The Perl & Raku Foundation runs a rolling community grants program with no stated funding ceiling — open year-round for language and ecosystem work
Applicants can submit proposals at any time covering Perl or Raku improvements, documentation, tutorials, and related ecosystem contributions. Proposals require defined deliverables, a schedule, and a USD amount submitted via Google Form, with the grant committee convening every two months to review requests.
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Applicants can submit proposals at any time covering Perl or Raku improvements, documentation, tutorials, and related ecosystem contributions. Proposals require defined deliverables, a schedule, and a USD amount submitted via Google Form, with the grant committee convening every two months to review requests.
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The Perl & Raku Foundation
Proposing a Community Grant
The Perl Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl and Raku programming language. We seek to do this through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code.
PHP Foundation opens 2027 core development contractor applications — deadline October 20
Work is fully remote and async, covering security patches, issue triage, PR review, and under-resourced extension areas. Open to any developer legally eligible to receive funds via the Open Source Collective, excluding OFAC-sanctioned territories.
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Work is fully remote and async, covering security patches, issue triage, PR review, and under-resourced extension areas. Open to any developer legally eligible to receive funds via the Open Source Collective, excluding OFAC-sanctioned territories.
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thephp.foundation
2027 Applications for Contractors are Open
The PHP Foundation has opened the application period for new contractors for 2027.
Open Science NL opens 2nd round of Open Science Infrastructure Programme with up to €1.7M per proposal, letters of intent due November 3, 2026
Consortia of at least three institutions can apply for a share of the €17M pool to build software, workflows, platforms and data services for open science. An optional orientation session takes place October 26, 2026 in Utrecht, with full proposals due April 13, 2027.
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Consortia of at least three institutions can apply for a share of the €17M pool to build software, workflows, platforms and data services for open science. An optional orientation session takes place October 26, 2026 in Utrecht, with full proposals due April 13, 2027.
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Open Science NL
Open Science Infrastructure | Open Science NL
This Call for proposals focuses on the improvement of existing digital infrastructures that support open science practices. It covers the entire spectrum of open science and is deliberately broad in scope to be inclusive of the community's diverse digital…
OpenStreetMap US Microgrants offer up to $500 for member events, travel and education
Rolling applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, though approval may take up to three months. Funding covers US-based or US-focused activities, with membership requirements varying by category.
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Rolling applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, though approval may take up to three months. Funding covers US-based or US-focused activities, with membership requirements varying by category.
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openstreetmap.us
OpenStreetMap US Microgrants
OpenStreetMap US Microgrants empower OSM US members by funding the events, travel, and educational initiatives that strengthen the OpenStreetMap community across the United States.
FreeCAD Project Association Q3 2026 grant results
Morten Vajhøj will be awarded EUR 2,000, João Matos EUR 4,000, and Amritpal Singh EUR 3,360 from the separate Ondsel Onwards fund.
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Morten Vajhøj will be awarded EUR 2,000, João Matos EUR 4,000, and Amritpal Singh EUR 3,360 from the separate Ondsel Onwards fund.
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FreeCAD News
2026 Q3 grant program: funded projects
The FPA members have voted to fund three projects in the third quarter. Morten Vajhøj will work on topological naming and feature identification in TechDraw. Morten will focus on four deliverables:…
Omarchy launches $100,000 bug bounty program on HackerOne
The Omacom Foundation funded the program with USD 100,000 for bounties, covering the Omarchy repository with rewards of USD 250, USD 750 and USD 1,500 for medium, high and critical findings; upstream vulnerabilities are out of scope for monetary reward.
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The Omacom Foundation funded the program with USD 100,000 for bounties, covering the Omarchy repository with rewards of USD 250, USD 750 and USD 1,500 for medium, high and critical findings; upstream vulnerabilities are out of scope for monetary reward.
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Omarchy
Omarchy launches $100,000 bug bounty program on HackerOne - Omarchy News
Omarchy now has an official bug bounty program on HackerOne! The Omacom Foundation has funded it with $100,000 for bounties, so researchers who find a real vulnerability and report it privately can now get paid for…
Invest in Open Infrastructure published its 2026 State of Open Infrastructure report
The report analyzed more than US$663 million in open infrastructure grant funding across 1,065 award clusters, 47 funders and 94 open infrastructures from 2021-2026.
