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  • OTF Applicant Guidebook
  • Introduction
  • Guide to the Guide
  • General Funding Guidelines
  • Application Platform Guidance
    • Login
      • Your Profile
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    • Submitting Your Application
    • My Dashboard
      • Submission Details
      • Communication
      • Activity Feed
    • Edit Your Application
    • Invited to Proposal
  • Our Funds and Fellowships
    • Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Sustainability Fund
    • Internet Freedom Fund
    • Rapid Response Fund
    • Technology at Scale Fund
    • Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP)
  • Our Labs
    • Localization Lab
    • User Experience & Discovery Lab
    • Security Lab
    • Impact & Engagement Lab
  • Topical Guidance
    • Digital Security Support Guidance
    • Disinformation Criteria
    • Human Rights Documentation and Reporting Tools Criteria
    • Online Harassment and Internet Freedom Criteria
  • More about the Program
    • Values & Principles
    • Creating a More Inclusive, Diverse Community
    • Annual & Monthly Reports
    • Keep in Touch
    • Common Ineligible Areas of Focus
    • Alternative Support Sources
  • FAQ
  • Appendix I: IFF Concept Note Guide
  • Appendix II: IFF Proposal Guide
  • Appendix III: Evaluation Worksheet
  • Alternative Sources of Support
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Our Funds and Fellowships

Funds and Fellowships are how we support projects and people. We also connect projects with third-party service providers through our Labs.

PreviousInvited to ProposalNextFree and Open Source Software (FOSS) Sustainability Fund

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- ensuring free and open-source software projects and the communities that sustain them have the resources and support needed for long-term maintenance, security, and community well-being.

- OTF's flagship funding mechanism

- fast support for urgent digital emergencies

- primary means through which OTF directly supports the technology needs of USAGM broadcast networks, journalists, and their audiences

- supporting individuals studying censorship through a variety of disciplines

- making internet freedom tools available in new languages

Engineering Lab - facilitate more adoption of underlying privacy, security, and circumvention technologies advancing Internet freedom

- improving the usability and accessibility of open source circumvention and digital security technologies

- strengthening the security of open-source Internet freedom software

- telling the stories of projects and the results they produce

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Sustainability Fund
Internet Freedom Fund
Rapid Response Fund
Technology at Scale Fund
Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP)
Localization Lab
Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab
Red Team Lab
Learning Lab