Are you working 🤓 on free and #opensource technologies that benefit other people too? Consider applying for funding for the Next Generation Internet open calls.
✍️ Deadline: April 1, 2026.
More details on 👉️️️ https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260201-call.html

Join @nlnet Office Hour on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 16:00 CET - and ask any questions 🎯 you have!
👉️️ https://nlnet.nl/events/20260325/index.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding #opensoftware #openhardware

Do you have thoughts on how the @EUCommission should support and fund free and open source software, part of the "digital commons"?

Do you have thoughts on its upcoming "Open Internet Stack" program?

If so, please take this 20 minute survey by the end of the week!

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/3b611754-9e75-ae52-1115-b6ef918f2fa7

#EUPol #fossFunding

The 12th call of NGI Zero Commons Fund is now open – and has deadline ✍️ April 1, 2026.
Free and #opensource software and hardware, open standards, #opendata & AI, #openscience, creative commons and open educational resources are democratising innovation 🚀 and learning, and are together driving society and industry forward at an unprecedented pace. 🎯 Do not hesitate to apply! 🤓

Guide for applicants 👉️️ https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/guideforapplicants/

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding @nlnet #openhardware

We are excited to support @swf as it explores healthier online spaces and more resilient economic models.

Social networks and payment networks both benefit from a decentralized, federated network topology. Interoperability standards make it possible for communities to govern themselves locally while remaining globally connected—socially and financially.

https://interledger.org/news/interledger-foundation-awards-200000-social-web-foundation-support-decentralized-social-media?ref=activitypub

#GrantForTheWeb #FOSSFunding

Interledger Foundation awards $200,000 to Social Web Foundation to support decentralized social media

The Interledger Foundation has awarded a $200,000 Grant for the Web to the Social Web Foundation to research sustainable revenue and governance models for decentralized, community-run social platforms, with a focus on creators, publishers, and federated servers.

Interledger Foundation

📣 @Interledger is excited to support @swf as they explore healthier online spaces and more resilient economic models.

Social networks and payment networks both benefit from a decentralized, federated network topology. Interoperability standards make it possible for communities to govern themselves locally while remaining globally connected—socially and financially.

https://interledger.org/news/interledger-foundation-awards-200000-social-web-foundation-support-decentralized-social-media?ref=activitypub

#GrantForTheWeb #FOSSFunding

Interledger Foundation awards $200,000 to Social Web Foundation to support decentralized social media

The Interledger Foundation has awarded a $200,000 Grant for the Web to the Social Web Foundation to research sustainable revenue and governance models for decentralized, community-run social platforms, with a focus on creators, publishers, and federated servers.

Interledger Foundation

Are you working 🤓 on free and #opensource technologies that benefit other people too? Consider applying for funding for the Next Generation Internet open calls.
✍️ Deadline: February 1, 2026.
More details on 👉️️ https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251201-call.html

Join @nlnet Office Hour on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 16:00 CET - and ask any questions 🎯 you have!
👉️ https://nlnet.nl/events/20260128/Office-hour/index.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding #opensource #openhardware

The 11th call of #NGIZero Commons Fund is still open! 🤓
✍️ Deadline: February 1, 2026.
Check out the list of #activities #eligible for financial support:
🎯 scientific research
🎯 design and development of free and #opensource software and #openhardware
🎯 validation / constructive inquiry into existing or novel technical solutions
🎯 software engineering aimed at adapting to new usage areas / improving software quality
🎯 etc.
Find more 👉️️ https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/eligibility/

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #fossfunding @nlnet

📌 NLnet Foundation announcement: welcome aboard 17 #free and #opensource projects to contribute to the three NGI Pilot programmes! 🤩
These programmes each focus on a specific domain:
🎯 NGI #Taler works on privacy-preserving digital payments,
🎯 NGI #Fediversity builds the hosting stack of the future,
🎯 NGI #Mobifree is liberating the mobile landscape.

Read what each project is working on 👇
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251226-project-selection-pilots.html

@nlnet #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding #OpenSoftware #openhardware

Apel deschis NGI Zero Commons Fund — șansa ta de a-ți finanța ideea 🚀
Ai o idee ca să creăm o societate informațională mai deschisă, mai durabilă și mai fiabilă? 🤝 Lucrezi la tehnologii libere și cu sursă deschisă care aduc beneficii și altor persoane? 🤓
Atunci depune un proiect spre finanțare la apelul deschis Next Generation Internet! 🎯

Acum este publicat și pe TechDoor.MD! 🤩
👉 https://techdoor.md/ro/apel-deschis-ngi-zero-commons-fund/

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding

Apel deschis NGI Zero Commons Fund — șansa ta de a-ți finanța ideea

Next Generation Internet (NGI, Internetul următoarei generații) este o inițiativă a Comisiei Europene care își propune să influențeze dezvoltarea și evoluția internetului într-un internet al încrederii. Un astfel de internet răspunde nevoilor fundamentale ale oamenilor, [...].

TechDoor

The 11th call of NGI Zero Commons Fund is now open – and has deadline ✍️ February 1, 2026.
Free and #opensource software and hardware, open standards, #opendata & AI, #openscience, creative commons and open educational resources are democratising innovation 🚀 and learning, and are together driving society and industry forward at an unprecedented pace. 🎯 Do not hesitate to apply! 🤓
Guide for applicants 👉️ https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/guideforapplicants/

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding @nlnet