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The report analyzed more than US$663 million in open infrastructure grant funding across 1,065 award clusters, 47 funders and 94 open infrastructures from 2021-2026.
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Invest in Open Infrastructure
The 2026 State of Open Infrastructure report: Running to stay in place
Insights on open infrastructure funding trends and emergent issues in scholarly communication
Vultr Open Source Credits Program
Vultr launched the program on October 6, 2026: infrastructure credits for actively maintained open source projects under an OSI-approved license. Tiers: Starter (100+ stars) $500/year, Growth (1,000+ stars) $2,500/year and Flagship (10,000+ stars) up to $30,000/year. Everyone starts at Starter; Growth and Flagship credits are allocated after a usage review. Credits are valid for 12 months, apply to Vultr core cloud services only, and exclude GPU products. Commercial products with an open source component are not eligible. Apply at discover.vultr.com/open-source-credits or email oss@vultr.com.
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Vultr launched the program on October 6, 2026: infrastructure credits for actively maintained open source projects under an OSI-approved license. Tiers: Starter (100+ stars) $500/year, Growth (1,000+ stars) $2,500/year and Flagship (10,000+ stars) up to $30,000/year. Everyone starts at Starter; Growth and Flagship credits are allocated after a usage review. Credits are valid for 12 months, apply to Vultr core cloud services only, and exclude GPU products. Commercial products with an open source component are not eligible. Apply at discover.vultr.com/open-source-credits or email oss@vultr.com.
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Vultr Discover
Open Source Credits | Vultr Discover
Credits for the services behind your project: CI runners, artifact storage, package distribution, and production workloads, available via API, CLI, and Terraform.
GNOME Bug Bounty Program results and close
The program awarded €183,900 in bounties for 71 vulnerabilities: 45 in libsoup, 23 in GLib, and 3 in glib-networking.
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The program awarded €183,900 in bounties for 71 vulnerabilities: 45 in libsoup, 23 in GLib, and 3 in glib-networking.
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Michael Catanzaro's Blog
The Era of Software Quality, or the Era of Ostriches?
Humans are bad at writing secure code, and GNOME developers are no exception. GNOME is primarily written using unsafe programming languages where simple mistakes in our code lead to devastating...
European Commission grants EUR57 million to GENCODE, UniProt and Europe PMC
The European Commission is providing €57 million through three Horizon Europe grants for open life-science data resources run by EMBL-EBI and partners: GENCODE (€19 million), UniProt (€30 million) and Europe PMC (€8 million).
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The European Commission is providing €57 million through three Horizon Europe grants for open life-science data resources run by EMBL-EBI and partners: GENCODE (€19 million), UniProt (€30 million) and Europe PMC (€8 million).
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EMBL
European Commission grants €57 million to critical open data resources | EMBL
Horizon Europe funding will support GENCODE, UniProt, and Europe PMC
Google OSS VRP pauses product-vulnerability submissions
As of October 1, 2026, Google is no longer accepting product vulnerabilities submitted to the OSS VRP. Supply-chain compromise reports remain in scope across Google-owned open source repositories.
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As of October 1, 2026, Google is no longer accepting product vulnerabilities submitted to the OSS VRP. Supply-chain compromise reports remain in scope across Google-owned open source repositories.
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Google
Google Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program Rules | Google Bug Hunters
Get an overview of the rules governing the Google VRP and related programs, including what’s in scope and potential reward amounts.
DigitalOcean sunsets Open Source Credits Program
DigitalOcean said it is no longer accepting new credit applications or approving credit renewals, extensions, or additional credit requests; credits already granted will continue to be honored according to their existing terms and conditions.
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DigitalOcean said it is no longer accepting new credit applications or approving credit renewals, extensions, or additional credit requests; credits already granted will continue to be honored according to their existing terms and conditions.
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GitHub
Transition off of Digital Ocean · Issue #4499 · nodejs/build
Got a very disappointing email yesterday: We’re reaching out to share an important update regarding the DigitalOcean Open Source Credits Program. DigitalOcean has decided to sunset the Open Source ...
