact venture fund to invest in startups that push the internet — and the tech industry — in a better direction. Launching officially in early 2023, Mozilla Ventures will start with an initial 35M USD, and grow through partnerships with other investors. #### Eligibility Criteria Startup sharing value #### Application Not a grant #### Deadline ??? --- ### [QGIS](https://blog.qgis.org/category/qgis-grant-programme/) #### About #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline May 2 2023 --- ### [Rubycentral](https://rubycentral.org/) #### About #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Unitary Fund](https://unitary.fund/) #### About Funds Quantum Computing related projects #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [The Britford Bridge Trust](https://thebritfordbridgetrust.org/) #### About #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [webwewant](https://webwewant.org/grants/) #### About #### Eligibility Criteria ... #### Application * ... #### Deadline ??? --- ### [Wikimedia Grants](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start) #### About [Technology fund](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund) comming soon [Research fund](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund) We welcome submissions that describe in-depth research proposals to improve and expand our understanding of the Wikimedia projects and their impact, introduce technical and socio-technical solutions that can enhance the technology in support of the Wikimedia projects, and advance the Wikimedia Movement towards the 2030 strategic direction. We will also consider funding proposals that focus on expanding and diversifying the community of researchers studying Wikimedia projects. For non-research related work, please see other sources of funding, including the Wikimedia Community Fund, the Wikimedia Alliances Fund and the forthcoming Wikimedia Technology Fund. Requests can be up to USD 50,000 and we intend to give a minimum of six grants during this funding cycle. Detailed budgets are not required as part of initial submissions but we request rough estimates in the following categories (if applicable) along with a brief explanation: Salary or stipend Benefits Equipment Software Open access publishing costs Institutional overhead (up to 15% of total budget requested) Other (as specified) Final grant amounts are up to the discretion of the Research Fund Committee, who may reach out to finalists to ask for a reduced budget and a proportionally reduced scope of work. Funds will be disbursed in one payment at the beginning of the funding period (June 2023). #### Eligibility Criteria Research fund Individuals, groups, and organizations may apply. Any individual is allowed three open grants at any one time. This includes Rapid Funds. Groups or organizations can have up to five open grants at any one time. #### Application Research fund https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund #### Deadline 16 December 2022 AOE — Stage I application submission deadline. 2 3 March 2023 — Stage I selection result notifications. 31 March 2023 — Stage II application submission deadline. 4 May 2023 — Stage II selection result notifications. --- ### [Amateuer Radio Digial Communications](https://www.ardc.net/apply/) #### About ARDC makes grants that align with our mission to support amateur radio and digital communication science and technology. In addition to aligning with our mission, your project must align with at least one of our grantmaking categories: - Support and growth of amateur radio, - Education, and - Research and Development. #### Eligibility Criteria - U.S.-based 501(c)(3) Public Charity, government agency, school, or university. NOTE: If your organization is a 501(c)(3) public charity, please consider whether or not your organization will meet the public support test after you receive an ARDC grant. We cannot offer legal advice on this matter, but we suggest that you consult with an attorney or CPA to ensure that you will meet this requirement. For more information on the public support test, go to Understanding the 501(c)(3) Public Support Test. - International charity, nonprofit, school, or university. - Radio clubs and groups who are NOT nonprofits may be eligible if they have a U.S.-based, nonprofit fiscal sponsor. For tips on finding a fiscal sponsor, see our instructions page. - Individuals may be eligible if you work with a fiscal sponsor. #### Application https://grants.ardc.net/ #### Deadline February 1 April 1 July 1 October 1 + Scholarship Applications Due --- --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # GRANTS - LISTINGS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * https://www.bond.org.uk/funding-opportunities/ * https://www.ukri.org/what-we-offer/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support/ * https://github.com/PayDevs/awesome-oss-monetization * https://guide.opentech.fund/appendix-iv-alternative-sources-of-support * https://nlnet.nl/foundation/network.html * https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/ * https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes * https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/funding * https://www.dev.ngo/grants/ * https://grantnav.threesixtygiving.org/search

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