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.
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The fund supports established, large-scale circumvention tools used by people living in repressive information environments.
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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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CHARTED Fund 2: up to £12.5k per community activity for UK research software and data
CHARTED's Fund 2 supports community activities for UK-based researchers and digital research technical professionals working with research software, research data and research computing infrastructure. Costs such as venue hire and catering are covered at 80% FEC, staff time is allowed, and equipment is not eligible. Applicants can be based at UK universities or UK-based non-profit organisations. The next application deadline is 15th November 2026.
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CHARTED's Fund 2 supports community activities for UK-based researchers and digital research technical professionals working with research software, research data and research computing infrastructure. Costs such as venue hire and catering are covered at 80% FEC, staff time is allowed, and equipment is not eligible. Applicants can be based at UK universities or UK-based non-profit organisations. The next application deadline is 15th November 2026.
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dRTP Skills
Fund 2: Community Activities
Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) are an integral part of the modern process of scientific discovery. The goal of this website is to facilitate the process of discovery and development of digital research technical skills.
CSA research note on open-source disclosure strain and bounty design
The Cloud Security Alliance AI Safety Initiative published "When Discovery Outruns Remediation: Open-Source Disclosure Strain" with "Published: 2026-10-07." The note says, "In our assessment, per-finding bounties are poorly matched to cheap discovery," and that "Alternatives that merit evaluation include payment for validated fixes rather than reports, reputation-gated submission rights, shared de-duplication services across tool vendors, and funding for maintainers as ongoing capacity rather than per-bug rewards."
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The Cloud Security Alliance AI Safety Initiative published "When Discovery Outruns Remediation: Open-Source Disclosure Strain" with "Published: 2026-10-07." The note says, "In our assessment, per-finding bounties are poorly matched to cheap discovery," and that "Alternatives that merit evaluation include payment for validated fixes rather than reports, reputation-gated submission rights, shared de-duplication services across tool vendors, and funding for maintainers as ongoing capacity rather than per-bug rewards."
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Lab Space
When Discovery Outruns Remediation: Open-Source Disclosure Strain
When Discovery Outruns Remediation: Open-Source Disclosure Strain Key Takeaways Between January and October 2026, several widely used intake channels for open-source vulnerability reports were ende…
UNICEF Femtech Ventures second call: up to US$100,000 for open-source femtech startups (apply by Nov 4) — Up to US$100,000 in equity-free funding, deadline 2026-11-04
UNICEF Femtech Ventures, a five-year initiative (2025–2030) of the UNICEF Venture Fund, is seeking applications for its second annual cohort of companies using frontier technologies such as AI, machine learning, blockchain or data science to build open-source solutions for the health, wellbeing, and sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women. Selected companies receive up to US$100,000 in funding, 12 months of technical mentorship and access to UNICEF's global network.
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UNICEF Femtech Ventures, a five-year initiative (2025–2030) of the UNICEF Venture Fund, is seeking applications for its second annual cohort of companies using frontier technologies such as AI, machine learning, blockchain or data science to build open-source solutions for the health, wellbeing, and sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women. Selected companies receive up to US$100,000 in funding, 12 months of technical mentorship and access to UNICEF's global network.
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UNICEF
Funding opportunity for femtech solutions
Improving the health, wellbeing and sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women
Gates Foundation grants nearly USD 4M to UNESCO for Open Solutions for Equitable Open Access (2026–2030)
The initiative builds awareness, skills and policies for Open Solutions using Diamond Open Access as the starting point, and plans shared tools and standards connecting Diamond Open Access with Open Data, Free and Open-Source Software, and Open Educational Resources.
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The initiative builds awareness, skills and policies for Open Solutions using Diamond Open Access as the starting point, and plans shared tools and standards connecting Diamond Open Access with Open Data, Free and Open-Source Software, and Open Educational Resources.
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UNESCO
Advancing Open Solutions for Equitable Access to Knowledge
UNESCO has received a grant of nearly USD 4 million from the Gates Foundation to launch “Open Solutions for Equitable Open Access,” a new initiative running from 2026 to 2030.
Linux Foundation launches BUILD Foundation to fund Bazel maintainers and ecosystem infrastructure
The Linux Foundation announced the operational launch of the BUILD Foundation with initial members ASML, Canva, Datadog, EngFlow, Figma and Spotify, bringing industry stakeholders together to fund Bazel maintainers, community development and critical ecosystem infrastructure. Key priorities include dedicated technical writing for documentation, funding maintainers for bazel-contrib repositories, training and certification programs, IDE integration, and supply chain security through release attestations in the Bazel Central Registry. No funding amount stated.
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The Linux Foundation announced the operational launch of the BUILD Foundation with initial members ASML, Canva, Datadog, EngFlow, Figma and Spotify, bringing industry stakeholders together to fund Bazel maintainers, community development and critical ecosystem infrastructure. Key priorities include dedicated technical writing for documentation, funding maintainers for bazel-contrib repositories, training and certification programs, IDE integration, and supply chain security through release attestations in the Bazel Central Registry. No funding amount stated.
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www.linuxfoundation.org
Linux Foundation Launches BUILD Foundation to Sustain Large-Scale, Multi-Language Build and Test Systems
Mergetober 2026 (WeMakeDevs × Cognee): prizes for merged open-source PRs opened in October
WeMakeDevs and Cognee's Mergetober runs October 1 to 31, 2026, online, for contributors building integrations for Cognee, the open source memory layer for AI agents. The page headline says $5,000 in prizes; the listed prizes are a $2,000 top contributor prize and $100 each to 20 people picked at random from merged PRs. PRs opened in October stay eligible even if merged later. Deadline: 2026-10-31.
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WeMakeDevs and Cognee's Mergetober runs October 1 to 31, 2026, online, for contributors building integrations for Cognee, the open source memory layer for AI agents. The page headline says $5,000 in prizes; the listed prizes are a $2,000 top contributor prize and $100 each to 20 people picked at random from merged PRs. PRs opened in October stay eligible even if merged later. Deadline: 2026-10-31.
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WeMakeDevs
Mergetober: Open Source Month with Cognee | WeMakeDevs
Contribute open source integrations to Cognee's AI memory layer all through October 2026. A $2,000 top contributor prize and $100 each to 20 merged PRs.
Snorkel expands Open Benchmarks Grants 10x to a $30M commitment
Snorkel announced expanding Open Benchmarks Grants 10x to a $30M commitment, and introduced a Snorkel Research Fellowship for independent evaluation research plus an Open Benchmarks Red Team program to help builders find weaknesses in benchmarks.
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Snorkel announced expanding Open Benchmarks Grants 10x to a $30M commitment, and introduced a Snorkel Research Fellowship for independent evaluation research plus an Open Benchmarks Red Team program to help builders find weaknesses in benchmarks.
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Open Benchmarks Grants
Frontier AI Needs More Open Benchmarks | Snorkel AI
Snorkel is expanding Open Benchmarks Grants 10x to a $30M commitment, funding the researchers building open, trustworthy AI evaluations.