Up to $125,000 Mozilla Fellowship

Organization: Mozilla Foundation

Type: Fellowship

Location: Global

Deadline: December 17, 2026

Funding: Fully Funded

Mozilla Foundation is funding 10 Fellows for 2027 to 2028: individual builders working on technology that is too early, too unexpected or too ambitious for anyone else to fund. Each Fellowship runs for 12 months from 1 June 2027, remotely, with a stipend, a project budget and a cohort from around the world. Applying starts with a short Letter of Intent; shortlisted applicants are invited to a full application in February 2027. **What you get:** - Embedded Fellows (Track I): USD 100,000 in total, a USD 75,000 stipend and a USD 25,000 project budget, working with a host civil society organisation - Independent Fellows (Track II): USD 125,000 in total, a USD 100,000 stipend and a USD 25,000 project budget, for your own project - All-expenses-paid travel to the Fellows Kick-off in July 2027 and to MozFest 2027 - A dedicated support team, including a Program Manager and Senior Curricular Advisor for regular one-to-ones - Coaching and workshops for technical people stepping into leadership - Introductions across Mozilla, including the Firefox and Thunderbird teams, Mozilla.ai and Mozilla Ventures' portfolio - A small international cohort and a network of over 200 past Fellows **What you'll do:** - Build and deliver a project inside 12 months in one focus area: neurotech, biotech and physical AI; hard infrastructure (compute, energy, quantum); Raising p(bloom); business models for a post-agentic web; shared security and audit infrastructure for small organisations; sovereign AI, public infrastructure and maintenance; Creative Advocacy; or a Wildcard idea that fits none of these - Embedded Fellows work with one of five hosts: BASAibu (Indonesia), Fundacion Kamanau (Chile), LAS Foundation (Germany), Quantum Village (United States) or Slum and Rural Health Initiative (Nigeria). Fellows are not host staff and most hosts accept remote Fellows - Give 5 to 10 hours a month to cohort and community time - Work in the open and release your code and non-confidential content under open licences agreed with Mozilla **Key dates:** - Letter of Intent closes 17 December 2026, 11:59 PM Pacific - Invitations to the full application: 16 February 2027 - Full application closes 12 March 2027 - Final notification: 30 April 2027 - Fellowship starts 1 June 2027; Fellows Kick-off July 2027 **More information:** - Full call and focus areas: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/grantmaking/fellowship/2027-call-for-applications/ - FAQs: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/grantmaking/fellowship/2027-call-for-applications/faqs/ - Request for proposals (PDF): https://assets.mofoprod.net/network/documents/PUBLIC_2027_2028_Fellowship_RFP-2.pdf

Mozilla FoundationFellowship

Up to $125,000 Mozilla Fellowship

Dec 17, 2026 23:59:00 PT

Opportunity type

Fellowship

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Dec 17, 2026 23:59:00 PT

About this opportunity

What you get:

Embedded Fellows (Track I): USD 100,000 in total, a USD 75,000 stipend and a USD 25,000 project budget, working with a host civil society organisation
Independent Fellows (Track II): USD 125,000 in total, a USD 100,000 stipend and a USD 25,000 project budget, for your own project
All-expenses-paid travel to the Fellows Kick-off in July 2027 and to MozFest 2027
A dedicated support team, including a Program Manager and Senior Curricular Advisor for regular one-to-ones
Coaching and workshops for technical people stepping into leadership
Introductions across Mozilla, including the Firefox and Thunderbird teams, Mozilla.ai and Mozilla Ventures' portfolio
A small international cohort and a network of over 200 past Fellows

What you'll do:

Build and deliver a project inside 12 months in one focus area: neurotech, biotech and physical AI; hard infrastructure (compute, energy, quantum); Raising p(bloom); business models for a post-agentic web; shared security and audit infrastructure for small organisations; sovereign AI, public infrastructure and maintenance; Creative Advocacy; or a Wildcard idea that fits none of these
Embedded Fellows work with one of five hosts: BASAibu (Indonesia), Fundacion Kamanau (Chile), LAS Foundation (Germany), Quantum Village (United States) or Slum and Rural Health Initiative (Nigeria). Fellows are not host staff and most hosts accept remote Fellows
Give 5 to 10 hours a month to cohort and community time
Work in the open and release your code and non-confidential content under open licences agreed with Mozilla

Key dates:

Letter of Intent closes 17 December 2026, 11:59 PM Pacific
Invitations to the full application: 16 February 2027
Full application closes 12 March 2027
Final notification: 30 April 2027
Fellowship starts 1 June 2027; Fellows Kick-off July 2027

More information:

Full call and focus areas: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/grantmaking/fellowship/2027-call-for-applications/
FAQs: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/grantmaking/fellowship/2027-call-for-applications/faqs/
Request for proposals (PDF): https://assets.mofoprod.net/network/documents/PUBLIC_2027_2028_Fellowship_RFP-2.pdf

Who can apply

Individuals only; teams cannot apply
You must be able to receive funding from a US-based 501(c)(3) organisation
Projects must be primarily technical, except in the Creative Advocacy area
Your project must be deliverable within 12 months; a project that is still only an idea is not a fit, except in Creative Advocacy
No nationality restriction is stated; the Fellowship is remote
Late Letters of Intent are not accepted and there are no extensions

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+Two tracks: $100,000 working with a host organisation, or $125,000 for your own project, each including a $25,000 project budget
+All-expenses-paid travel to the Fellows Kick-off and MozFest 2027
+Free to apply. You start with a short Letter of Intent
+Remote, with no nationality restriction stated
+Run by the Mozilla Foundation, with a network of over 200 past Fellows

Worth checking yourself

!The Letter of Intent closes 17 December 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific. Only those invited write a full application, due 12 March 2027
!You must be able to receive the money through a US-based 501(c)(3) organisation
!Individuals only. Teams cannot apply
!Projects must be mainly technical and deliverable in 12 months. An idea alone is not a fit, except in Creative Advocacy
!Only 10 Fellows, and late Letters of Intent are not accepted

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