From 22a6d20bb4c7361daa4bd14cbbebbfb35e4073df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "prompt.ac/@jeffrey" Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 19:01:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Track Basis Fellowship submission and Exa funding scout leads Adds ten candidate entries from the October 1 Exa scouts (tech and philanthropy, online-community angles) and marks the Basis Fellowship as submitted with its reference. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 --- .../deadlines/index.html | 126 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 126 insertions(+) diff --git a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/deadlines/index.html b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/deadlines/index.html index 07ebeb1b9f..11b9292a90 100644 --- a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/deadlines/index.html +++ b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/deadlines/index.html @@ -1904,6 +1904,18 @@ statusLabel: "New — fit and schedule review", notes: "€18,000 net stipend plus up to €10,000 production; funding approval pending. International media/performance artists; English accepted. Housing assistance is not free housing. Video and recommendation needed. Funder asks applicants not to approach prospective research partners beforehand. No fee stated. Primary-source check September 30, 2026.", }, + { + section: "open", + venue: "TIAT — Every Thing Computer", + venueUrl: "https://forms.gle/cihMHnHjT8Hv7idt8", + track: "Aesthetic Computer on dedicated hardware; optional workshop/performance", + deadline: "2026-10-07", + deadlineExtra: "23:59 PST as written; October daylight-saving ambiguity — submit early", + conference: "San Francisco · Oct 21–Nov 21, 2026 · decisions Oct 9 · delivery Oct 17; form also lists load-inOct17–20", + status: "submitted", + statusLabel: "Submitted Sep 30", + notes: "Physical objects/installations preferred; software ideally supplied with dedicated hardware/display. No application fee shown. Limited need-based materials stipends, amount unstated; no artist honorarium/travel funding promised. Artist pays shipping. Optional sales split 60% artist / 40% TIAT. Work must run reliably with minimal maintenance and tolerate power cycles. Form:500-character description, artistic questions, installation/technical requirements, optional price, up to5files10MB each, website/social/phone, delivery confirmation; optional workshop/event proposal. Form says three weekends despite Oct21–Nov21 date range; confirm duration and installation window. Application filled: AC Blank laptop installation, $128/unit sale stock, workshop, and MacNeoPolitan Trio demo reel. Submitted Sep 30; Google Forms confirms response recorded. In-person delivery confirmed.", + }, { section: "open", venue: "Camargo Fellowship 2027–2028", @@ -2023,6 +2035,120 @@ statusLabel: "Needs fiscal sponsor", notes: "Lead applicant must be a 501(c)(3); individuals apply through a fiscal sponsor. Community-led framing: centre KidLisp and AC users. High lift. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-27.", }, + { + section: "open", + venue: "Mozilla Fellowship 2027 — Independent track", + venueUrl: "https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/grantmaking/fellowship/", + track: "$125,000 ($100k stipend + $25k project) for a 12-month build of open, alternative infrastructure", + deadline: "2027-01-30", + deadlineExtra: "approximate · 2026 nominations ran Nov 9–Jan 30; self-nomination allowed", + conference: "Up to 10 fellows; 2026 cohort includes a Blacksky / AT Protocol builder", + status: "candidate", + statusLabel: "New — community scout; watch for nominations", + notes: "Nomination-first process: public nomination window, then invited letter of intent and full application by email. Independent (Track II) fellows need no host org; Embedded (Track I) at $100k works inside a civil-society host. Focus areas named: protecting creators, democratizing data, building open infrastructure, alternatives to dominant tech systems. Code released under open licenses. The 2026 page says future dates go out by email; the live page has a notify-me form. Pitch: AC as a 2021-to-now artist-owned social computing commons with real users. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, + { + section: "open", + venue: "Mozilla Pioneers 2027 (New Products residency)", + venueUrl: "https://newproducts.mozilla.org/mozilla-pioneers/", + track: "$19,000/month paid residency for creative technologists prototyping Mozilla-aligned products", + deadline: "2027-02-16", + deadlineExtra: "approximate · 2026 round: apply Jan 26–Feb 16, program Mar 16–May 15", + conference: "US remote; 2–4 participants; weekly mentorship with Mozilla New Products leadership", + status: "candidate", + statusLabel: "New — community scout; watch for 2027 round", + notes: "Two-month, flexible, hands-on residency to explore, prototype and validate ideas that could become Mozilla products; stipend $19k per month plus Replit/Cursor/Claude access and design and user-research support. Written application with past experience, interest areas and references, then interviews. Fit: the AC chat and handle network as a prosocial web product, or KidLisp as a browser-native creative layer. Confirm the 2027 window when posted. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, + { + section: "open", + venue: "New_ Public — Entrepreneur in Residence (next cohort)", + venueUrl: "https://newpublic.org/EIR", + track: "$22,500 stipend for three months of prototyping healthier social technology", + deadline: "2027-03-01", + deadlineExtra: "approximate · pilot closed Sept 9, 2026; UK/EU cohort planned spring 2027", + conference: "Virtual, with in-person kickoff; two residents in the pilot", + status: "candidate", + statusLabel: "New — community scout; watch for US cohort", + notes: "Pilot cohort runs Oct 19, 2026–Jan 29, 2027 for US/Canada/Mexico builders going from -1 to 0 on a prosocial product; $1,500 extra toward an AI coding tool; access to five years of New_ Public research on moderation, governance and community stewardship. Focus areas: humans connecting to humans; local and civic information. Next geography named is UK/EU in spring 2027, so the next North American window is unconfirmed. Application asks for a 50-word hunch, past project, and intended users. Fit: AC's handle network and chat as a small-scale social platform built on play and making. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, + { + section: "rolling", + venue: "Kickstarter Culture Fund", + venueUrl: "https://landing.kickstarter.com/culture-fund", + track: "Direct pledge of $1,000+ plus promotion for an Art or Music campaign launching by Dec 31, 2026", + deadline: "", + status: "candidate", + statusLabel: "New — only if a campaign runs", + notes: "$1M fund; rolling selection through 2026 with answers within six weeks; eligible categories include Art and Music; campaign must be in draft or live when applying and launch by December 31, 2026; the pledge pays out only if the campaign reaches its goal. Conditional fit: an AC Native boot-stick or notepat hardware run as a Kickstarter would qualify, and the fund's promotion matters more than the minimum pledge. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, + { + section: "submitted", + venue: "The Basis Fellowship (Orbit)", + venueUrl: "https://basisfellowship.org/", + track: "$50,000 no-strings fellowship — ten-minute application", + deadline: "", + deadlineExtra: "submitted Oct 1, 2026 · reference BF-2026-O0JZGB", + status: "submitted", + statusLabel: "Submitted Oct 1", + draftPath: "basis-fellowship-2026/DRAFT.md", + notes: "Submitted October 1, 2026 via the site's Formspree endpoint (HTTP 200), reference BF-2026-O0JZGB; replies come from @orbit.engineering, check spam on mail@aesthetic.computer. Pitch: AC as a solo-built personal computer with creativity built in; AC Native 1.0, the twenty-laptop device library and a KidLisp curriculum as next steps; Whistlegraph (2.6M TikTok followers) as the obsession answer. Always open; every application read personally; applications never expire and can be updated. $50,000 with no equity or reporting, plus $3,000 at their discretion for strong applications outside the cohort. Operators, engineers, scientists, anyone; portfolio upload plus short answers. Run by the Eigenprize / Duct Tape Prize team (Orbit, Mene Capital), announced August 12, 2026 with $1M total. Pitch AC Native and the device library as a builder's project, not an arts grant. