What We Fund

We support people, organizations, and communities at the intersection of technology and society.

Mozilla Fellowships and Awards span multiple cohorts, different disciplines, and far-ranging geographies. But they function as a collective — part of a larger movement to shift the internet and AI in a better direction.

We provide funding, mentorship, and community to leaders and organizations, fueling a movement that can shift the internet and AI in a better direction. Our funding mechanisms are nimble — from small grants to full-time fellowships to donor collaboratives — to suit the movement’s needs.

Mozilla invests in people driving change…

Senior Fellowship

The world needs visionaries working at the intersection of digital technology and social justice. Mozilla’s Senior Fellowship empowers changemakers who protect democracy from disinformation, ensure AI serves the public good, and confront other ambitious challenges.

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Tech + Society Fellowship

Civil society and public interest technologists make a formidable pair. Mozilla’s Tech + Society Fellowship connects tech-and-society strategists and civil society organizations to realize a more just digital world.

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… and projects and organizations with bold ideas

Africa Innovation Mradi

The African continent is home to some of the most creative and impactful innovation online. Mozilla’s Africa Innovation Mradi, focused on East and Southern Africa, fuels that innovation and ensures it is grounded in the unique needs of African internet users. The work is driven by local realities, supports local voices, and solves local problems.

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Alumni Connection Grants

A robust Fellowships and Awards alumni network enables a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Mozilla’s Alumni Connection Grants nurture relationships between alumni, helping them network, collaborate, and share even more impactful work with the world.

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Common Voice: African Languages

Language belongs to all of us — voice technology should, too. Mozilla’s Common Voice: African Languages fuel projects across East Africa that leverage open-source voice data to unlock social and economic opportunities.

Learn more →

Creative Media Awards

Art has the ability not just to entertain, but also to educate; to make the complicated accessible. Mozilla’s Creative Media Awards support artwork — literature, documentaries, games, exhibitions — that reach a mass audience and facilitate an understanding of complex technological concepts and their impacts.

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Data Futures Lab

Our data economy is broken — Mozilla’s Data Futures Lab is building alternatives. Mozilla’s Data Futures Lab grantees reimagine our data economy for the better, unlocking the power of data and AI for the public good.

Learn more →

Mozilla Technology Fund

Today’s digital technology is unwell: Closed and centralized. Unjust and unaccountable. Open source can help. Mozilla Technology Fund supports open-source technologies, adding much-needed accountability, transparency, and user agency to the AI ecosystem.

Learn more →

Responsible Computing Challenge

With great code comes great responsibility. The Responsible Computing Challenge supports college-level curricula that empowers students to think about the social and political context of computing, fueling an industry-wide culture shift.

Learn more →

Internet platforms need to fundamentally change how they operate: their algorithms, their business models, and their policies

Odanga Madung

Tech + Society Fellow

Accompaniment

In order to create long-term change, we don’t just provide funding. We collaborate, co-create, and partner to strengthen the work of like-minded movements. These “accompaniments” are wrap-around support that enable our Fellows and Awardees to thrive.

We design accompaniment in collaboration with our Fellows and Awardees, letting them tell us what’s meaningful and important. While we stay agile by design, our accompaniment approach strives to always center our core values: fostering connections, building community, and leveraging our power and platforms to amplify the work of our network.

Mentorship

You’ll receive guidance from staff and fellow grantees at Mozilla, with expertise ranging from AI to community management to project governance.

Impact Design

Working in partnership with Mozilla, you’ll develop a project plan and accompanying impact metrics.

Community

You’ll connect with like-minded partner organizations, alumni, and Mozilla staff, bringing rich, interdisciplinary connections to your work.

Network and Resources

From projects like Common Voice to the deep expertise of Mozilla’s Insights and Advocacy teams, you’ll have access to a range of programs and tools that advance your work.

Project Promotion

Mozilla’s Marketing and Communications Team provide a spectrum of support sharing your work with a wider audience, including writing, editing, content production, pitching to media outlets, facilitating speaking engagements, and sharing with Mozilla’s website audience and email list.

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Have questions about funding opportunities at Mozilla?

Please check out our FAQs or contact us.

