Currently 47 active paid tech and infrastructure grants, fellowships and residencies. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Almost every entry is funded; a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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The third round of Project Tech4Dev's AI Cohort, a hands-on implementation programme for NGOs designing, building and deploying responsible AI solutions inside their own programmes. Cohort 2.0 worked with seven NGOs across education, civic engagement, youth development and nonprofit technology, who built and piloted AI teaching assistants, volunteer coaches, mentoring tools and decision-support systems; the organisers' stated lesson was that adoption turns on understanding user needs, testing rapidly, measuring impact and building responsibly rather than on the technology itself. Cohort 3.0 is aimed at organisations ready to move past exploration into solutions that can be deployed in real-world settings. STRUCTURE (three sprints over roughly six months): Discovery Sprint (months 1 to 2) covering problem discovery, use-case prioritisation, data-readiness assessment, user research and solution design; Build Sprint (months 2 to 5) covering prototype development, implementation sprints, user testing, mentorship and responsible AI evaluations; and Activation Sprint (month 6) covering pilot deployment, impact assessment, operationalisation planning and a final showcase with peers and ecosystem partners. SELECTION CRITERIA: NGOs must show some in-house technical or data capability, ideally a dedicated person who can anchor the work (not necessarily an AI expert, but able to manage workflows, communicate operational requirements and work with mentors and experts); must commit one person's full bandwidth for the whole programme, including aligning leadership, adapting operations and making room to test, monitor and refine; and preference goes to problems involving multi-modal input, especially Indic languages, and to use cases built on LLMs. Applications are open to nonprofits across sectors, with priority to climate-focused organisations whose AI use cases could improve programme delivery, decision-making or community outcomes. Apply via the Google Form linked from the announcement before 10 August 2026.
Privacy Camp holds its 14th edition on 13 October 2026 in Brussels and online, organised by European Digital Rights (EDRi) with the Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Privacy Salon vzw, the Institute for European Studies at Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles, and the Racism and Technology Center. THEME: 'The Origins of Future Technologies: Towards communities of digital self-determination'. The call starts from the premise that digital futures do not appear from nowhere but are built through land, labour, capital, infrastructure, law, public money, political choices and social struggle, and asks where technologies come from, who gets to shape them, and what conditions make digital self-determination possible. It situates this against the EU's 2026 Tech Sovereignty Package (semiconductors, artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure and data centres) and the wider deregulatory agenda including the Digital Omnibus, the AI Omnibus and reforms affecting data protection, privacy, labour and environmental safeguards, asking whose version of sovereignty is actually being discussed. TOPIC AREAS: (1) Material conditions in the production of technologies, covering the natural resources needed across the supply chain (critical components such as semiconductors, water for data centres) and how GDPR, ePrivacy and AI Act safeguards shape the material conditions of AI from data extraction and biometric processing through to data centres, labour and public infrastructure; labour conditions, including who mines critical materials, union-busting across the tech supply chain, and coalitions between tech workers, unions, migrant justice groups, climate movements and digital rights organisations; and capital, meaning the venture capital forces driving the current AI hype and consolidating through defence, security and militarisation. (2) Political vision in the use of technologies, covering military use and how militarisation and securitisation shape the EU deregulation debate, and the political ideologies driving technology development, including what digital self-determination means for communities facing racialised discrimination, surveillance, occupation, border violence, workplace control or environmental harm. (3) Moving technologies forward through communities, covering community innovation for digital self-determination (distributed and self-hosted data storage, AI built by and for community needs, community-led, public or cooperative digital infrastructure); law, deregulation and rights (resisting the Digital Omnibus and specifically the Data Omnibus, defending GDPR and ePrivacy safeguards, protecting access, transparency and automated decision-making rights, enforcing existing digital laws, supporting collective litigation, and challenging the framing of rights as obstacles to EU competitiveness); and building power by connecting grassroots movements across tech worker organising, labour, migrant, LGBTQIA+, climate, economic justice and landback movements. FORMATS: interactive workshops are particularly encouraged, meaning small-group work, peer exchange and collaboration across sectors, coalitions and disciplines, moving from talk to strategic action; panel discussions are also welcome, especially those centring diverse voices and grounded lived experience with room for meaningful audience engagement. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: state a clear objective for the session and what a good outcome would be; make it as interactive as possible; support a diversity of voices and multiple perspectives; average session length is 50 minutes; propose the format that actually suits the idea rather than forcing a panel into a workshop or vice versa. For workshops, make the objectives, structure and facilitation clear and have participants work together in small groups towards a specific goal; the organisers provide additional guidance, support and feedback for workshops. For panels, list a maximum of 4 speakers covering academia, civil society and decision-maker perspectives, and indicate which speakers have confirmed at least in principle. TIMELINE: proposals due via the online form by 10 August 2026 at 09:00 CEST; the Content Committee notifies applicants before 21 August 2026; confirmation to proceed required by 25 August; draft programme published 4 September; speakers and final session description confirmed by 10 September at the latest (earlier confirmation improves the odds that the EUR 400 reimbursement budget covers speaker travel and accommodation); final programme published 28 September. The 2026 Content Committee is Andreea Belu (EDRi), Gloria González Fuster (LSTS, VUB), Jill Toh (Racism and Technology Center), Sanne Stevens (Justice, Equity and Technology Project) and Alexandra Giannopoulou (DFF). Programme enquiries: andreea.belu@edri.org. Venue and reimbursement enquiries: guillermo.peris@edri.org.
Next Wave Breakthrough Wave 1 is Innovate UK's current open Createch competition, investing up to GBP 10 million in early-stage innovation at the intersection of creative technology and the frontier industries named in the Industrial Strategy: video games, advertising and marketing, film and television, and music and the performing and visual arts. It funds industrial research to take innovations beyond proof of concept and de-risk future investment, with individual projects between GBP 100,000 and 500,000 in total costs. Grant rates depend on organisation size, from 70 percent for micro and small enterprises down to 50 percent for large organisations, so applicants must supply match funding for the remainder. The lead must be a UK-registered SME; non-profits and CICs are barred from leading, though they can participate as collaborators alongside a commercial lead. Non-funded partners may be based internationally. The competition opened 23 June 2026 and closes 11 August 2026 at 11:00am UK time. NOTE ON FIT: this is an R&D competition for creative-technology product development, not a fund for delivering festivals or exhibitions, so it suits an organisation whose work can be framed as industrial research with a commercial SME lead.
The inaugural Kennan Institute Digital Fellowship promotes original scholarship and quality non-fiction writing about Russia and the former Soviet Union, with an emphasis on work that has policy relevance. Ten fellowships are awarded per year, and AT LEAST FOUR POSITIONS ARE RESERVED FOR RESEARCHERS PURSUING TOPICS IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY OR RELATED FIELDS, which is the route by which a technology-focused project fits this call. The programme aims to give participants time, professional resources and support while bringing their work to a wider public and to the Washington-based policy community, and to build a cohort network that continues into the alumni body. Each fellow receives a monthly stipend of USD 2,000, mentorship and consultation from the Kennan community of experts where applicable, six virtual webinars tailored to the cohort's needs, and membership of the alumni network. ELIGIBILITY: intended for individuals with several years of experience working on, studying or otherwise examining Russia and/or broader Eurasia; applicants must have a good working knowledge of English, as the fellowship is conducted only in English and any publications produced for the Kennan Institute appear first in English with possible later translation into regional languages. The programme runs entirely virtually from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027; the Institute does not cover travel-related expenses including visas. Supported by the Lounsbery Foundation and the U.S. Russia Foundation. Deadline 14 August 2026, 17:00 EST. NOTE: 'digital' here describes the virtual format, not the subject matter, so this fits the desk only if your project is itself about technology, data or science.
