Verified 28 October 2026. CodeSupply first checks eligibility, then scores relevance and impact at 40%, feasibility at 30% and value at 30%. A score above 5.0/7 only reaches the next review. Check the selection gates before 3 November.
Checked 24 October 2026. NLnet says old AI-generated code is not an automatic rejection: disclose significant use and expect case-by-case review. New proposals and funded deliverables still face policy v2.0. CodeSupply closes 3 November at 12:00 CET. Check the three separate AI tests.
Verified 22 October 2026. NLnet policy v2.0 now bars AI-assisted proposal writing for the 3 November CodeSupply and Restack calls, except disclosed accessibility use; funded work allows read-only AI checks, not AI-generated deliverables. The form still has an AI disclosure field. Read the current rule and resubmission note.
Verified 20 October 2026. NLnet CodeSupply closes 3 November at 12:00 CET. The live form asks for a costed technical case and AI-use disclosure; selected work is paid after milestones. Check the form fields before applying.
Verified 19 October 2026. OpenAI accepts rolling applications from active open-source maintainers. Selected applicants may get API credits for maintenance workflows, not a general commercial app budget; the amount and expiry are unpublished. Check the application and use limits.
Checked 14 October 2026. NLnet CodeSupply accepts individual open-source software supply-chain proposals, but does not pay up front. Check the 3 November deadline, European rule and payment timing.
Checked 2026-10-12. Interledger NextGen is open, but an eligible higher education institution must apply; a student club cannot apply directly. See the institutional gate. Local Impact remains paused; NLnet’s 3 November form is live.
Updated 2026-10-06. Interledger Local Impact applications are paused despite an earlier 11 November end date. NLnet’s first Open Internet Stack call closes 3 November at 12:00 CET. NLnet published a stricter GenAI policy on 20 October; use the current rule before writing.
Individual credits & grants: check the project, account, or fee before the headline amount
NLnet correction: This older search snapshot still shows the previous AI rule. Use the complete table and policy v2.0 check before applying.
The CodeSupply listing is in the complete table below. The local filter uses an earlier catalogue snapshot.
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| Status | Offer | Who can apply | Benefit | Deadline or validity | Catch | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling application — checked 19 October 2026 | OpenAI Codex for Open Source | Primary or core maintainer of an active public open-source project. OpenAI weighs project use, importance and maintenance activity. | Selected maintainers may receive API credits for eligible maintenance workflows, plus six months of ChatGPT Pro with Codex; conditional Codex Security access. Amount unpublished. | Rolling application. Decision time and API-credit validity are not published as universal terms. | API credits are optional and separately reviewed, not a general commercial-app subsidy. Public GitHub profile and repository, role, project case, Organization ID and intended use are requested. Check the actual allocation before use. | Official source · terms |
| Applications paused — checked 29 September 2026 | Interledger Local Impact Mini-Grants | Registered or unregistered organisations and individual practitioners, including local fintech startups, with a concrete community project. Applications are welcome from any geography, subject to United States sanctions restrictions. | USD 500–3,000 for direct project activities; not a guaranteed award. | Applications paused; no reopening date published. The earlier announcement gave an 11 November 2026 end date. Projects must finish within six months of acceptance if awarded. | The project must concern open payments or digital financial access. If reopened, the application asks for a short form, two-page concept note, budget, and timeline. General operating expenses and capital spending are excluded. Selection and payment terms are not published. | Official source · application status |
| Rolling application shown | The Pollination Project seed grant | Individuals, informal groups, and registered not-for-profit organisations worldwide. The group or organisation annual budget must be below USD 50,000; total project cost must be below USD 10,000; work must have started; and the group or organisation must have no paid staff. | One-time seed funding up to USD 500. | Rolling. A complete application received before month-end is reviewed in the following month, with decisions at that month’s end or the first days after it. International applicants need a submitted referee reference for the application to be complete. | Not personal support, salary, or general startup runway. The project cannot be designed for personal profit, and the grant cannot pay the applicant or a family member for time or services. Selected applicants report results and spending and submit receipts. Selection rate, award guarantee, and country-by-country eligibility map are not published. | Official source |
