Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
The final chapter of Hedera's three-part Hello Future hackathon series ran from February 17 to March 23, 2026. Builders competed across five tracks for $250,000 in Apex prizes, bringing the trilogy's total prize pool to $550,000. Hedera announced the winners on May 12, 2026.
Horizon Europe call topic (HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-02) funding work on a Web 4.0 architectural framework and an open internet stack, run through the EU Funding and Tenders portal. The call deadline was April 15, 2026.
A postdoctoral fellowship from the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences and the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore focused on AI in biology. Applications closed on March 1, 2026.
A 12-month fellowship for researchers, advocates, educators, technical developers, and other practitioners working to reduce barriers to digital financial participation. Each fellow receives $72,000 in compensation plus a $20,000 project budget; the 2026 application window closed June 15 and is now under review.
Four-month accelerator providing $50,000 plus mentorship and technical workshops to early-stage teams building proof-of-concept digital financial services for underserved populations using Open Payments and the Interledger Protocol.
A practitioner program for mid-career nuclear-policy professionals combining an in-person AI bootcamp, virtual seminars, and applied policy labs. Applications for the inaugural cohort closed on February 28, 2026, and IST announced the 26 selected participants in April.
A Knight Foundation challenge series that funded ideas at the intersection of journalism, technology, and civic information, with themed editions including Libraries, Data, and Open Gov. Each edition selected full-award winners alongside smaller Prototype Fund awards; software developed with News Challenge grant funds had to be released open source. Sources for its editions now live on the foundation's legacy site.
Knight Foundation's Prototype Fund supported early-stage media, information, and arts-technology ideas through small grants and structured prototyping support. The documented calls and award cohorts are legacy programs from the 2010s; no current Prototype Fund application window is published.
KUB Chain has introduced a developer grants program structured around three pillars of support to foster innovation within its ecosystem. The program aims to empower builders by providing support for growth and development on the KUB network. The announcement did not include funding amounts, an application route, or a launch date, so the program remains announced rather than open.
Meta's second Llama Impact Grants call awarded more than $1.5 million to 10 companies, startups, and universities using open-source Llama models for social and economic impact. Applications for that round closed in November 2024, and recipients were announced in April 2025.
Mantle previously ran Flagship Buildathon programs and a Scouts nomination season. The former grants URLs now serve Mantle's institutional RWA marketing site and no longer describe a public grant or apply path. Scouts Season 2 closed 30 June 2025.
Mozilla Open Source Support's Foundational Technology track funded open-source software that Mozilla relies on in its products, infrastructure, or internal work. MOSS has been on indefinite hiatus since the 2020 Mozilla restructuring and is not accepting applications.
A one-time Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) track funding open-source projects responding to the COVID-19 pandemic (contact tracing/health data tools, mutual-aid logistics, medical hardware). Made at least 6 awards totaling roughly $214,964, including to OpenMRS, Careables, Open Food Network, and VentMon. Part of the broader MOSS program, now on indefinite hiatus.
The Secure Open Source (SOS) track of Mozilla Open Source Support paid for third-party security audits of widely used open-source software and the remedial work to fix problems found. Of the awards with a disclosed dollar amount, sizes ranged from $15,000 to $187,500; many entries in Mozilla's award directory do not disclose an amount. Mozilla selected candidates directly rather than running an open application process. The broader MOSS program is on indefinite hiatus and not accepting new applications following Mozilla's 2020 restructuring.
The Seed Awards track of Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) gave early-stage funding to promising open-source projects aligned with Mozilla's mission. Made at least 22 awards totaling roughly $150,000, including to CryptPad, F-Droid, Open Food Facts, FreeBSD, and Kiwi TCMS. Part of the broader MOSS program, now on indefinite hiatus.
The Mozilla Technology Fund (MTF) gave awards of up to $50,000 plus a 12-month mentorship cohort to open-source projects tackling a themed public-interest technology challenge each round. The latest sourced cohort is the 2024 AI and Environmental Justice round; no later public call is on file.
$10M fund jointly run by Google DeepMind, Schmidt Sciences, the Cooperative AI Foundation, ARIA, and Google.org, kick-starting independent research on multi-agent AI safety. The 2026 call closed 8 August 2026.
Schmidt Sciences funded research studying the safety of large networks of interacting AI agents, offering up to $1M over 1-2 years. The 2026 SM Apply portal closed 8 August 2026.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.