Funding and Grants
The FOSS United grants program aims to provide financial support to FOSS creators,
maintainers, projects and events all over India. To date, we have disbursed over INR 3
crores towards Indian FOSS projects and maintainers. All FOSS United grantees are
listed here.
We fund FOSS projects by raising funds from the tech industry, either through our
Industry Partnership Program, individual donations, or by reaching out to companies
that might be interested in co-sponsoring certain projects or organizations.
To read more about the structure of the grants program, evaluation criteria and more, please go through our grants thesis.
If you're a FOSS project or developer in need of financial support, please apply. For any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].
Project Grants
Project grants are largely “non-thematic”. In the past, we have funded developer tools, consumer apps, non-profit foundations, FOSS mirrors, Open Hardware projects, individual contributors, and even new programming languages!
Event Grants
Our approach towards funding events has evolved to support events that directly benefit the FOSS community. To apply for a FOSS event grant, please send us a detailed proposal at [email protected]
Recent Grants
A professional, cross-platform subtitle editing application built with Flutter. Subtitle Studio provides powerful tools for editing, synchronizing, and managing subtitle files with an intuitive, modern interface.
Privacy respecting, free software, collaboration and communication services - https://git.fosscommunity.in/community
BarCamp Bangalore is an open, volunteer-led, participant-driven unconference where attendees propose and run sessions themselves. It celebrates peer-to-peer learning, spontaneous discussions, and community-led knowledge sharing across a wide range of topics rather than a fixed agenda. We are planning a full-day unconference that brings together a diverse and engaged audience including software professionals, entrepreneurs, students, professors, venture capitalists and angel investors, photographers, social-change activists, NGO policy makers, bloggers, consultants, reporters, and more. Over the years BarCamp Bangalore has attracted thousands of participants, hundreds of session proposals, and extensive community engagement both in person and online. The event will offer multiple parallel session tracks where participants can share ideas, discuss real-world challenges, showcase projects, lead workshops, and network with other passionate individuals. It is a unique opportunity for people to connect, learn, collaborate and co-create in an inclusive environment that encourages experimentation, creativity, and community building.
Bringing systems engineers, tooling teams, and Rust contributors to Bengaluru for a focused day of talks, community, and hiring conversations around real Rust work.
Metamorphosis 2K26 is a flagship workshop organized by the Walchand Linux Users’ Group (WLUG) at Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, aimed at promoting the adoption and contribution to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). This two-day hands-on workshop focuses on industry-relevant technologies such as Docker and Golang, enabling participants to build scalable, efficient, and production-ready applications. The event is designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world development by providing practical exposure to modern development workflows and open-source tools. Participants will engage in guided sessions, hands-on exercises, and mini-projects that emphasize collaborative development, version control, and best practices in software engineering. The workshop also encourages students to explore open-source contributions and understand the importance of community-driven development.
Follow-on fellowship grant of INR 6L to support contrapunctus’ work in the OSM ecosystem. Last year, contrapunctus travelled to events all over the country to host workshops, events and give talks.
Fellowship to support Aravinda’s work on Sanka and a plethora of other projects, mostly around FOSS Kannada tooling!
Policy in Action Program (Summer cohort) by Young Leaders in Active Citizenship (YLAC). Akshit and Niya were provided a grant to pursue the program.