OOPS (Origin Of Primary Source) is the first edition of Padimai Art and Tech Studio's Onchain Artist Residency, a three-month remote residency inviting art practitioners to critically and creatively engage with NFTs as artistic registers and as systems of knowledge, documentation, and access. Five practitioners are selected. SUPPORT: SGD 15,000 honorarium per artist, plus SGD 5,000 per artist for documentation. The residency is remote, with community engagement designed through online meetings; at the end, participants deliver three NFTs developed during the residency to Padimai. ELIGIBILITY: individual creative practitioners working at the intersection of art, technology, and blockchain; open internationally. RESIDENCY: 20 September to 20 December 2026. DEADLINE: 15 August 2026. Apply via the residency page.
A postdoctoral position in the Human Media Interaction group at the University of Twente on the project 'Balancing Personalisation and Polyvocality: Dialogic Interaction for Open-mindedness and Empathy in Conversational AI'. The work develops and evaluates multimodal conversational agents for museum settings that hold personalisation in tension with exposure to plural perspectives, rather than optimising for engagement alone. Tasks include building models that use gaze, speech and dialogue data to infer visitor engagement and openness, designing adaptive dialogue strategies, running VR-based user studies, and publishing in strong venues. Of the current Dutch academic postings this is the closest thing to a funded creative-technologist brief: museum interpretation, multimodal sensing and dialogue design in one role. REQUIREMENTS: a PhD in computer science, AI, HCI or a related field; experience with conversational AI, dialogue systems or adaptive systems; experience running empirical research, preferably user studies; strong analytical and academic writing skills; and excellent English. Apply with a CV including publications, a motivation letter and two academic references. Contact: Shenghui Wang (shenghui.wang@utwente.nl). NOTE: the AcademicTransfer listing page shows a 16 August 2026 deadline while the detail page states 17 August 2026, so treat 16 August as the effective cut-off.
America On Tech's Tech Flex Leaders Program is open to young people interested in tech who are curious, resourceful, and ready to build something new. No prior tech experience is required. Participants earn an America On Tech certificate and receive a USD 500 stipend for completing the program. WHO IT'S FOR: young people interested in tech; no prior tech experience required. AWARD: USD 500 stipend plus certificate. DEADLINE: 5 July 2026 priority, open until 17 August 2026. TO APPLY: submit the application via the America On Tech program page.
The Stimuleringsfonds Digital Culture Grant Scheme (Deelregeling Digitale cultuur) supports projects by makers, researchers, design studios and cultural institutions positioned professionally in digital culture. Solo projects can receive EUR 10,000-25,000; collaborative projects with partners can receive up to EUR 50,000. At least 20 percent of total project costs must be covered by co-financing. Applicants must be registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK). The 2026 application window for this round runs 12-19 August 2026 (opens 12 August 15:00, closes 19 August 16:00 CEST); in 2026 the scheme runs only two rounds and this is the last. No application fee. Apply via the official scheme page.
A $5,000 fellowship to spend six weeks turning a very large Canadian public archive into something new. THE MATERIAL: Internet Archive Canada's Government Publications collection, part of the Democracy's Library project, holding over 104,000 text items, roughly 22.1 million scanned pages and about 48.25 TB of Canadian public-record material, browsable at archive.org/details/governmentpublications. WHAT TO BUILD: deliberately open-ended. The call names a search tool that answers a real question with page-level citations, a timeline tracing one policy across decades of government language, and a sonic or visual piece built from archival material, but explicitly invites work nobody has thought of yet. The requirements are that it is useful, that it is imaginative, and that the code is open source when it is done. ORIGIN: the fellowship came out of conversations between BC + AI's Kris Kruger and IAC executive director Andrea Mills about treating a public archive as material for new work rather than only something to preserve. IAC brings the archive, BC + AI brings a community of builders used to working in public. ELIGIBILITY: anyone, anywhere in the world; one builder is selected. APPLICATION: a specific project description grounded in the collection, a phase-by-phase work plan for the six weeks, and a success metric, submitted at bc-ai.ca/fellowship/apply. KEY DATES: applications close 21 August 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific; fellow selected by 31 August; build runs 1 September to mid-October; showcase at Futureproof Festival in Vancouver on 28 October 2026 if the project is ready.
Developh invites applications for its inaugural Tropical Internet Research Fellowship, supporting researchers, writers, and artist-technologists at any career stage who are investigating the cultural and material conditions of the internet across the Philippines and Southeast Asia and are interested in producing written work. The fellowship runs seasonally (every 1-2 years) to support new writing about the 'tropical internet': the online as experienced from the tropical regions of the Philippines and broader Southeast Asia, concerned with heat, extremes, monsoons, distance, islandedness, improvisation, pluralities, and diasporas. It nurtures work examining how the internet is lived, built, resisted, and felt across the region, welcoming research on infrastructures, digital labor, rural-urban internet inequities, algorithmic cultures, online intimacies, and the entangled relationships between land, technology, and the body, and how colonial, corporate, and extractive forces shape infrastructures for connection. WHO SHOULD APPLY: researchers, writers, designers, artists, and technologists with strong ties to the Philippines or broader Southeast Asia; applicants welcome from any present location, with preference to those within the Philippines, particularly outside Metro Manila. Work may relate to an academic thesis, but the produced artifact must be a distinct new work separate from the thesis. COMMITMENTS: produce an output by January 2027 (suggested minimum ~2000 words, in English, Filipino, or any Philippine language); publish with Developh by March-April 2027 with editorial and publication support; present findings by March-April 2027; share citations and research notes for a collective reference library; attend three cohort group meetings; and participate in editorial review and feedback cycles (prototypes and interim essays are encouraged; a fully finished output is not required). FELLOWS RECEIVE: a PHP 20,000 (~USD 300) stipend, with a potential additional stipend depending on fieldwork/research needs; peer learning through online cohort sessions; check-ins with the Developh team and guest critics; editorial and publishing support (coding, design, hosting); and free access to Developh events and workshops for the fellowship period. TIMELINE: application deadline 22 August 2026; writing and research September 2026 to January 2027; publication and presentations March 2027 onwards. Apply via the Google Form. Free to apply.