| Application shown — check current cycle | Awesome Foundation DC microgrant | Individuals or small groups with a new, small project that directly benefits Washington, DC. The chapter says it looks for a project that can make an actual impact with USD 1,000 and is ready to act soon. | USD 1,000 no-strings-attached cash grant. | Exact current cutoff is not published on the reviewed chapter page. The chapter awards monthly grants and says it usually selects winners at the end of each month. | Discretionary local project funding, not general startup runway or personal-expense support. The Foundation FAQ says chapters set local terms and that personal purchases or vague applications are generally less likely to be funded. Residency rule, selection rate, and award guarantee are not published. | Official source · Foundation FAQ |
| Pack offer shown | GitHub Student Developer Pack — Stripe | Current students in a degree- or diploma-granting programme, including high school, college, university, or homeschool. GitHub requires current-status proof, a personal GitHub account, and an age of at least 13. | USD 25 in Stripe credits to offset fees on products including Stripe Payments and Billing. | Credit expiry is not published in the current Pack listing. GitHub says student validation lasts two years; that is not a Stripe-credit term. | This is a fee offset, not cash. The public listing does not state Stripe country or account eligibility, exact covered fees and products, redemption steps, expiry, or post-credit fees. Partner terms may limit repeat claims or stacking and can change. | Official source · application rules |
| Pack offer shown | GitHub Student Developer Pack — Heroku | Current students in a degree- or diploma-granting programme, including high school, college, university, or homeschool. GitHub requires current-status proof, a personal GitHub account, and an age of at least 13. | USD 13 in Heroku credit per month. | 24 months. GitHub says student validation lasts two years. | Partner offers can change and may not be redeemed twice or stacked with a partner free trial. The public listing does not state country coverage, the covered Heroku plan, monthly-credit rollover, card requirement, or post-credit bill. | Official source · application rules |
| Sign-up route shown | Oracle Cloud Free Tier | One Oracle Cloud account per email address. Choose a country, verify contact details, and use a payment-verification card. The US$300 credit is available only in select countries. | US$300 in credits for eligible OCI services, plus Always Free services. | Use the credit within 30 days of sign-up or until it is spent, whichever comes first. Always Free resources can remain while the free account stays active. | Oracle says the Home Region cannot be changed after sign-up. Free Tier availability and resource capacity can differ during sign-up; paid resources are later reclaimed without an upgrade. | Official source · sign-up terms |
| Rolling application shown | Open Technology Fund Internet Freedom Fund | Individuals or organisations of all ages irrespective of nationality, creed, or sex; applicants in countries subject to applicable United States trade restrictions or export sanctions are excluded. | USD 10,000–900,000 for up to 24 months. OTF says ideal requests are USD 50,000–200,000 for six to 12 months. | Rolling. Submit a Concept Note first; OTF estimates a response in about 6–8 weeks after it is submitted. | Only for defined internet-freedom technology, applied research, digital-security, or eligible convening projects. Awards are performance-based contracts paid against deliverables; the range is not a typical or guaranteed award. | Official source |
| Open call shown | UKRI Transformative sustainable AI technologies | Research groups and individuals. The project lead must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding and meet the individual eligibility rules. | Project full economic cost up to GBP 602,500; UKRI funds 80% of the cost. | Apply by 10 November 2026, 16:00 UK time. Projects start 1 February 2027 and may last up to 24 months. | This is sustainable-AI research, not a general individual or startup grant. Verify your host and role before writing; the cost ceiling is not a guaranteed award. | Official source |
| Open call shown — checked 22 October 2026 | NLnet CodeSupply: software supply-chain R&D | Individuals, informal groups or organisations with an open-source software supply-chain project. A strong European dimension is required; normally contributors from Horizon Europe-eligible countries receive at least 60% of funds. Exceptional outside-area proposals may be considered. | EUR 5,000–50,000 request for a first project; competitive grant, not an award promise. | 3 November 2026, 12:00 CET. NLnet estimates three to five months for review after the deadline. | Not general startup runway or cloud credit. Results must be openly licensed. No advance payment: selected grantees request payment after milestones. Work before official selection is not reimbursed. The form requests a costed task plan, comparison, risks and applicant background. Hard eligibility is checked first; then NLnet weights relevance/impact 40%, technical feasibility 30% and value 30%. A weighted score above 5.0/7 only advances to further review. Policy v2.0 bars GenAI proposal writing except disclosed accessibility use and bars AI-generated funded deliverables; read-only checks remain allowed. Check the current policy. | Official source · eligibility · selection guide · payment and timing · live form · policy v2.0 |
