Cisco Foundation
Cisco's Global Impact Cash Grant Program funds community partners worldwide via an online grants management portal, with Cisco also connecting recipients to pro-bono strategic and technical advisory services.
From the Grant Wire
Grant programs across
crypto, AI and open source.
Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
480 programs on file258 active programsCrypto · AI · Open source
GOAT Network
Base grants plus up to $1M pool for teams building agent-native AI applications with real economic utility on GOAT Network.
Google Academic Research Awards
Google Academic Research Awards fund academic researchers advising students and conducting technology and computing research, through periodic nomination-based calls for proposals.
HRF AI for Individual Rights Fund
The Human Rights Foundation's Bitcoin Development Fund accepts applications year-round for Bitcoin and related freedom technologies supporting people under authoritarian regimes. Eligible work includes software, education, community building, translation, and user experience.
NCCU
Up to $10,000 per award for NCCU faculty, postdocs, and students to jumpstart early-stage AI pilot projects, administered via Graduate Studies' Faculty Research Award Program.
Interchain Foundation
The Interchain Foundation's Funding Program supports development of open-source decentralized networks across the Cosmos ecosystem, run alongside a separately restarted Grants Program for a wider range of organizations.
iExec
iExec promotes an Ecosystem Fund and Grants Program supporting dApps in DeFi, AI, RWA, and other use cases, per its official ecosystem fund page. iExec is absent from the org registry; a companion signal (10963) shows it also running a small privacy-focused hackathon ($1,500 pool).
Interledger Foundation
Interledger Foundation's 2026 Local Impact Mini-Grants provide $500 to $3,000 for community-led open-payments and digital-financial-inclusion projects. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis through November 11, 2026.
Free and Open Source Software Sustainability Fund
The Open Technology Fund's flagship fund for internet freedom worldwide — censorship circumvention, privacy and secure communications, digital-security capacity building, and applied research. Concept notes are accepted on a rolling basis; most requests fall between $50,000 and $200,000 (range $10,000-$900,000), open to individuals and organizations of any nationality except those under OFAC sanctions, with priority for those working in repressive environments.
National Institutes of Health
NIH ITCR RFA-CA-27-019 funds early-stage open-source informatics tools for cancer research via the U01 mechanism. The solicitation has four receipt dates: 1 Jul 2026, 19 Oct 2026, 11 Jun 2027, and 19 Oct 2027.
KAUST (King Abdullah University)
KAUST's dedicated office administering research funding across its four academic divisions: Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering; Biomedical Sciences; Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering; and Physical Science and Engineering.
Konnex
Tiered grants for builders on Konnex subnets: Spark ($25K prototypes), Launch ($75K demos), Mainnet ($200K+ shipped subnets), with SDK support and marketing allocations.
Lido
LEGO (Lido Ecosystem Grants Organisation) funds individuals and projects benefiting the Lido protocol and broader Ethereum PoS/DeFi ecosystem, via a tiered structure (Sandgrain up to $1,000; Pebble up to $10,000; Boulder up to $100,000; Mountain $100,000+) overseen by an 8-member LEGO Council with domain-specific tracks. Applicants pitch a committee member directly rather than through an open-form apply page.
Manifund (AI safety regranting)
$10k rolling microgrants, hosted on Manifund
Linux Foundation
Event registration scholarships that award a complimentary pass to people who could not otherwise attend Linux Foundation events. Reviewers select from two tracks: applicants from traditionally underrepresented or marginalized groups, and active open-source community members who cannot get employer funding. Recipients may receive up to two scholarships per calendar year; travel is a separate Travel Fund application.
Linux Foundation
Standing travel fund for open-source developers and community members who could not otherwise attend Linux Foundation events, with emphasis on historically underrepresented groups and people of lower socioeconomic status. Approved support covers coach airfare, ground transport to and from the airport, and lodging for the event dates plus one prior night. Applications are submitted from the LF Individual Dashboard; each event sets its own deadline.
Long-Term Future Fund
Makes grants aimed at positively influencing the long-term trajectory of civilization, primarily by reducing global catastrophic risks -- especially from advanced AI and pandemics -- via technical research, policy, advocacy, infrastructure, and field-building. Grants range from $1,000 to over $500,000 (recent grants roughly $6k-$175k), through focused rounds plus an always-open application evaluated in the next round.
Mantle Foundation
Up to $20K fast-track grants, weekly review cadence
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