Fund Your Project with NGI Commons European Fund for Open Source and Open Models
summary
NGI Commons is a European Commission (Horizon) cascade-funding program to finance open-source and open-model digital commons that emphasise data protection, inclusivity, public freedoms, low resource use, and network neutrality. The program, coordinated by NLnet with partners like OW2, FSFE, Internet Society and others, plans to fund ~300 projects (typical grant under €100k) and accepts applications from any European entity or individual for initial grants of €5k–€50k (with potential follow-ups up to €500k after intermediate evaluation).
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- 0:00Introduction
- 3:00Fund details and eligibility
- 10:00NGI Commons goals
- 15:00Open source as public good
- 18:41How to apply and next steps
- 20:27Q&A
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