Small-Scale, High-Impact Firmware Contributions
Empowering Small-Scale Contributions to the Open-Source Firmware Ecosystem
Status
Funding Range
1.000 – 5.000€
The Open-Source Firmware Foundation is calling for small-scale, high-impact proposals that help grow and strengthen the open-source firmware ecosystem.
We’re looking to support contributions that improve transparency, auditability, security, interoperability, and sustainability in firmware. Whether you're developing new features, improving tooling, writing documentation, or researching real-world issues—if your work supports the open-source firmware space, we want to hear from you.
This call is not tied to pre-allocated funding, but we aim to fund selected proposals in the range of 1,000 EUR to 5,000 EUR.
What We're Looking For
We encourage proposals that focus on (but are not limited to):
- Development work on core firmware projects
- Enhancements to testing frameworks, tooling, or CI/CD pipelines
- Security and compliance (e.g., SBOM, reproducibility, Secure Boot)
- Developer experience, documentation, or onboarding improvements
- Practical research with implementation outcomes
Include
- Title and brief summary
- Target project(s) and expected impact
- Deliverables and milestone ideas
- Estimated timeline
- Requested amount (EUR)
- Plan for integration (e.g., via upstream PRs)
