The Social Web Foundation and its partner the Interledger Foundation opened the Fediverse Multimedia Grants program, offering grants of up to US$20,000 to developer and creator teams that pair ActivityPub software work with new audio, video and image publications on the fediverse. Applications opened on October 7, 2026 and close on November 4, with decisions announced November 18 and projects starting December 1. The foundation says multimedia is hard to develop, host and integrate across ActivityPub services and hard for creators to produce and build an audience around, so the program is meant to fund software better fitted to creators’ authoring, editing, organizing and publishing needs while giving creators a permanent home on the fediverse.
Social Web Foundation opens Fediverse Multimedia Grants for developer and creator teams
The Social Web Foundation and its partner the Interledger Foundation opened the Fediverse Multimedia Grants program, offering grants of up to US$20,000 to developer and creator teams that pair ActivityPub software work with new audio, video and image publications on the fediverse. Applications opened on October 7, 2026 and close on November 4, with decisions announced November 18 and projects starting December 1. The foundation says multimedia is hard to develop, host and integrate across ActivityPub services and hard for creators to produce and build an audience around, so the program is meant to fund software better fitted to creators' authoring, editing, organizing and publishing needs while giving creators a permanent home on the fediverse.
Source: Socialwebfoundation