The Small Development Grants Committee is a volunteer committee established by the NumFOCUS Board of Directors to help facilitate the Small Development Grants program. You can read more about the committee’s role and responsibilities in the charter.

If you are interested in serving on the committee you should subscribe to the NumFOCUS newsletter. Requests for applications are sent out each January via the newsletter.

• Call for Proposals Announcement: May 02
• Proposal Submission Deadline: May 30
• Committee Selection Deadline: Jun 13
• Notification to Applicants Deadline: Jul 11

• Call for Proposals Announcement: Aug 01
• Proposal Submission Deadline: Aug 29
• Committee Selection Deadline: Sep 12
• Notification to Applicants Deadline: Oct 10

Any NumFOCUS Fiscally Sponsored or Affiliated project is eligible to submit 1 proposal per grant cycle. Each project may receive a maximum of 2 grants per calendar year.

If a project would like to solicit proposals from its internal community, leaders must organize their own review process to select the proposal submitted on behalf of the project. Proposals may be submitted by residents of any country and work can be performed at any university, institution, or company worldwide (U.S. export laws and sanctions permitting).

Projects will be notified via the NumFOCUS internal project mailing lists that the call for proposals has opened. Applicants will be notified of proposal acceptance or rejection via the email address provided on the application on or before the notification deadline.

Grant funds can be used for: 

• Code development 
• Documentation 
• Website updates 
• Workshops and sprints
• Educational, sustainability, and diversity initiatives 
• Any work that directly benefits the project and/or its community
• Travel for community members & developers to project events and conferences

Proposed work must be achievable within one year.