I suspect quite a few of you might be keen on open-source 😀

Unfortunately, #opensource has a funding problem, and so a lot of people struggle to find time to commit to their projects.

In many regions though (esp the EU) there is money available to fund you doing open source full time! Particularly in a few different areas related to what the EU is calling "Next Generation Internet" (#NGI) tech.

All these are open for applicants either right now or imminently:

NGI Zero Core: https://nlnet.nl/core/

Up to €50k towards EU-based open-source projects improving Internet security, reliability, privacy or interoperability.

This specific fund is currently supporting HTTP Toolkit's work towards targeted mobile interception with Frida (https://httptoolkit.com/blog/frida-mobile-interception-funding/) and a huge variety of others cool projects, there's a list here: https://nlnet.nl/project/current.html (lots of Fediverse stuff!)

NGI Zero Entrust: https://nlnet.nl/entrust/

Up to €50k towards EU-based project (or non-EU projects with "a clear European dimension") that aim to improve trust and data sovereignty/portability on the Internet.

NLNet open call: https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230401-call.html

Both those previous NGI funds are run by NLNet - they also run an open call for other open-source projects who don't quite fit those buckets, but want funding for other plans that might generally improve the Internet for everybody.

NGI Sargasso open call: https://ngisargasso.eu/

Not just the EU - Sargasso is a broader cross-atlantic set of funds, offering €100k to fund open-source projects with contributors from the EU, US & Canada working together.

The open call is looking for anything related to trust, decentralization, internet commons, internet architecture, data sovereignty etc.

NGI Sagasso Digital Identity: https://ngisargasso.eu/eu-applicants-digital-credentials/

Up to €100k towards open-source projects, again with a cross-atlantic focus, but specifically looking for projects related to digital identity.

Prototype Fund: https://prototypefund.de/en/

Specifically looking to fund the idea -> prototype stage of open source projects related to civic tech, data literacy, data security, or other software tools & infrastructure that can support such projects.

Up to €47,500 for 6 month projects.