| Open call shown | NLnet Restack open-technology grant | In principle, individuals and organisations can apply. Restack requires a clear European dimension tied to contributors, not merely European users. EU and Horizon Europe-associated applicants get priority; check NLnet’s other eligible countries and exceptional route elsewhere. | EUR 5,000–50,000 for a first grant; larger support may be possible after proven potential. | 3 November 2026, 12:00 CET; check the live form. | Work must fit an active fund, be primarily technical, and release software, hardware, and content under open licences. NLnet policy v2.0 bars AI-assisted proposal writing except disclosed accessibility use and AI-generated funded deliverables; read-only checks remain allowed. Restack separately excludes most AI-related projects. Policy checked 22 October 2026. | Official source · GenAI policy · Restack scope · country and contributor rule |
| Sign-up route shown | AWS Free Tier | New AWS customer. AWS explicitly welcomes students, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. | Up to USD 200. | Free plan up to 6 months; credits expire 12 months after account creation. | The first USD 100 is at sign-up; the second USD 100 depends on exploration activities. | Official source |
| Sign-up route shown | Google Cloud Free Trial | Never a paying user of Google Cloud, Google Maps Platform, or Firebase; no prior Free Trial. | USD 300 Welcome credit. | 90 days. | Google account, identity and payment-method verification. Check eligible services before planning a build. | Official source |
| Sign-up route shown | Azure free account | New Azure customer in an available country. | USD 200. | 30 days. | Identity and payment verification. Azure says a country selection cannot be changed later. | Official source |
| Sign-up route shown | Azure for Students | Age 18 or older; full-time student at an accredited degree-granting two- or four-year institution; academic status verified through an organisation email. | USD 100 in Azure credits. | Within the first 12 months. | No card at sign-up, but one subscription per eligible customer. This is for education, non-commercial research, and eligible development or demonstration work; it is not an unrestricted startup budget. | Official source |
Global seed-grant preflight
First test the boundary: is the project already under way, under USD 10,000 in total cost, volunteer-led, and non-profit? Can you explain what USD 500 pays for without charging for your own time? If yes, confirm you can receive a US-dollar wire or PayPal payment and submit every required item by month-end. International applicants need a referee submission before the application is complete.
DC microgrant preflight
First test the fit: does the project directly benefit Washington, DC, does USD 1,000 buy a specific outcome, and can the work happen in the next month or two? If yes, open the live form and check the current cycle before writing. Keep a simple itemised budget and do not use the broad “no strings attached” label to imply an award is automatic, a personal-expense payment, or startup operating capital.
Student-credit preflight
Prove current enrollment before you count either Pack credit. Then check one live partner claim at a time. For Stripe, confirm the account and country fit, covered fee, expiry, and fee after credit before you connect a payment flow. For Heroku, check the plan, country, rollover, payment method, and post-credit price. A payment-fee credit and a monthly hosting credit are separate, bounded experiments; neither is a lump-sum budget.
CodeSupply preflight
First check whether the open-source work advances software supply-chain security and whether contributors meet the European-dimension rule. Then prepare a short project summary, a budget by task and rate, a comparison with existing work, technical risks, users and your experience. The form asks about other funding and GenAI use, but its disclosure field does not permit AI drafting under policy v2.0 except for accessibility needs. Choose CodeSupply if listed in the live form and verify the selection. Allow for review after the deadline and a first milestone before payment. Read the source check.
Eligible is not the same as a fit
Oracle has a published trial, but country availability, card verification, the permanent Home Region, and capacity decide if it is a sensible test. OTF permits individuals, but it funds a defined internet-freedom effort and pays against a project contract. UKRI welcomes individuals, yet a UK research organisation must host the project lead. NLnet can fund an individual, but only an open-technology project that fits a fund. A personal eligibility label never replaces a scope, account, or host check.
Oracle preflight
Before creating the account, confirm that your country is offered, choose the Home Region for the workload you actually plan to test, identify the service that consumes the trial, check its capacity, and decide what you will export or shut down when the credit ends. Oracle says it will not charge the verification card unless you upgrade, but that does not make post-trial resources free.
Unknowns
We have not mapped every active country-specific grant, individual eligibility case, Pollination Project country-by-country eligibility rule, Awesome Foundation chapter cycle, GitHub-Pack partner term, payment method, product exclusion, regional capacity condition, or individual project fund. The Stripe row does not prove account access or a free payment flow in your country; the Heroku row does not prove coverage in your country or a free post-credit deployment. OTF is not a worldwide inventory of general personal grants; country-specific research remains a priority.