Collider, the New York coworking and convening space for AI safety and other high-impact work, is hiring a Program Manager to design, run and scale the programmes that grow the AI safety talent pipeline and infrastructure in New York. The role owns programmes end to end, from concept to launch to iteration, working with researchers, practitioners, educators, funders and partner organisations. WHAT YOU DO: design and operate fieldbuilding programmes (fellowships, training programmes, workshops, conferences, cohort courses and new formats); own budget, timeline, vendor relationships, participant experience and post-programme evaluation; recruit and coordinate mentors, instructors, advisors and participants, and build the pipelines and selection processes that hold quality as things scale; define and track outcomes with metrics beyond participant satisfaction, and iterate on the evidence; maintain relationships across research labs, university groups, training programmes (MATS, ARENA, BlueDot, SPAR, AI Safety Camp are named), grantmakers and adjacent communities; represent Collider externally; write programme reports, strategy memos, post-mortems and public materials; and work with leadership on which programmes to launch, scale or sunset. REQUIRED: 3+ years of programme or project management, ideally running cohort, fellowship or training programmes; substantive understanding of the AI safety field, its organisations, its main research agendas (alignment, interpretability, evaluations, governance) and its open problems; strong operational instincts; an entrepreneurial, initiative-taking approach to judgement calls about people, partnerships and priorities; and clear written communication. NICE TO HAVE: prior experience at an AI lab, AI safety organisation, university group, training programme or grantmaker; a background in education, talent development or community building; enough ML or alignment literacy to follow a paper's argument; policy literacy on the AI governance landscape; or a background in finance, law or another professional field Collider wants to build pipelines into. PROCESS: apply via the form in the job document by 23 August 2026 (applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and an offer may be made before the deadline, so applying early is advised), then a 15 to 25 minute screening call with hiring partner Impact Ops, an interview with the prospective manager, a paid one-day in-person work trial at the Collider coworking space, and 2 to 3 references. Reports to the Director.
The fifth iteration of transmediale's Digital Art Residency, run with the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, awarded to one individual or collective working in digital art practices at the intersection of media arts, performance, sound and moving image. THEME: the 2027 programme sits under transmediale's 40th-anniversary framework RFC 40, named after the early internet Request for Comments series, and treats the festival as a counter-infrastructure: the call asks how a network stays legible to itself while surrounding structures break down, and how technical paradigms can be reconfigured into new cultural protocols outside extractive logics, moving from critique to construction. Proposals should offer alternatives to how we understand, respond to and shape the technological conditions we inhabit. WHAT IS OFFERED: an artist fee of CHF 2,000 per month for two months; a CHF 15,000 production grant supporting a new work or the continuation of an existing project, open to all formats and building on the research begun during the residency (the project must be completed by December 2027 at the latest); travel and accommodation for the festival and the residency; a shared modular working space at transmediale studio; connections to Berlin institutions and stakeholders; a public presentation in transmediale's year-round studio programme; and the option of an online publication in transmediale's journal. STRUCTURE: kick-off with a presentation of the residency projects during transmediale 2027 (26 to 31 January 2027, attendance optional but strongly recommended); onboarding and the first hybrid stretch in May 2027; the mandatory on-site month in Berlin in June 2027; and a second hybrid stretch including reporting in July 2027. Availability for the festival week and for the whole of June in Berlin are treated as key prerequisites. TIMELINE: open call 16 July to 28 August 2026 (23:59 CEST); selected residents announced October 2026. Applications are only accepted via transmediale's submission forms. Contact: info[at]transmediale.de.
Video Pool's Media Art + Technology Residency supports experimental, independent, technology-based work. The selected artist or artists develop a new project (or adapt and transform an existing one) in direct response to the intimate scale and specific character of the Poolside Gallery, culminating in an exhibition there. The call is deliberately open on medium: video, sound, installation, digital media, performance, interactive technologies, expanded cinema and interdisciplinary practices are all welcome. VP asks proposals to speak clearly to your practice, the questions, materials or ideas that drive the work, and how that work might grow, shift or take new form inside the gallery. It is explicitly interested in expansive proposals, work that pushes past the gallery's four walls to engage its surrounding spaces (hallways, windows, projection wall) or that reimagines what the gallery itself can hold, and in projects that engage technology as a creative, critical, aesthetic or socio-political tool. Priority is given to artists from equity-seeking communities whose practices contribute to the advancement of experimental media arts. Residents get full access to VP's available equipment, facilities and technical resources throughout the residency, and applicants are encouraged to review the equipment and facilities list before proposing. ELIGIBILITY: open to VP members (this is a member submission call); no nationality restriction is stated, but the residency and exhibition are in person in Winnipeg. APPLICATION: artist bio (1,500 characters), headshot, description of your artistic practice (3,000 characters), project proposal for MATR (3,000 characters), equipment and facility needs (750 characters), description of how you would use the space (750 characters), CV, up to five images (optional) and up to two video or documentation links. Submit via the online form at videopool.org/matr-2027-application/ by 30 August 2026; alternative submission formats can be arranged by contacting Emma (emma@videopool.org) or Iyunade (iyunade@videopool.org). General enquiries: info@videopool.org, 204-949-9134.
The Horizon Fellowship places technologists, scientists and researchers with emerging-technology expertise into US federal agencies, congressional offices and Washington DC think tanks to work on AI, biotechnology and emerging-technology policy. The 2027 cohort runs three tiers: junior fellows (under three years of experience, no PhD) at a USD 78,000 base for six months; fellows (three or more years of relevant experience, or a PhD) at USD 130,000 for twelve months; and a newly added senior fellow tier (twelve or more years of experience with a leadership background) at USD 190,000 or more for twelve months. All tiers receive a USD 17,000 benefits stipend, a USD 3,000 professional development stipend and up to USD 3,000 in relocation assistance, and all are potentially renewable. The programme year begins with part-time remote training from January to March 2027, followed by matching in April and May and placement from spring or summer 2027 onward. Most offers are expected by the end of November 2026. Placements run up to two years in total: fellows and senior fellows take a one-year term at a federal agency, congressional office or think tank with the option to renew for a second one-year term, potentially on a different institutional track, while junior think tank fellows take a six-month term renewable once. Horizon reports that nearly all finalists across its five cohorts to date have secured a placement at a host organization. WHAT THE FELLOWSHIP INCLUDES: dedicated training on the policy landscape and applied skills such as writing and policy analysis; a tight-knit peer community; introductions to host offices central to US emerging technology policy; and mentorship from senior leaders and the broader Horizon community. ELIGIBILITY: no prior policy experience or specific degree is required, and Horizon explicitly welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds; fellows must reside in the Washington DC area for the placement. WORK AUTHORISATION: applicants need pre-existing work authorisation that does not depend on employer sponsorship. Non-US citizens on E-3, TN or H-1B1 visas may qualify case by case; F-1 OPT during the first year after graduation is acceptable but STEM OPT extensions are not; green card holders are eligible but may face restrictions on executive branch roles. Junior fellows have no specific degree requirement and may apply while finishing college, but are limited to the think tank track. SELECTION PROCESS (September to November 2026): application decision, then a paid work sample of up to 6 hours, a 20-minute screening interview, a 40-minute technical interview and a 25-minute final interview. Applications close 30 August 2026 at 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth.
