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40K€ via the BlueHats prizes (see https://code.gouv.fr/fr/bluehats/prix-bluehats/)

The policy started the Open Source Programme Office of the French Governement, promoting Free Software and Digital Commons in the public sector. It helps with publishing them, using them, contributing to them.

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The mission of the ALT-EDIC is to develop a common European infrastructure in Language Technologies, focussing particularly on Large Language Models. It seeks to improve European competitiveness, increase the availability of European language data and uphold Europe’s linguistic diversity and cultural richness.

over $2 million

EUR 200,000

The Austrian government will award up to EUR 200,000 for open source projects on eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning, eInclusion, or commercial products and services. “Open source has beneficial macroeconomic effects, improving possibilities for use and development”, Muna Duzdar, State Secretary for Digitisation, explained in a statement. Austria published a call for projects on 27 July. The deadline for submitting proposals is 4 October. Information regarding requirements and selection criteria is available at Austria’s Research Promotion Agency (FFG). This is the second call for AT:NET projects. The first round, launched in April, received 50 proposals out of which 31 projects will now be funded with in total EUR 3.6 million. Digitisation The AT:NET project promotes innovative digital start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses. The project is calling for companies and projects that deal with digitisation of products or services. Topics can include eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning and eInclusion, as well as commercial products and services. Funding can cover the cost of launching a product or a service, testing and costs for improving an existing software application.

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Through the Horizon Europe and Digital Europe programmes, the Commission support sseveral sectoral and domain-specific common European data space initiatives.

EU-FOSSA: €1 million budget EU-FOSSA 2: €2.6 million budget

The EU-FOSSA project – short for Free and Open Source Software Auditing – aims to increase the security and integrity of critical open source software. It was launched by the European Commission at the instigation of the European Parliament after the discovery of the Heartbleed bug in 2014. Following the success of an initial pilot, the project was renewed for another three years. This builds on the pilot project by extending the auditing of free and open source software through setting up bug bounty programmes, organising hackathons and conferences, and engaging with developer communities. In addition, EU-FOSSA expanded its scope to a wider range of software projects and communities. Since the very same software used by the European institutions is also widely deployed in society, we are all already benefiting from these investments.

In its initial phase (2018-2020), the European Commission invested around €250 million through Horizon 2020 to prototype EOSC components and set up interim governance to prepare for post-2020 strategies. The current phase (2021-2030) is guided by a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), developed with the EOSC community, and is focused on a stakeholder-driven approach. A co-investment (with in kind and financial contributions) by the EU and non-EU partners of at least €1 billion is foreseen for the next 7 years.

The ambition of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is to provide European researchers, innovators, companies and citizens with a federated and open multi-disciplinary environment where they can publish, find and reuse data, tools and services for research, innovation and educational purposes. This environment will operate under well-defined conditions to ensure trust and safeguard the public interest.

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The Act includes mandatory interoperability assessments for all public sector bodies, including the European institutions, bodies and agencies, for which the Commission will provide the guidelines. To support the stakeholders, the Commission has already created a comprehensive set of tools and trainings, such as the EIF toolbox, the SEMIC Support Centre, the JoinUp platform and the Interoperable Europe Academy. The Commission has also created a GovTech Incubator initiative where governments come together to adopt the best solutions developed by startups and other governments across the EU. The implementation of the interoperable Europe Act will be funded through the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL).

140M€ over 5 years

The Next Generation Internet (NGI) is an EU initiative aimed at driving internet technology towards a human-centric internet aligned with European values. The NGI program provides financial support to grassroots open source projects covering various layers of the Internet. The program started operationaly in 2019 mobilising about 140M€ over 5 years and supporting more than 1000 projects.

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$40 million for year 2023

Open Technology Fund (OTF) works to advance internet freedom in repressive environments by supporting the research, development, implementation, and maintenance of technologies that counter censorship and combat repressive surveillance to enable all citizens to exercise their fundamental human rights online.

Phase I proposals are limited to a total budget of $300,000 with durations of up to one year. The Project Description can be up to 7 pages for Phase I proposals. Phase II proposals are limited to a total budget of $1,500,000 with durations of up to two years. The Project Description can be up to 15 pages for Phase II proposals. Phase I awardees are not obligated to submit Phase II proposals in the future. An NSF POSE Phase I award is not required for the submission of a Phase II proposal.

The Sovereign Tech Fund has a total of EUR 11.5 million available for 2023. In the 2024 German federal budget, EUR 17 million were allocated to the Sovereign Tech Fund.

The Sovereign Tech Fund supports the development, improvement, and maintenance of open digital infrastructure. SFT's goal is to sustainably strengthen the open source ecosystem. SFT focuses on security, resilience, technological diversity, and the people behind the code.

StandICT.eu 2026 provides 2,925,000 euros in funding earmarked over 36 months with 9 Open Calls.