Mozilla Fellowships and Awards span multiple cohorts, different disciplines, and far-ranging geographies. But they function as a collective — part of a larger movement to shift the internet and AI in a better direction.

We provide funding, mentorship, and community to leaders and organizations, fueling a movement that can shift the internet and AI in a better direction. Our funding mechanisms are nimble — from small grants to full-time fellowships to donor collaboratives — to suit the movement’s needs.

Mozilla invests in people driving change…

Senior Fellowship

The world needs visionaries working at the intersection of digital technology and social justice. Mozilla’s Senior Fellowship empowers changemakers who protect democracy from disinformation, ensure AI serves the public good, and confront other ambitious challenges.

Learn more →

Tech + Society Fellowship

Civil society and public interest technologists make a formidable pair. Mozilla’s Tech + Society Fellowship connects tech-and-society strategists and civil society organizations to realize a more just digital world.

Learn more →

… and projects and organizations with bold ideas

Africa Innovation Mradi

The African continent is home to some of the most creative and impactful innovation online. Mozilla’s Africa Innovation Mradi, focused on East and Southern Africa, fuels that innovation and ensures it is grounded in the unique needs of African internet users. The work is driven by local realities, supports local voices, and solves local problems.

Learn more →

Headshot of Abeba
Alumni Connection Grants

A robust Fellowships and Awards alumni network enables a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Mozilla’s Alumni Connection Grants nurture relationships between alumni, helping them network, collaborate, and share even more impactful work with the world.

Learn more →

Common Voice: African Languages

Language belongs to all of us — voice technology should, too. Mozilla’s Common Voice: African Languages fuel projects across East Africa that leverage open-source voice data to unlock social and economic opportunities.

Learn more →

Creative Media Awards

Art has the ability not just to entertain, but also to educate; to make the complicated accessible. Mozilla’s Creative Media Awards support artwork — literature, documentaries, games, exhibitions — that reach a mass audience and facilitate an understanding of complex technological concepts and their impacts.

Learn more →

Data Futures Lab

Our data economy is broken — Mozilla’s Data Futures Lab is building alternatives. Mozilla’s Data Futures Lab grantees reimagine our data economy for the better, unlocking the power of data and AI for the public good.

Learn more →

Mozilla Technology Fund

Today’s digital technology is unwell: Closed and centralized. Unjust and unaccountable. Open source can help. Mozilla Technology Fund supports open-source technologies, adding much-needed accountability, transparency, and user agency to the AI ecosystem.

Learn more →

Responsible Computing Challenge

With great code comes great responsibility. The Responsible Computing Challenge supports college-level curricula that empowers students to think about the social and political context of computing, fueling an industry-wide culture shift.

Learn more →

Internet platforms need to fundamentally change how they operate: their algorithms, their business models, and their policies

Odanga Madung

Tech + Society Fellow

Accompaniment

In order to create long-term change, we don’t just provide funding. We collaborate, co-create, and partner to strengthen the work of like-minded movements. These “accompaniments” are wrap-around support that enable our Fellows and Awardees to thrive.

We design accompaniment in collaboration with our Fellows and Awardees, letting them tell us what’s meaningful and important. While we stay agile by design, our accompaniment approach strives to always center our core values: fostering connections, building community, and leveraging our power and platforms to amplify the work of our network.

Mentorship

You’ll receive guidance from staff and fellow grantees at Mozilla, with expertise ranging from AI to community management to project governance.

Impact Design

Working in partnership with Mozilla, you’ll develop a project plan and accompanying impact metrics.

Community

You’ll connect with like-minded partner organizations, alumni, and Mozilla staff, bringing rich, interdisciplinary connections to your work.

Network and Resources

From projects like Common Voice to the deep expertise of Mozilla’s Insights and Advocacy teams, you’ll have access to a range of programs and tools that advance your work.

Project Promotion

Mozilla’s Marketing and Communications Team provide a spectrum of support sharing your work with a wider audience, including writing, editing, content production, pitching to media outlets, facilitating speaking engagements, and sharing with Mozilla’s website audience and email list.

question mark icon

Have questions about funding opportunities at Mozilla?

Please check out our FAQs or contact us.