Human Rights Watch is hiring an AI Strategy and Solutions Lead into its Operations Department to build the foundation for responsible AI adoption across the organisation. The role deliberately sits between strategy and execution: assessing organisational readiness, mapping partnerships and governance, and also prototyping and shipping working systems. THE WORK, in four strands. (1) STRATEGY AND READINESS: with the CIO and the Information Security and Technology (IST) leadership team, build an AI strategy covering data foundation requirements, infrastructure gaps and organisational readiness; assess current state and shape a roadmap balancing quick wins against long-term capacity; research what peer nonprofit, humanitarian and human rights organisations are doing and find collaboration openings. (2) FLAGSHIP SOLUTIONS: work with departments to find high-impact use cases, translate business needs into technical approaches, build and deploy AI/ML solutions with measurable value (time saved, efficiency, better outcomes), using the Microsoft AI ecosystem (Copilot Studio, Azure AI, Power Platform) among other tools, and oversee consultants and vendors to extend delivery capacity. (3) ADOPTION AND CAPACITY: balance onboarding staff onto AI tools against building custom solutions where they amplify the organisation's strengths; write training material pitched at different work areas and skill levels covering prompting and responsible use; support working groups and communities of practice; produce playbooks and guides for non-technical staff. (4) GOVERNANCE: partner with IST leadership on risk assessment frameworks, align solutions with security, infrastructure and architecture requirements, contribute to AI policy development and its operationalisation, set standards for evaluating proofs of concept and MVPs, and engage business units so outcomes are co-owned; all of it balanced against data quality, security and resource constraints and HRW's mission as a human rights organisation. WHO THEY WANT: a bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in computer science, data science, information systems, mathematics, AI/ML implementation or a related technical field; a minimum of seven years' relevant experience including two to three years on AI and two to three years implementing AI/ML in production; experience contributing to technology strategy and assessing organisational readiness for new technology; strong Python and ML library/framework skills; hands-on predictive modelling, data science and statistical analysis; experience with low-code/no-code AI platforms such as Copilot Studio or Power Platform; a track record of scoping and delivering under resource constraints; a grasp of both generative AI and traditional ML; and the ability to explain technical concepts plainly to mixed audiences, engage stakeholders and lead technology adoption as an internal partner to business teams. PREFERRED: nonprofit, humanitarian or human rights experience; data privacy, security and ethical AI knowledge; familiarity with responsible AI frameworks and governance models; vendor and consultant management; and a background in politically sensitive or high-risk environments. APPLY: through the HRW job portal with a cover letter and CV, preferably as PDFs, by 30 August 2026. Only complete applications are reviewed and only shortlisted candidates are contacted; no calls or email enquiries. HRW states that it does not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or criminal record.
A new pilot residency from Art and Media Culture Agency M-Cult in Helsinki and Arte artists' association / Titanik gallery in Turku, sitting at the intersection of art, media and sonic practice, funded by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture from Nordic Culture Point. TWO ARTISTS will be selected. THE PREMISE: the programme treats technology as a situated practice and deliberately shifts attention away from the progress narratives promoted by large global technology companies, toward local, indigenous and community-oriented perspectives. It focuses on making vernacular and non-linear technological and sonic environments visible, foregrounding vibrant local histories and traditions across the Nordic and Baltic region, and asks what non-linear sonic and media practice might look like in the current social, political and cultural landscape. WHAT EACH ARTIST RECEIVES: EUR 3,500 artist fee; EUR 2,000 production budget; accommodation for two months divided between Helsinki and Turku, one month in each; travel costs for one return ticket from a Nordic-Baltic country; access to Titanik's residency studio space and a working desk at M-Cult's office during each stay; mentoring and curatorial support from both organisations' staff; and networking into the Finnish media art and contemporary art scenes. In return the artist develops in-depth or focused research and presents their practice and research at two public events, one in each city. WHO CAN APPLY: individual artists only, explicitly NOT collectives this round; artists from or based in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Aland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania; working in sound, media and/or digital arts, or the expanded field of vernacular technologies, all defined broadly by the organisers. Applicants must be available to travel to Finland for the full two-month period across February and March 2027. The organisers welcome applicants at all career stages and from all backgrounds. One submission per artist: if two are sent, only the later one is reviewed. HOW TO APPLY: submit via the form linked from the open call page with a brief letter of motivation including a research plan for the residency, how it connects with the programme's themes and what you would focus on (max 1-2 pages), your CV, and a link to your portfolio. Applications in English only. DEADLINE: 30 August 2026 at 23:59 UTC+3. Online interviews with shortlisted artists take place before 19 September 2026, and all applicants are notified by email by the end of September 2026. JURY: Jussi Koitela, Director of M-Cult, Helsinki, and Farbod Fakharzadeh, Director of Arte ry and Titanik, Turku. ACCOMMODATION AND ACCESSIBILITY: in Helsinki, the Vallila Residency hosted by M-Cult is a 30 sqm apartment in a small wooden house with one room, kitchen and bathroom with shower; it is NOT fully accessible, sitting on the first floor up stairs with no elevator (details from info@m-cult.org). In Turku, the Titanik A.i.R. apartment is 27 sqm on the top floor of a building with an elevator, but the space including the bathroom is not fully accessible (details from info@titanik.fi). A partner, friend or child may join, but their expenses are not covered. THE PARTNERS: M-Cult, founded in 2000, develops and presents art and media culture with a focus on the social and political dimensions of media and technology, working through art commissions, residencies and learning programmes. Titanik, established in Turku in 1988 by the artist-run organization Arte Ry, has since 2006 run Titanik A.i.R., the first artist residency in Finland with a focus on sound art and sonic practices. CONTACT: Jussi Koitela (jussi.koitela@m-cult.org) or Farbod Fakharzadeh (director@arte.fi).
European Lab and the Sphera Network are opening submissions for the discourse programme of the next Sphera Media Lab, the annual forum for people defending independent media in Europe. THEMES: technological independence (sovereignty, tools, mutualisation); economic independence (cooperative models); editorial independence (press freedom, resisting the far right). FORMATS SOUGHT: masterclasses, led by an expert sharing advanced knowledge, technique and hands-on insight; and keynotes, inspiring talks grounded in a specific case study. WHO CAN PROPOSE: media outlets, associations, researchers and professionals. The organisers state they pay particular attention to parity and diversity across their programmes and ask that proposals take those criteria into account. WHAT IS COVERED: selected contributors travel to Brussels with transport, accommodation and a fee covered. THE EVENT: Sphera Media Lab 2026 runs on 3 December 2026 at LaVallee in Brussels, a full day of conferences, masterclasses and workshops for independent media professionals from across Europe, alongside the premiere of a documentary on threats facing European journalists. APPLICATION: submit your masterclass or keynote proposal via the Typeform at arty-farty.typeform.com/to/xnDikGGM before 31 August 2026.
Wikimedia Foundation grants supporting the organisation of local, regional and thematic conferences that bring Wikimedians together for knowledge sharing, skill development and professional networking. Two rounds per year. Round 1 deadline: 31 August 2026. Round 2 deadline: 1 February 2027. ELIGIBILITY: groups, organisations and Wikimedia affiliates; individuals may apply via a fiscal sponsor.
Senior leadership post at the Digital Creativity Institute, the joint venture between the Communication University of China Nanjing (CUCN) and UEA, sitting in UEA's Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The Deputy Dean leads UEA's academic contribution to the Institute, covering curriculum and programme development, staffing and quality assurance across digital media, creative technology and related disciplines, and works with the CUCN partner leadership on strategy, recruitment and partnership growth. This is a rare senior role for someone who works across creative practice and digital technology rather than in a single discipline, and it involves regular engagement with the partner institution in China. Salary GBP 69,488 to 73,709. Advertised 3 August 2026 through jobs.ac.uk and the UEA vacancy portal; closes 31 August 2026. Check the UEA posting for the full person specification and whether the role requires periods based in Nanjing.