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, + { + section: "rolling", + venue: "Compound — Reverie Grants", + venueUrl: "https://compound.vc/grants", + track: "$500–$7,500 micro-grant for strange, open-sourced, hard-to-fund work", + deadline: "", + status: "candidate", + statusLabel: "New — Exa tech/philanthropy scout", + notes: "Launched January 12, 2026 by Compound VC; non-dilutive, no strings. Explicitly for research, prototypes, writing or open-sourcing something that is not obviously a venture company. Short web form: what you are working on, why a grant helps right now, amount band ($500–2k / 2k–5k / 5k+). Fit: KidLisp or the AC Native boot stick as a scoped open-source push. No deadline published. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, + { + section: "rolling", + venue: "Expeditions by Analogue", + venueUrl: "https://expeditions.earth/", + track: "Interestingness fund for independent researchers and inventors", + deadline: "", + status: "candidate", + statusLabel: "New — amount unverified", + notes: "San Francisco nonprofit (The Analogue Group) funding curiosity-driven work with no fixed objective, including retroactive awards. Wants projects already in motion with publishable artifacts and no neat category. Application via site; grant size not published on the FAQ summary and needs confirming before drafting. Fit: AC as a long-running public experiment in what a personal computer could be. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, + { + section: "open", + venue: "O'Shaughnessy Fellowship 2027", + venueUrl: "https://www.osvfellowship.com/", + track: "One year, $10k–$100k equity-free, individuals worldwide", + deadline: "2027-04-30", + deadlineExtra: "approximate · 2026 cycle closed April 30", + conference: "Fellows include musicians, filmmakers, tool-builders", + status: "candidate", + statusLabel: "New — watch for 2027 opening", + notes: "2026 cycle closed April 30, 2026 with 11,812 applicants; over 75 fellows funded across three years. No equity, no thesis, aimed at individuals (starting a company optional). Strong fit for AC as a creative-computing project with a public track record. 1517 Fund lists a smaller $10k O'Shaughnessy Grants tier too. Confirm the 2027 window when it posts, likely early 2027. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, + { + section: "open", + venue: "Artists Make Technology Lab 2027 (Doris Duke × Mozilla)", + venueUrl: "https://www.dorisduke.org/grants/projects/artists-make-technology-lab", + track: "Up to $150,000 per project — performing arts meets digital tools", + deadline: "2027-03-02", + deadlineExtra: "approximate · 2026 round ran Feb 2–Mar 2, 12:00 ET", + conference: "Six-month rapid prototyping cohort; individuals eligible", + status: "candidate", + statusLabel: "New — second round expected", + notes: "$6.5M committed (Doris Duke, Mozilla, Hewlett, Ford) toward an $11M three-year goal; the Lab is $6M for up to 40 grants, and 2026–27 awarded up to 20 at up to $150,000, so a 2027 round is likely. Individuals, collaborations and organizations eligible; US performing artists and technologists. Pitch as performance: the live AC instrument rig (notepat, Whistlegraph, the laptop fleet) rather than software alone. No fee stated. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, + { + section: "open", + venue: "Stochastic Labs — Summer 2027 Residency (Berkeley)", + venueUrl: "https://stochasticlabs.org/residencies/", + track: "Futures of Music + Sound / AI creative tools subgroups", + deadline: "2027-02-25", + deadlineExtra: "approximate · historic late-February deadline", + conference: "~July–September in Berkeley; housing and workspace provided", + status: "candidate", + statusLabel: "New — watch for 2027 call", + notes: "Fully sponsored residency: private apartment at the mansion for non-Bay-Area residents, workspace, shop access, weekly dinners; travel and expense funds on request, no stated stipend. 2026 session ran July 8–September 15 with a Futures of Music + Sound subgroup. Fit: notepat and the networked laptop instruments as music-tech research. Also offers equity-free seed funds for creative tech ventures. Primary-source check October 1, 2026.", + }, { section: "rolling", venue: "FLOSS/fund (Zerodha)", -- 2.51.2