Dev tools grants
17 open dev tools grants, each checked against the organizer's official page. 2 close in the next 7 days and 7 take applications on a rolling basis.
A grant pays for work without buying a share of your company. The money comes from foundations, companies, public agencies and protocol treasuries, and most of it goes to a project, a research question or a piece of open source.
Money for people who build tools for other developers: grants for libraries and infrastructure, hackathons from platform companies and bounties on developer products.
Ruby Association Grant 2026
The Ruby Association gives JPY750,000 grants to up to five projects that improve Ruby, its libraries and its tools. Proposals are due October 5, 2026.
Uniswap Foundation Security Fund October 2026 cohort
The Uniswap Foundation Security Fund covers up to 100% of audit costs for projects in the Uniswap ecosystem. The October 2026 cohort closes on 7 October.
CHARTED Fund 2: Community Activities
CHARTED pays UK research technical professionals up to £5,000 for community events and training. The next deadline is 15 October 2026.
ARIA Safeguarded AI: Cybersecurity, 31 October 2026 batch
ARIA funds teams that use AI and formal proofs to build secure software, with £2.5 to 3.5 million per Blue Team. The next batch closes on 31 October 2026.
Open Science NL Open Science Infrastructure programme: second round 2026
Open Science NL will fund up to 1.7 million euros per proposal to improve digital infrastructure for open science. Letters of intent are due November 3, 2026.
AWS Cryptography call for proposals: Fall 2026
AWS offers cryptography research gifts of up to $80,000, plus up to $40,000 in AWS credits. Proposals close 4 November 2026.
BBSRC Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund 2026 (26BBR)
BBSRC funds UK bioscience databases, software tools and biological collections with up to £1.6 million per project. Applications close November 19, 2026.
NIH Research Software Engineer Award: December 2026 deadline
The NIH pays up to $300,000 over three years in salary support for research software engineers at US institutions. The next deadline is December 4, 2026.
NSF CyberTraining grants: January 2027 deadline
NSF CyberTraining funds US projects that train researchers to build and use advanced research computing tools, with awards up to $1,000,000. Deadline 21 January 2027.
goose grant program
The goose grant program pays $100,000 for a 12 month open source project that builds on the goose AI agent. Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis.
CoW Grants Program (CoW DAO)
CoW DAO funds developer tools and new apps on CoW Protocol from a 500,000 xDAI budget. Proposals go on the forum at any time until January 2027.
AWS Activate credits for startups
AWS gives startups up to $200,000 in cloud credits for infrastructure, data services and AI models. Applications are open all year and answers come in 5 to 10 business days.
OpenAI Codex for Open Source programme
OpenAI gives open source maintainers six months of ChatGPT Pro with Codex and up to $25,000 in API credits from a $1 million fund. Applications are reviewed all year.
Google for Startups Cloud Program
Google Cloud gives startups from $2,000 up to $350,000 in cloud credits. Applications are open all year across three stages, from pre funded to Series B and later.
CHARTED Fund 4: Supporting Professional Development
CHARTED pays UK early career research technical professionals up to £5,000 for training and conferences. Deadlines fall on the 15th of every month.
Tether Developer Grants Program
Tether pays developers roughly $1,500 to $4,000 per completed task on its open stack for local first AI and payments. Applications for active grants are open with no deadline.
Gem Fellowship 2027 for Ruby open source maintainers
The Gem Fellowship 2027 gives Ruby open source maintainers grants of $2,500 to $25,000. Applications are taken during December 2026.
Questions
How many dev tools grants are open right now?
17 as of 5 October 2026. 2 close in the next 7 days and 7 take applications on a rolling basis.
Which dev tools grants close soonest?
Ruby Association Grant 2026 from Ruby Association closes on 5 October 2026. Uniswap Foundation Security Fund October 2026 cohort from Uniswap Foundation closes on 7 October 2026. CHARTED Fund 2: Community Activities from CHARTED project (dRTP Skills) closes on 15 October 2026.
Can I apply from any country?
10 of the 17 accept applicants worldwide. The others are limited to a region or a country, and each entry says which.
Do any of them take equity?
None of them take equity. They pay as grants, prizes, stipends or credits.
How is this list checked?
Every entry is written from the organizer's official page and links to it. Programs with a rolling deadline are checked again for closure, and an entry moves to the archive on the day it closes.