The International Conference on Live Coding is dedicated to practices and research focused on technologies and philosophies that interpret the use of computer code and the public writing of algorithms as performative gestures. The 10th edition runs 9 to 13 March 2027 in Antwerp, hosted by Lambdasonic (TOPLAP Belgium) with the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and De Singel. THEME: 'Dialogues', framing live coding as continuous improvisational exchange between coder, machine and audience, and across disciplines. Suggested topics include dialogues between live coding and acoustic musicians, dancers, theatre, classically trained musicians reading live-coded (or graphical) scores, band and jazz-combo settings, live-coder ensembles, ten-minute live-coded mini-operas, DMX lighting systems, graphics and shader live coding, robotics (pen plotters, textile-weaving robots), design-as-performance, community building, diversity/equity/inclusion, accessibility of live coding languages and interfaces, education, and algorave. The venues will facilitate collaborations with resident dancers, a jazz combo (back-line provided: drums, guitar amp, bass amp, piano), a string quartet reading scores a prima vista, visual artists, students and researchers where possible. FORMATS: short papers (2-4 pages) and long papers (5-12 pages) using the provided template; live performances (800-word abstract, max 150-word programme note, technical rider); workshops (short 2h or long 4h, max 700-word abstract, held in English or Dutch); installations (max 700-word abstract, technical questionnaire plus a measured plan or sketch, with the interactive aspect clearly defined); and satellite events. All contributors submit a max 150-word biography. Peer review is single-blind with at least two reviewers per submission. LANGUAGE: submissions must be in English, except that live performance, installation and workshop proposals may also be submitted in another language (workshops: English, Dutch or French) with a machine-translated English version, stated as such. Substantial use of generative AI in writing papers and performance abstracts must be disclosed; proofreading and translation are exempt. In-person presentation is encouraged, with remote proposals considered and sessions live-streamed where possible; the organisers ask attendees to minimise travel impact and to link up with nearby satellite events to turn a long trip into a mini-tour. The call notes attention to access needs, care responsibilities and other barriers to participation. SATELLITE EVENTS: live coding nodes, art schools and other organisations worldwide are invited to host their own events before or after ICLC 2027; submit a declaration of interest via Fourwaves before 1 February 2027 with a principal contact, city and any confirmed details, and join #iclc-satellite-events on the TOPLAP Discord. Hosts are asked to seek local funding for accommodation, travel and artist fees; the committee cannot fund or organise these but will coordinate dates and publish your event. TO APPLY: submit via Fourwaves at https://event.fourwaves.com/iclc2027/pages using the templates at https://codeberg.org/iclc/iclc-templates (read the README for full proposal instructions). Submission deadline extended to 1 September 2026; acceptance notification 1 November 2026. CALL FOR REVIEWERS: anyone active in a live-coding-related field can volunteer by emailing a short description and keywords of their expertise to iclc@lambdasonic.be, the same address for general questions.
The LATITUDE Artist in Residence program (started in 2013) is a one-month production residency where 8-10 artists are granted full access to LATITUDE's facilities and community to develop their practice. Its focus is supporting artists who want to use LATITUDE's printing and scanning services to expand their practice, regardless of medium or experience; past residents include photographers, painters, performance artists, new media artists, and sculptors. WHAT RESIDENTS RECEIVE: a $1,000 printing stipend, unlimited scanning, a personal studio with a calibrated workstation and 24/7 access, training and guidance on tech from staff, an organised public event to present new work, and lifetime free lab access. LATITUDE does not offer a housing stipend but will help schedule studio visits during the month. PUBLIC PROGRAMMING: during the residency each artist puts on one community programming event (past examples include panel discussions, artist talks, performances, workshops, and critiques; a gallery space is available for curation) and is asked to act as a mentor to the community, sharing insights and creative methods. WHO SHOULD APPLY: artists interested in production, education, and tech experimentation; no prior printing experience, art education, or media specificity is required, though professionalism and communication are expected. 2027 PANEL COMMITTEE: Yechen Zhao, B. Ingrid Olson, Teri Carson. TIMELINE: applications open 1 August 2026 (free before 16 August, a $20 donation thereafter) and close 1 September 2026 at 12pm (noon) CST; the selection committee reviews in September, meets to decide finalists in October, and acceptances are sent early November 2026. Apply at latitudechicago.org/artist-in-residence.
Fundacion Cotec (a Spanish innovation-focused non-profit) and Sonar+D, building on an initial experiment at Sonar 2026, invite proposals for a long-term installation at KNOWCASE, the street-level showcase of Cotec's Madrid headquarters in Chamberi, visible to the public 24 hours a day. THEME: digital culture, meaning projects that combine knowledge, research, science and data with art, technology and social impact. Cotec's stated priorities are the big transitions (analogue to digital, linear to circular economy, tangible to intangible) plus innovation ecosystems and R&D&I, the climate crisis, the future of work and learning, social divides, citizen participation and democratic health. WHAT YOU GET: a budget of up to EUR 100,000 plus VAT covering everything (design, production, installation, maintenance, documentation, artist fees, travel, accommodation and insurance), and a minimum 24-month public display from February 2027. WHO CAN APPLY: artists, collectives, designers, technologists, universities, research centres, startups, businesses, creative agencies, producers, cultural institutions and multidisciplinary teams, internationally; applicants must demonstrate solid experience and a relevant portfolio. CONSTRAINTS: the proposal must be original and never previously exhibited, must include participative or interactive elements, must encourage critical thinking, and must be technically and financially viable for the full 24+ month exhibition period (durability and maintenance are central selection criteria). Selection weighs conceptual quality highest (40 percent), followed by public interactivity (25 percent). HOW TO APPLY: one PDF of maximum 15 pages containing summary, concept, technical proposal, visuals, budget, timeline, team profile, portfolio and declaration, in Spanish, another official language of Spain, or English, via the application portal linked from the terms and conditions. Results announced 14 October 2026. Deadline 7 September 2026 at midnight CEST.
Eurostars (part of the Eureka network, the Eurostars-3 programme co-funded by Horizon Europe) supports collaborative international R&D projects led by innovative SMEs. Each country funds its own participants, so amounts vary; for the Dutch share, RVO funds up to EUR 500,000 per project at a 50 percent reimbursement rate on eligible R&D costs. Projects require an international consortium of at least two independent organisations from at least two Eurostars countries, led by an innovative SME, with the SME budget at least 50 percent of the total and no single participant exceeding 70 percent. Projects must run no longer than 36 months and be civil (non-defence) in purpose. Call 11 opens 9 July 2026 and closes 10 September 2026, 14:00 CEST. No application fee. Submit via the Eureka project platform (myeurekaproject.org); Dutch national information at RVO.
The Paul Mellon Centre funds scholarship and dissemination in British art, visual culture and architectural history, from the medieval period to the present and across the relevant geographical and cultural contexts. This is the Autumn 2026 round, the first under the Centre's restructured funding scheme announced earlier in 2026, and all grants in the round close together on Monday 14 September 2026 at 23:59 BST. ELIGIBILITY: the Centre's funding is open to INTERNATIONAL applicants, not just UK-based ones (the exceptions are the MA/MPhil Studentship and Doctoral Scholarship, which are not part of this round). Every applicant must show how the award advances their research on British art, visual culture and/or architecture. SUPPORT: general application guidance, an updated FAQ and the Our Funding Focus page set out what the Centre looks for, and there are writeups of previously successful projects. The grants team will take specific questions or arrange a call at grants@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. No application fee. THIS GRANT: up to GBP 5,000 for organisations making their collections freely available online through digitisation. It covers both the personnel working on the project and the equipment the digitisation process needs, which makes it unusually practical for small collections without in-house capacity.
