Grant Opens 1 Jan

Alpha-Omega open source security grants: January 2027 round

Alpha-Omega grants, typically $50,000 to $100,000, for security work on open source projects. The January 2027 intake runs from 1 to 31 January.

The fourth quarter 2026 intake is closed, and this is the first submission window of the 2027 season.

Requirements:

Short intake form during the submission month
Projects that fit are paired with an Alpha-Omega team member to write a proposal and a statement of work
Selection weighs how much security impact the funding brings to the ecosystem

Timeline:

Source · alpha-omega.dev/grants/how-to-apply Published 5 November 2026 · Checked against the organizer's page 13 November 2026 DevGrants Daily, run by Albert Andrejev. How entries are made and checked.

Rounds of Alpha-Omega grants

Round	Amount	Deadline	Status
Alpha-Omega open source security grants: October 2026 round	Typically between $50,000 and $100,000 USD	31 Oct 2026	Closed

Program	Type	Amount	Deadline
FreeCAD Grant Program 2026: Q4 round	Grant	40,000 EUR reserved for the 2026 program, about 10,000 EUR per quarter	15 Nov 2026 (closes tomorrow)
Linux Australia Grants Program 2026	Grant	$30k total across all grants and sponsorships in 2026	15 Nov 2026 (closes tomorrow)
CHARTED Fund 2: Community Activities, 15 November 2026 deadline	Grant	Up to £12.5k per activity, £150k in total for the fund	15 Nov 2026 (closes tomorrow)
Digital Promise K12 AI Infrastructure RFP: open source formative assessment harness	Grant	Up to two awards, with a sum of $1M available across the awards with a maximum individual award of $600,000	20 Nov 2026 (closes in 6 days)