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Folks, please share the link for our Fediverse Multimedia Grants.
We have funding for creators to make podcasts, artist's portfolios, webcomics, music stores, video streams, or brand new kinds of channels here. And we pay developers to help them be successful.
Our deadline is Wed 4 Nov 2026. It only takes a few minutes to apply.
https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/10/07/call-for-proposals-fediverse-multimedia-grants/
@fastfrwrd no, I don't think there is. Did you read the CFP?
@evan Yes! But it was not clear (maybe we're a bit dense) we still were not sure what was being sought. Is it a new kind of post type for Mastodon, is it an Influencer fund, can it be a special mastodon instance that makes special types of posts?? Stuff like that. It was not super clear but perhaps, again, we're just dense.
@evan
Is this just for developers? For 20 grand I'd get back to podcasting lol.
@Capheind no. It's for everyone. We are funding creator/developer teams. The creators launch something new, and the developers help them. And hopefully it makes the platform better!
@Capheind you can read the details on the linked blog post. Which is, you know, why the link is there.
@evan
Yeah this part gave me that impression.
"we are announcing a new program of grants for multimedia software and creators. In this program, we are asking software developers and publishers to partner to make new and better content on the Fediverse."
Seemed a bit software focused but if its not neat.
Nothing for broke bloggers? Or is that for writers of the Fedi planned yet! 😊 @evan
@WeirdWriter it's a great idea. I think we're concentrating on Multimedia for these grants, but you should find a long-term developer partner like write.as, WordPress or Ghost.org and make the case.
@WeirdWriter for example, a combination of written text with the same text read aloud would be a great submission!
@evan Oh I got the business email for my streamer pal! I'll send her this link 👍️
@evan Just applied!! Hope we overlap, we JUST saw the post, is there a way to double check before submissions close that we're on topic, or if we aren't to send in something else??!