The MIT R&D Collaboration Projects scheme (MIT R&D-samenwerkingsprojecten, part of MKB Innovatiestimulering Topsectoren) funds joint R&D projects by Dutch SMEs within the national Top Sectors and Mission-driven Innovation policy. The grant covers 35 percent of eligible costs: small projects of EUR 50,000-200,000 and large projects of EUR 200,000-350,000 (with per-participant ranges of EUR 25,000-100,000 for small and EUR 25,000-175,000 for large). Eligible applicants are consortia of at least two collaborating SMEs, with no single participant carrying more than 70 percent of costs. The national RVO round runs 9 June to 15 September 2026 (closes 17:00) and is a ranked tender, not first-come-first-served; some provinces run separate regional MIT windows. No application fee. Apply via RVO.
Heritage Innovation funds projects and research tracks that contribute to substantive innovation in the heritage sector. Examples given by the fund include developing new narratives about cultural heritage, strengthening regional collaboration across the sector, redesigning how a collection is presented, and feasibility studies on technological applications such as AI or gamification, which makes this one of the more tech-adjacent Mondriaan schemes. WHO CAN APPLY: museums and collection-holding cultural heritage institutions, including archives, in the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. Cultural organisations in the heritage sector may also apply if they collaborate with one or more collection-holding institutions. All applicants must be non-profit, not-for-profit entities. NOT FUNDED: fixed costs, restoration, building museums, or regular operations. CONDITIONS: institutions must subscribe to the Fair Practice Code, the Culture Governance Code and the Diversity and Inclusion Code, and must pay visual artists fairly where artists are involved. AMOUNTS: projects get up to 40% of variable project-related costs on a minimum project budget of EUR 25,000; research tracks get up to 70% of costs capped at EUR 15,000 with no minimum budget. APPLY through the Mondriaan Fund online system after registering an account. Deadline 17 September 2026 before 16:00 Dutch time / 10:00 Caribbean time.
The Wilson Center, the congressionally chartered nonpartisan policy research institution in Washington DC, awards 10 to 20 research fellowships for its 2027-2028 class. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest while interacting with policymakers in Washington and with other fellows. The Center accepts policy-relevant, nonpartisan proposals that address key foreign policy challenges confronting the United States and the world, and projects must align with at least one of the Center's four scholarship pillars: strategic competition, economic statecraft, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, and regional scholarship. The technology and innovation pillar is the relevant route for AI governance, emerging technology and digital policy projects, which the Center also supports through its Science and Technology Innovation Program. Fellows work remotely for the duration of the fellowship; the Center covers travel costs for two required trips to Washington DC at the beginning and the conclusion of the term. The stipend is USD 10,000 per month for the twelve-month term, which runs 1 June 2027 to 30 May 2028. ELIGIBILITY: academic candidates need a PhD in hand and either a published book or monograph beyond the dissertation, or a substantial body of research articles (five or more) in reputable peer-reviewed journals. Non-academic applicants (practitioners, journalists, public intellectuals) need at least ten years of relevant experience and a record of substantial policy impact. There is no citizenship restriction, but English proficiency is required. Applications, including letters of recommendation, must be submitted online via Interfolio by 11:59pm ET on 30 September 2026. Questions: fellowships@wilsoncenter.org. NOTE: this is an open-topic foreign policy fellowship, not an AI-specific one; the technology angle depends on how you scope the proposal.
A one-off 2026 call letting Dutch cultural institutions reuse and adapt digital technology that other institutions have already built and published in the open DigitALL Toolkit, for example translation software shared between theatres or a streaming platform adapted for a new venue. Grants run up to EUR 30,000 and cover technical modification, integration, production and deployment costs. Eligible applicants are museums, theatres, music venues, festivals, film theatres and professional performing arts producers. Applications are submitted online and assessed in order of receipt rather than comparatively, with a decision within ten weeks. The deadline was extended from 31 May 2026 to 1 November 2026 after high demand. IMPORTANT RESTRICTION: this route cannot be used to further develop your own pilot internally; it exists specifically to spread another institution's working technology across the sector. For developing something new, use the DigitALL pilot contribution instead.
The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships place scientists and engineers inside US federal agencies, congressional offices and the judicial branch for a year of hands-on policymaking, contributing technical knowledge and analytical skills to the federal policy process. AI, data and computing policy placements are among the largest tracks, and AAAS runs a dedicated AI legislative branch cohort that places AI experts in congressional offices at GS-12 Step 10 on the DC locality scale. ELIGIBILITY: US citizens holding a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in any science or engineering field, or a master's degree in engineering plus three years of post-degree professional experience; some tracks accept a bachelor's plus five years. Relevant expertise includes AI, machine learning, computer science, robotics and data science. Fellows must reside in DC, Maryland or northern Virginia during the fellowship year. TIMELINE: the application portal opens 1 August 2026 and closes 1 November 2026 at 11:59pm ET, with eligibility notification in late November, interview notification January to February 2027, semi-finalist interviews in March, placement offers by early May, and the fellowship year running 1 September 2027 to 31 August 2028. Apply through fellowshipapp.aaas.org.
ACLS Digital Justice Grants fund digital projects in the humanities and interpretive social sciences that critically engage with the interests and histories of people of colour and other historically marginalised communities, including Black, Latinx, Indigenous, disabled and LGBTQ+ communities. The programme's stated aims are to diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice, and contribute to public understanding of racial and social justice issues, with an explicit interest in scholars working with under-utilised or understudied source materials and those at institutions with less infrastructure for digital work. TWO TRACKS, one deadline: SEED GRANTS of USD 10,000 to 25,000 for projects in the start-up or prototyping phase, covering planning, prototyping and methodology testing; and DEVELOPMENT GRANTS of USD 50,000 to 100,000 for projects that have moved past proof of concept and can show preliminary work and evidence of engagement. ELIGIBILITY: at least one principal investigator must be a scholar in the humanities or interpretive social sciences, and awarded funds must be administered by a US institution of higher education. WHAT IS NOT FUNDED: creative works such as novels or films, textbooks, straightforward translations, purely pedagogical projects, and institutional indirect costs. Note that outputs are expected to be made as widely available as intellectual property allows, ideally under the most liberal open-source or Creative Commons licence. TIMING: applications go through the ACLS online fellowship and grant administration system (ofa.acls.org) by 3 November 2026 at 17:00 ET; grant terms begin between 1 July and 31 December 2027 and run 12 to 18 months. The programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation.
Prototype Fund supports the development of socially relevant open-source software, offering low-threshold funding and coaching to individual developers and small teams. ELIGIBILITY: individual developers or teams of up to four; funded members must reside in the EU and the lead entity must be based in Germany. Application window 1 October to 30 November 2026. Apply via the Prototype Fund application page.
The American Sunlight Project works to ensure that citizens have access to trustworthy sources to inform the choices they make in their daily lives. It is looking for a Free Expression Fellow to produce its regular newsletter on censorship, helping readers stay informed on a rapidly evolving US political landscape. RESPONSIBILITIES: compile and write 'Last Week in Censorship', a clear and engaging newsletter-style roundup of platform policy changes, censorship news and regulatory developments that erode American democracy; and, in support of the organisation's censorship tracker, compile instances from the weekly briefing into a database. IDEAL CANDIDATE: motivated to document instances of democratic backsliding in the United States and happy to take on a part-time nonprofit commitment in service of that goal. The posting explicitly welcomes students, retirees and people looking to moonlight for a good cause. REQUIRED: U.S. citizenship or legal residency; exceptional writing skills with a strong command of tone, clarity and synthesis; and knowledge of U.S. politics and social media. DESIRABLE: experience in research, journalism, public policy or a related field. STRONG PLUS: familiarity with tech policy, internet culture, free expression issues and/or platform governance. Familiarity with Substack is a plus but not required. TERMS: roughly 5 to 8 hours per week, fully remote with flexible scheduling, starting as soon as possible and running through December 2026 with possible extension pending funding, for a USD 2,500 honorarium. APPLY by emailing your CV, a short cover note of a couple of paragraphs explaining your interest, and a writing sample (preferably on a tech or policy topic) to benjamin@americansunlight.org with 'Fellow Application' in the subject line. No closing date is stated.
