Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
EuroHPC JU competitive Research and Innovation calls for HPC and quantum work in Europe. Four 2026 quantum calls are dated. Three close 30 September 2026. Quantum Machine Learning closes 28 January 2027.
Proactive, milestone-based public-goods funding for core Filecoin infrastructure maintenance and RFPs in Web3 Builders and Web2 Object Storage verticals, distinct from Filecoin's Retroactive PGF rounds.
FLI's recurring postdoctoral fellowship supporting technical research on AI existential safety.
Community-voted fund (MACI voting on DoraHacks) for pre-startup and hackathon-stage builders on Flow; at least 50k FLOW prize pool per round, with advisory and fundraising support for standout teams.
Foresight Institute's Fellowship supports individuals working on AI safety and related frontier technologies. The 2027 cohort application deadline is July 31, 2026.
Quarterly grants (EUR 1,500-5,000, EUR 40,000 reserved for 2026) to accelerate FreeCAD development, prioritizing documentation, testing, release-cycle work, and ecosystem infrastructure.
OTF's fund for the sustainability of free and open source software used for internet freedom, making targeted awards (from $7k/month up to $400k over 24 months) for maintenance, interoperability, security, and resilience of FOSS tools. Awards run through a two-stage competitive process (concept note, then proposal with advisory council review) as deliverable-based performance contracts; supported projects include F-Droid, DEfO, and Mailvelope, and an application round ran March-May 2026.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An independent research fellowship connecting researchers with mentors in AI alignment, transparency, and security. The main program runs 10 weeks (with an optional 6-12 month extension) and provides a $1,250 weekly stipend, a $2,000-per-week compute budget, housing, meals, and office space in Berkeley and London.
Mozilla Foundation Incubator funds values-driven technology projects with coaching and mentorship. The 2025 Making the invisible visible cohort and the 2026 Democracy x AI cohort are underway. Democracy x AI applications closed 16 March 2026. No new cohort is open.
NLnet provides grants of €5,000 to €50,000 for free and open-source software, hardware, data, and standards. Open calls are paused through the Open Internet Stack transition. New calls open 3 September 2026 and close 3 November 2026 at 12:00 CEST. Later deadlines fall on the third day of every odd month.
Nominet's DNS Fund funds open-source DNS projects and maintainers to improve security, sustainability, and resilience of critical internet infrastructure. The 2026 call closed on August 17, 2026. Nominet is taking alerts for the next invitation.
$10,000 Secure AI / usable-security prize for work that helps users make wise security decisions.
NRF Singapore's flagship award giving early-career researchers independent research funding in Singapore over five years, up to SGD 3.25 million. The 19th call (Class of 2027) opened 12 February 2026 and closed 13 May 2026. NRF invites applications once a year.
NSF PESOSE invites proposals to translate open-source research into sustainable, secure ecosystems that address national and societal needs — scoping, establishing, and improving the safety, security, and privacy of open-source projects. Full proposals are due the first Tuesday in September and the first Tuesday in March, annually. Total program funding is approximately $40 million.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.