We're here to meet our community! Whether you have been funded by Prototype Fund or want to get to know the people behind the fund, come say hi.
(If you have questions about applying for future funding rounds, please attend our "Meet the funders" session: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/event/detail/meet-the-funders-sovereign-tech-agency-nlnet-proto . Please note that we cannot give any updates on applications submitted in October and November 2025.)
About us: The Prototype Fund is a funding program of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) that is managed and evaluated by the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany. Individuals and small teams (of freelance coders, hackers, UX designers and more) can receive funding in order to test their ideas and develop open source applications in the areas of IT Security and Software Infrastructure. We aim to keep innovation processes as well as infrastructures open and accessible.
As we were unable to get a room for this year, you'll find us at Späti! If you can't find us, you can contact us at @PrototypeFund@mastodon.social or marie@prototypefund.de.