Are you working 🤓 on free/libre and ⁨open source⁩ 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

#FLOSS⁩ #NGI⁩ ⁨#NGI0⁩ ⁨#NGIZero⁩ ⁨#Funding#FreeSoftware#OpenSourceSoftware⁩ ⁨#OpenHardware

NLnet; Apply for funding before April 1st 2026

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

🚀 Three years of #NextGenerationInternet transatlantic collaboration, innovation & impact!

The #NGISargasso journey brought together researchers, startups & innovators from Europe, the United States & Canada to shape a more open, trustworthy and human-centric Internet.

🌊 Watch our recap video and discover what we achieved together: https://youtu.be/MRdRu7kn7KE?si=aVXvFJmd8nTv4zJi

@ngi @EC_NGI

#NGI #InternetOfHumans #InternetOfTrust

📢 New publication from one of our consortium members!
A recent paper, “A set of prescriptive design principles to support community value coherence and foster digital tool adoption”, explores how digital tools can be designed to better align with community values and encourage meaningful adoption.
The study proposes practical principles to help ensure technologies support community priorities, trust, and long-term engagement.

🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497226000453
#DigitalInnovation #OpenScience #NGI

📢 Deadline extension!

We’ve extended the @NGICommons #survey by two weeks.

🗓 New deadline: 25 March

🤟 Are you involved with the @EC_NGI ecosystem? open source, research, digital commons, policy, innovation?

 Your feedback helps shape future collaboration across the NGI community: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/3b611754-9e75-ae52-1115-b6ef918f2fa7

🙏 Please take a few minutes to respond — and boost if you can!
#NGI #DigitalCommons #OpenSource

@OpenForumEurope @openfuture @martelinnovate @cnrs @linuxfoundation

💡 The 2-day NGI Commons General Assembly just wrapped up in Paris and online.

It was great to bring together partners and stakeholders to discuss how #DigitalCommons and #OpenSource can strengthen Europe’s digital future and competitiveness.

 Work now continues toward the 2026 Digital Commons Policy Summit and the roadmap ✈️
#NGI #OpenInfrastructure #EUtech

👉 For more info check our news: https://commons.ngi.eu/2026/03/11/ngi-commons-general-assembly-in-paris-aligns-partners-for-the-final-stretch/

@martelinnovate @cnrs @linuxfoundation
@openfuture @OpenForumEurope

The 12th call of #NGIZero Commons Fund is still open! 🤓 Deadline: April 1, 2026.
See the list of #activities #eligible for financial support:
✅ scientific research
✅ design & 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/ - and apply for funding! 🎯
#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS @nlnet

A note to #FOSS funders

I’ve been working at the heart of this space for more than 30 years, funded and unfunded. In that time I’ve seen hundreds of alternative tech projects start with energy and good intentions. Most of them wither on the vine, a very small number flower. After watching this cycle repeat for decades, one thing has become clear: the projects that survive and grow almost always follow a simple pattern. I call this the #4opens. Other people describe similar ideas as open source development, open […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/a-note-to-foss-funders/

Big thanks to everyone 🤝 who joined yesterday's Online #Infoshare for the Moldovan community on NGI Zero Commons Fund Calls!
#NGIZero assists researchers and developers 🤓 to create powerful #technologies and to help them put it in the hands of future generations as building blocks for a fair and democratic society and a sustainable and open economy that benefits all. 🤩
It's your chance to get your idea funded! 🎯

Check out the FAQ 👉 https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/faq/index.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #opensource

As former @fdroidorg board member I am especially happy to see that #Fdroid got a grant by #NGI Zero to build a reusable stack for reproducible builds of #FreeSoftware #OpenSource apps.

In total 44 new projects were selected, see the full list by @nlnet here:

https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-announce-commons-fund.html

NLnet; 44 Digital Commons Projects Selected for NGI Zero Grants