Snorkel AI expanded Open Benchmarks Grants to a $30M commitment
The program supports researchers, domain experts, and open-source teams building open evaluation benchmarks, with rolling acceptances open and 25+ open benchmarks funded or in development since launch.
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The program supports researchers, domain experts, and open-source teams building open evaluation benchmarks, with rolling acceptances open and 25+ open benchmarks funded or in development since launch.
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Open Benchmarks Grants
$30M Open Benchmarks Grants for Frontier AI | Snorkel AI
Snorkel AI is expanding Open Benchmarks Grants 10x to $30M, funding researchers, domain experts, and open-source teams building frontier AI benchmarks.
Open Technology Fund Surge and Sustain Fund is accepting applications
Applications opened September 28, 2026 and the deadline to submit is October 15, 2026.
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Applications opened September 28, 2026 and the deadline to submit is October 15, 2026.
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X (formerly Twitter)
Open Technology Fund (@OpenTechFund) on X
One week left to apply to @OpenTechFund's Surge and Sustain Fund!
The fund supports established, large-scale circumvention tools used by people living in repressive information environments.
App…
The fund supports established, large-scale circumvention tools used by people living in repressive information environments.
App…
Germany's Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State Modernisation opened the first Digital Tech-to-Product funding call
Up to €5 million per project for single or consortium experimental-development projects of up to 24 months that take digital technologies toward market readiness, with startups and SMEs as a main target.
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Up to €5 million per project for single or consortium experimental-development projects of up to 24 months that take digital technologies toward market readiness, with startups and SMEs as a main target.
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Syntax has $100K to give away to open source maintainers, funded by Sentry
The web development podcast is asking for suggestions and nominations. No deadline, nomination form, or per-maintainer amount is stated.
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The web development podcast is asking for suggestions and nominations. No deadline, nomination form, or per-maintainer amount is stated.
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X (formerly Twitter)
Syntax (@syntaxfm) on X
We have $100K to give away to open source maintainers! Let us know your suggestions and nominations.
SpaceXAI pledges $1.5M in Grok tokens to the Omacom Foundation for Omarchy
SpaceXAI joins as a Founding Corporate Patron, and the tokens will help power Omarchy's automated agents, such as Omabot, which reviews incoming pull requests.
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SpaceXAI joins as a Founding Corporate Patron, and the tokens will help power Omarchy's automated agents, such as Omabot, which reviews incoming pull requests.
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Omarchy
SpaceXSI joins as a Founding Corporate Patron with $1.5 million in Grok tokens - Omarchy News
SpaceXSI is joining the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron, donating $1.5 million in Grok tokens! That’s a serious stack of tokens to further accelerate the agents and teams that build, review, and fix…
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Social Web Foundation Fediverse Multimedia Grants: up to $20,000, due November 4, 2026
Applications are only for developer/creator teams and are submitted through the SWF grants portal.
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Applications are only for developer/creator teams and are submitted through the SWF grants portal.
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Social Web Foundation
Call for Proposals: Fediverse Multimedia Grants
Today, with the help of our partner the Interledger Foundation, we are announcing a new program of grants for multimedia software and creators. In this program, we are asking software developers and publishers to partner to make new and better content on…
ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants 2026
Funds US-based humanities and interpretive social science scholars ($50,000–$100,000) to develop digital projects on justice, with any software built released under an open-source licence in a public repository.
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Funds US-based humanities and interpretive social science scholars ($50,000–$100,000) to develop digital projects on justice, with any software built released under an open-source licence in a public repository.
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ACLS
ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants
ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants are designed to advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice.
Processing Foundation Fellowship 2027
The Processing Foundation Fellowship Program returns in 2027, with fellows receiving a $10,000 stipend over an eight-month fellowship, plus mentorship, workshops, public programs and community engagement opportunities. Nominations, including self-nominations, are open October 7 through November 1, 2026, and every 2027 fellowship project must build on one of Processing Foundation's open-source projects, such as p5.js or Processing.
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The Processing Foundation Fellowship Program returns in 2027, with fellows receiving a $10,000 stipend over an eight-month fellowship, plus mentorship, workshops, public programs and community engagement opportunities. Nominations, including self-nominations, are open October 7 through November 1, 2026, and every 2027 fellowship project must build on one of Processing Foundation's open-source projects, such as p5.js or Processing.
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