ELIGIBILITY:

These awards are open to all applicants regardless of geographic location or institutional affiliation, except where legally prohibited. However, Mozilla is especially interested in receiving applications from Most Affected People and Areas (MAPA); members of the Global Majority or Global South; ​​Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color; women, transgender, non-binary, and/or gender-diverse applicants; migrant and diasporic communities; and/or persons coming from climate displaced/impacted communities, etc. We strongly encourage all such applicants to apply.

Applicants must meet the following requirements

Be legally able to receive funds in the form of a grant from the Mozilla Foundation (a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit organization)

Be working towards solving a public interest problem or issue related to the focus of this Call for Proposals

Meet the criteria outlined in the ‘What are we looking for?’ section found on the official website.

BENEFIT:

The Mozilla Technology Fund will provide awards of up to $50,000 each and one year of mentorship and support to open source projects 

Applications will be accepted for a period of four weeks and will then be reviewed by a committee of experts, which will make final funding decisions and allocate awards out of a total pool of $300,000.