Interledger FoundationCalling developers and open source contributors 👩💻👨💻
The Open Payments SDK Grant funds projects improving developer tooling, API standards, and SDK generation.
💰 $5K–$50K available
Universities are where the next breakthroughs in payments begin 🎓
Interledger on Campus supports student clubs with up to $5,000 to run hackathons, workshops, and hands-on projects in open payments.
👉 Learn more & apply: https://interledger.org/grant/education/on-campus
When systems work together, money moves more freely.
From M-Pesa to UPI, interoperable payments are making money more connected and accessible.
In this blog, Casey Ariel Dike explores what’s possible when systems “talk” to each other.
Read more: https://interledger.org/news/you-dont-need-3-apps-pay-your-friends-why-us-payments-feel-broken
📢 New 2026 Policy Activation Grantee
We’re supporting CTS-FGV (Rio) to research how BRICS countries shape end-user outcomes in national digital payment systems and financial digital public infrastructure.
Focusing on Brazil & India first, the project explores how governance impacts real user outcomes 🌍
How does interoperability actually work?
Interledger is the connective layer that lets value move seamlessly across payment networks.
Want to build with open payments? The Developers Portal has specs, tools, tutorials, and real-world guidance.
The Interledger Foundation supports people building open, interoperable payment infrastructure 🌱
The Open Payments SDK Grant funds tools that help money move more freely across networks.
Applications are open.
👉 Apply: https://github.com/interledger/Grants/wiki/SDK-grant-program
Jeremiah LeeRE: https://mastodon.social/@bagder/116359048796181736
This feature, once acceptable for merging, will make it easier to use curl with OpenPayments.dev and other APIs using GNAP (RFC 9635 Grant Negotiation and Authorization Protocol, the successor to OAuth 2).
We’re funding developers building tools for Open Payments ⚙️
The Open Payments SDK Grant supports projects improving developer experience by enabling SDKs from the OpenAPI spec.
💰 $5K–$50K available
👉 Apply now: https://interledger.org/grant/open-payments-sdk
Open Payments SDK grant program
The Open Payments SDK Grant Program offers $5,000–$50,000 in funding for projects that improve the developer experience of integrating Open Payments into applications and e-commerce platforms. Focused on SDK generation from the OpenAPI specification using tools like Kiota, this program supports scalable, consistent API integrations that reduce technical complexity and accelerate adoption of open payments technology.
Who should have access to the core infrastructure of money movement — and on what terms?
The Interledger Foundation responded to the Federal Reserve’s Payment Account proposal, highlighting how access to settlement systems can support inclusion.
👉 Read more: https://interledger.org/news/why-we-weighed-federal-reserves-payment-account-proposal
Applications for the Interledger Fellowship open April 1, 2026 🌟
A 12-month program supporting innovators in open payments, interoperability, and financial inclusion.
📅 Apply by June 15