The British Council's standing Travel Grant Fund helps early to mid-career UK filmmakers and XR creatives represent their work abroad, build networks, reach new audiences and raise the international profile of new and emerging UK film and immersive talent. Supported by BFI National Lottery funding in partnership with BFI NETWORK and the BFI International Fund. WHAT IT FUNDS: travel to attend international film festivals, showcases, training and development labs, and co-production forums, across five strands: short film festival grants, feature film festival grants, interactive/XR grants (including VR, immersive storytelling experiences and installations), lab grants and co-production forum grants. AMOUNTS: short and feature festival grants GBP 150 to 1,500 (typically up to GBP 750); XR travel-only grants GBP 150 to 1,500; large XR grants GBP 1,500 to 5,000; lab grants up to GBP 6,000; co-production forum grants up to GBP 2,000. WHO CAN APPLY: UK residents or citizens aged 18+; applicants can be directors, producers or writers attached to the selected project. KEY CONDITIONS: the festival, lab or forum must appear on the British Council's Key Lists of eligible events, and the project must be registered on the British Council's UK Project Database. DEADLINE: rolling, no fixed deadlines; submit at least two weeks before the event starts (retrospective applications for past events are not accepted). Free to apply.
OSIP is the European Space Agency's standing front door for unsolicited novel ideas, launched in 2019 and now the main entry point for new concepts into ESA, both in response to specific problems and through open calls. HOW IT WORKS: ideas are submitted through two mechanisms. Campaigns are targeted calls responding to specific questions with defined timelines (recent examples include Future Navigation Demonstrators and elements for the EOCognitiveLab mission); Channels are permanently open, open-ended calls on broader topics with no deadline. Submissions can go through an optional community discussion phase, with voting and comments, before expert evaluation by ESA. WHO CAN SUBMIT: individuals, businesses, universities and organisations anywhere in the world. The catch for funding: to implement a funded idea yourself, you must be eligible to do business with ESA under Article 18 of its procurement regulations, which in practice means affiliation with an entity in an ESA member state. WHAT FUNDING LOOKS LIKE: successful ideas are typically supported as co-funded PhD or postdoctoral research (ESA plus a university), early technology development activities, or system studies; amounts vary by route and campaign. WHY IT IS ON THE DESK: this is the one genuinely public, always-open route into ESA for independent researchers, technologists and artists working with space data or space technology concepts; new campaigns appear regularly, so checking the platform periodically is worthwhile. Submit via ideas.esa.int.
A research role on Microsoft's AI Red Team, an interdisciplinary group of researchers, red teamers and engineers working to understand and reduce security risks in Microsoft's AI systems, with impact across the Phi series, Bing Copilot, Security Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Office Copilot, Windows Copilot and Azure OpenAI. The brief is agent security: how autonomous, tool-using and multi-agent systems fail, and what principled methods can evaluate and improve them. RESPONSIBILITIES: formulate and investigate research questions at the intersection of cybersecurity and agentic AI behaviour, covering security risks, failure modes and adversarial behaviour; design rigorous experiments, evaluations and benchmarks for autonomous, tool-using and multi-agent systems; develop research insights, methodologies and mitigations; and work with product teams to turn findings into practical security improvements. REQUIRED: a Bachelor's in statistics, econometrics, computer science, electrical or computer engineering or a related field plus 2+ years of related research experience, OR a Master's plus 1+ year, OR a Doctorate, OR equivalent experience. Candidates must be able to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check on hire and every two years after. PREFERRED: demonstrated research output in AI security, adversarial machine learning, agentic systems or LLM evaluation (publications, preprints, technical reports, talks, open-source tools or research artifacts); experience designing experiments, evaluations, benchmarks or methodologies for security-relevant behaviour in AI systems; comfort in an interdisciplinary team; and the ability to connect findings to practical security guidance for shipped products. Posted 29 July 2026 (job number 200045204); open for a minimum of 5 days and then until filled, so apply early. Background on the team's approach: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/08/07/microsoft-ai-red-team-building-future-of-safer-ai/
The Responsible AI team inside Microsoft's CoreAI Platform and Tools organisation is hiring at two levels (Applied Scientist II and Senior Applied Scientist) to build the RAI service components used across Microsoft's AI products by hundreds of millions of people. RESPONSIBILITIES: supervised fine-tuning of LLMs including reinforcement learning from human feedback, with thorough evaluation; working with the tech lead on the design and implementation of agent adversarial evaluations and safety mitigations so that agent creators can identify risks and apply safeguards; and collaborating with the RAI engineering team to ship those mitigations at scale, refine them against operational performance and resolve end-to-end issues. REQUIRED: a Bachelor's in computer science, computational linguistics or a related field plus 2+ years of related experience, OR a Master's plus 1+ year, OR a Doctorate, OR equivalent experience. Candidates must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check on hire and every two years after. PREFERRED: a Master's plus 6+ years or a Doctorate plus 3+ years; 2 to 3+ years owning feature design, model development, evaluation and deployment; strong machine learning background especially NLP and deep learning; language model training and evaluation experience; Responsible AI research experience; Python and C# with PyTorch and Triton; large-scale data processing; unit testing, TDD and DevOps practice; platform and API design, debugging and data analysis; full-stack (client to service) development is a plus. Posted 10 July 2026 (job number 200017828); open for a minimum of 5 days and then until filled.
NO PUBLISHED CLOSING DATE: the call gives no application deadline, so the operative cutoff is the gathering itself on 2-5 November 2026; apply early. The European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance (ESWA) brings back its Digital Rights Gathering in 2026 as The (W)horrors Edition, in Barcelona just after Halloween. It is a capacity and community-building space by and for sex workers, convened to confront the surveillance, censorship and digital violence they face online and to imagine and build more resilient digital futures. A limited number of spaces is reserved for allies working in adjacent digital rights and harm reduction spaces to host sessions. TWO CALLS ARE OPEN. (1) CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS, for sex workers who want to deepen their knowledge of digital rights, online safety and community resilience. Requirements: be a current or former sex worker who is also a member of an organisation in ESWA's network; be available for three days of interactive sessions, skill-sharing and collective learning on 2, 3 and 4 November, and free from 1 November (travel out) through 5 November (travel home), even though some final-day sessions are optional. Selected participants receive full funding covering travel, accommodation and food. (2) CALL FOR TRAINERS AND SESSION PROPOSALS, for facilitators, trainers and educators experienced in digital rights, online safety or sex worker-led organising, who want to deliver an interactive workshop, skill-share or creative session. Sessions run 90 minutes and are compensated at EUR 300 per session, with travel, accommodation and meals covered. Open to current or former sex workers, and to allies with experience in digital rights, digital discrimination, digital security and related fields. SESSION STRANDS: Digital (W)horrors, naming the threats faced online and unpacking how surveillance, censorship and platform policy work against sex workers, including shadowbanning and algorithmic censorship, over-zealous content moderation, law enforcement and third-party surveillance, deplatforming, non-consensual data scraping and retention, and the platforms and policies that enable them; Building Resilience, practical hands-on skills covering open source and privacy-respecting software, how and why to divest from Big Tech platforms, alternative and encrypted communication tools, digital security basics such as protecting data, devices and identity, and other harm-reduction strategies for working and organising online; Imagining Better Futures, creative forward-looking sessions on what a sex worker friendly internet would look like, including prototyping inclusive digital tools, platforms and spaces built by and for sex workers, new apps, alternative social platforms, community-owned tech, and speculative design exercises; Resourcing the Group, sessions focused on care and resilience, including writing and reflection, grounding and somatic exercises, tools for self-care and sustainability in activism, and space for radical rest. The organisers welcome grounded, political and creative contributions from anyone who would like to lead a session. Separate application forms for participants and for session proposals are linked from the call page. Questions: ana@eswalliance.org.
