What are Mozilla Awards?
Mozilla exists to protect and promote the internet as a global public resource, open and accessible to all. As a critical part of this mission, Mozilla invests in the innovators working to make the internet more open, inclusive, decentralized, and secure. Through Mozilla Awards, we aim to support these leaders and amplify their important work on issues impacting the health of the internet.
Recipients of Mozilla Awards include educators, artists, technologists, and innovators of all types. Though their projects are unique, all Mozilla Awardees share a commitment to making the internet better for their communities and for all of us. Importantly, these leaders receive more than just funding as part of their Mozilla Awards — they gain a platform for sharing their work broadly and a global community of like-minded problem solvers.
Mozilla Awards galvanize open-source technology.
The Mozilla Technology Fund (MTF) funds technologies in the open-source and free software movement that align with Mozilla’s mission and address pressing internet health issues. Applications are closed.
Mozilla Awards support research on the impact of AI on communities in Eastern and Southern Africa
The Africa Innovation Mradi Research Grants support research led by communities committed to social justice that will identify and analyze the intersections between AI and their respective priorities.
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Mozilla Awards support the next wave of responsible technology builders.
The Responsible Computing Challenge (RCC) supports the integration of ethics into undergraduate computing curricula. Applications are closed. Learn more →
Mozilla Awards advance open source tools supporting a more fair and trustworthy data economy.
The Data Futures Lab Infrastructure Fund supports the development of open source tools needed to foster a more fair and just data ecosystem. Applications are closed. Learn more →
Mozilla Awards support innovation around the lived experiences of Africans.
The In Real Life (IRL) Fund is a new grant making mechanism designed to amplify and resource work in the African continent that explores the intersection of social justice and technology. Applications are closed. Learn more →
Mozilla Awards promote better machine learning through art.
The Creative Media Awards fund art that explores the impact of artificial intelligence on society. Applications are closed. Learn more →
Mozilla Awards support promising approaches to data stewardship.
The Data Futures Lab Prototype Fund supports those building platforms committed to rethinking the way they collect, store, use, and share data. Applications are closed.
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Mozilla Awards support voice technology solutions for the public good.
Mozilla is funding people and projects across East Africa who leverage Common Voice’s open-source voice data set to unlock social and economic opportunities. Applications are closed. Learn more →
Mozilla awardee Trang Ho talks about her journey from novice developer to the maintainer of a thriving open source project.
Would an algorithm hire you? Mozilla awardee Alia ElKattan talks about her project Survival of the Best Fit, an educational game about hiring bias in AI.
Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS)
SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can install to securely accept documents from anonymous sources. It was originally built by the late Aaron Swartz and is used by newsrooms all over the world, including The Guardian and the Associated Press. The MOSS program has supported this project with $500,000 USD.
Wireless Innovation for a Networked Society (NSF-WINS) Challenges
The Southern Connected Communities Network is a people-powered solution that models what an affordable, reliable, and community-controlled broadband ISP can be in rural Appalachia and the American South. It consists of a line-of-sight broadband tower that can deliver gigabit speeds wirelessly to anyone in a 25 mile radius, which was built and is maintained by community members. The NSF-WINS Challenges awarded this project $400,000 USD..
Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund
Real Time Wetland Restoration Mapping and Analysis is a project at Kalapuya High School in Eugene, OR, an alternative high school for at-risk students. As part of the school’s innovative curriculum, it partners with the Army Corps of Engineers, which is currently carrying out wetlands restoration work in the region. Students are paid to catalogue local flora using handheld Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. The Gigabit Community Fund awarded this project a $20,000 USD grant.
Other Opportunities
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