Cultuurloket DigitALL funds the digital innovation of the Dutch cultural sector and is the strongest dedicated digital-culture route currently open to Dutch cultural organisations. It is the successor to the discontinued Kickstart Cultuurfonds, backed by the VandenEnde Foundation, VSBfonds, Ammodo, Het Cultuurfonds and others. The pilot contribution of up to EUR 75,000 supports developing and running a first pilot, prototype or live version of a digital tool, which covers a wide range of creative-technology work embedded in festivals, exhibitions and public programmes. Eligible applicants are theatres, music venues, film theatres, museums, festivals and professional performing arts producers, with collaborations between institutions given priority. The pilot must be tested with the intended public audience, not only with experts, and funding cannot be used exclusively for hardware acquisition. Applications go through an online portal with no deadline and are handled in order of receipt. TIMING: a decision follows within ten weeks of submission, so plan roughly three months of lead time between applying and project start. Training and knowledge development through partner organisations is only covered when included in the submitted budget, so build it in from the outset.
The Sony Innovation Fund (now under Sony Ventures Corporation) is Sony's corporate venture capital arm, investing in early-stage (Seed, Series A and Series B) transformational-technology startups across business, entertainment and society, including entertainment, gaming, AI, robotics, fintech, climate and blockchain. Music, entertainment and AI startups fit within its thesis, though it is not a music-only fund. Typical checks are roughly USD 100,000 to USD 5 million, alongside mentorship and access to Sony's network and R&D. It is an equity investment, not a grant. Global, with offices in the US, London/EU, Tokyo, Bangalore and Israel. Startups engage on a rolling basis via the contact and inquiry form. No application fee.
The WBSO (Wet Bevordering Speur- en Ontwikkelingswerk) is the Dutch R&D tax credit administered by RVO. It reduces payroll/wage tax for companies with R&D staff and provides an income-tax deduction for self-employed people doing R&D; it is a tax credit, not a cash grant. For 2026 the benefit is 36 percent of the first EUR 380,000 of R&D wage and other costs (50 percent for qualifying startups) and 16 percent above that; self-employed receive a fixed deduction (and need at least 500 R&D hours per year). Eligible applicants are Dutch companies and self-employed people paying payroll or income tax who carry out qualifying R&D in the EU. Applications are made in advance via Mijn RVO and cannot be retroactive; for coverage of the final three months of a year the deadline is 30 September. Time-keeping and project administration are required. No application fee.
GitHub's Secure Open Source Fund supports maintainers to improve the security of widely-used open-source software, pairing funding with hands-on security training. ELIGIBILITY: individual maintainers or teams of up to three, aged 18 or older, in a region supported by GitHub Sponsors; applicants cannot work for GitHub or its parent company. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; apply once to be considered for upcoming 2026 sessions. Apply via the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund page.
The Sovereign Tech Fund invests in the open digital infrastructure that underpins the modern internet, funding maintenance, security and development of critical open-source base technologies. ELIGIBILITY: individuals, companies and non-profits maintaining or developing critical open-source infrastructure; open worldwide. Applications are accepted on a rolling, year-round basis via the Sovereign Tech Fund page.
FLOSS/fund, backed by Zerodha, provides financial support to free and open-source software projects and maintainers. ELIGIBILITY: individuals and projects worldwide; applicants apply by publishing a funding.json manifest in their public repository as described on the fund's site. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no deadline.
Rolling-deadline fund for technology-focused projects that promote human rights, internet freedom and open societies. Funds anti-censorship, anti-surveillance, privacy-preserving and circumvention tools, plus applied research. Two-stage process: submit a Concept Note via the OTF online application system; reviewed monthly with feedback in 6-8 weeks. Open internationally.
Tech Matters, the nonprofit founded by Jim Fruchterman (MacArthur Fellow, Skoll Awardee), is hiring a Project Fellow to work directly with the CEO on ensuring technology better serves the 90% of humanity typically neglected by the commercial tech industry. Project work spans (1) expanding the Better Deal for Data, a practical data-governance standard for the nonprofit sector, by supporting nonprofits adopting and endorsing the standard; (2) prototyping methods for improving LLM and search-engine answers on critical social problems (initial focus: preventing sexual abuse of children); and (3) helping develop an open course based on Jim's recent book Technology for Good (CC-licensed, global release September 2026). REMOTE; open to candidates around the world (US-based hires get health and related insurance). WHAT THEY LOOK FOR: demonstrated interest and 5+ years' experience in tech-enabled organisations; Bachelor's/Master's in CS, data science, MLIS, MBA, or social sciences; familiarity with SaaS platforms; clear and kind writing; comfortable in an early-stage team. NICE TO HAVE: Wikipedia editing, data-governance expertise, additional languages. APPLY by emailing a resume and a real (not LLM-generated) cover letter to jobs@techmatters.org with subject 'Tech for Good Project Fellow - [Your Name]'. The cover letter should explain why this role and mission resonate with you. NOTE: this is a job/fellowship, not a grant; no specific application deadline listed (rolling).
SIDN fonds (the foundation behind the .nl domain registry) invests in daring projects with societal added value that contribute to a strong internet and strong internet users. The Pioneers track is continuously open and awards up to EUR 10,000 to develop an innovative idea into a demo, pilot or experimental design; it is open to both individuals and legal entities. Larger projects are funded through theme calls issued once or twice a year (legal entities only). Projects must show innovation and public value and share their results openly; plain website or app building and purely B2B proposals are excluded. No application fee.
The Digital Defenders Partnership runs the main rapid-response fund for digital threats against human rights defenders, journalists, activists and the organisations they work in. The Incident Response Fund covers urgent costs after or during a digital attack, including incident response and forensics, emergency infrastructure or hosting changes, secure devices, account recovery, legal or psychosocial support tied to the incident, and short-term relocation of digital operations. This is the practical counterpart to physical-safety emergency funds for anyone whose work makes them a target online. ELIGIBILITY: human rights defenders, journalists, activists and civil-society organisations facing digital threats or attacks, worldwide. Applications are rolling; DDP aims to respond within two weeks and funds activities for up to four months. DDP also runs a Sustainable Protection Fund for longer-term digital-security capacity building (currently invitation-only in some regions) and an invitation-only Community and Network Fund of up to EUR 15,000 for rapid responders and digital-security facilitators. Contact team@digitaldefenders.org or apply through apply.grants.digitaldefenders.org.