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notes: 'Up to $60,000 unrestricted for one year at the intersection of technology and society. DRAFT v0 ready (2026-06-15) — spine: Aesthetic Computer as a digital community commons + AC Native low-end creative OS / public device library; personal statement + full work proposal mapped to all six required sub-questions. Direct precedent: p5.js\'s Lauren Lee McCarthy was a 2024–26 fellow as an Artist. Next: confirm portal fields, trim to caps (≤1,000 / ≤3,000 words), pick two work samples. Not open to full-time students; any citizenship.',
},
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'CCI — CALI Futures',
+ venueUrl: 'https://cciarts.org/cali-futures/',
+ track: 'Alternative arts infrastructure — AC / Whistlegraph',
+ deadline: '2026-08-28',
+ deadlineExtra: '11:59 a.m. PT',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Priority',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Up to $5,000; no fee. Lead with the post-2020 artist-controlled public infrastructure, accurately disclosing Whistlegraph\'s 2019 origin.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'James Castle House',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/opportunities/james-castle-house-residencies/',
+ track: 'Two-month residency — MacNeopolitan',
+ deadline: '2026-08-28',
+ deadlineExtra: '11:59 p.m. MST as published',
+ status: 'candidate',
+ statusLabel: 'No fee',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: '$4,000 + housing/studio. Quiet development of MacNeopolitan. Resident pays travel, food, supplies and insurance and donates one resulting work.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'SAT × LAB7',
+ venueUrl: 'https://7fingers.com/support',
+ track: 'Performing Arts & Technology — MacNeopolitan',
+ deadline: '2026-08-31',
+ deadlineExtra: '17:00 as published',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Exact fit',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'CAD $10,000 + Montreal studio/support. Real-time collective interaction, spatial sound and interactive dramaturgy among three computer characters.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'Epic MegaGrants',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.unrealengine.com/megagrants',
+ track: 'Real-time 3D / open-source tools — conditional',
+ deadline: '2026-09-04',
+ deadlineExtra: '23:59 ET',
+ status: 'verify',
+ statusLabel: 'Only if authentic',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Typically $5,000–$75,000. Apply only if genuine Unreal/UEFN or open-source real-time-3D work already exists.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'Platform Dalí',
+ venueUrl: 'https://platformdali.org/en/call/open-call-for-residencies-2027-what-is-real/',
+ track: 'What is real? — MacNeopolitan',
+ deadline: '2026-09-07',
+ deadlineExtra: '23:59 CEST',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Top tech-art fit',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: '€7,500 artist fee + up to €25,000 production, with travel/support. Three synchronized computers negotiate one unstable shared reality with Barcelona Supercomputing Center.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'Embassy of Foreign Artists',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.eofa.ch/en/open-call/',
+ track: 'Geneva Digital Humanities — Whistlegraph',
+ deadline: '2026-09-15',
+ status: 'candidate',
+ statusLabel: 'No fee',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'CHF 1,400/month + room. Whistlegraph computational counter-archive using Geneva collections.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'Singapore Art Museum',
+ venueUrl: 'https://samresidencies.smapply.org/prog/cycle4/',
+ track: 'Cycle 4 Residency — Whistlegraph / Menu Band',
+ deadline: '2026-09-30',
+ deadlineExtra: '23:59 GMT+8',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Strong fit',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'S$1,500/month + flight, housing, visa help and workspace. Whistlegraph fits Listening/Attuning; Menu Band fits Beyond Human/Interdependence.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'Tezos Foundation — Q3 route',
+ venueUrl: 'https://tezos.foundation/ecosystem-grants-program/',
+ track: 'KidLisp Keeps infrastructure',
+ deadline: '2026-09-30',
+ deadlineExtra: 'quarter end; submit early',
+ status: 'candidate',
+ statusLabel: 'Prepare, not cash-now',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'A resubmission must materially answer the June rejection: open creator infrastructure, interoperability, onboarding, documentation and maintenance—not an NFT collection.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'Paul R. Judy Center',
+ venueUrl: 'https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/apply-for-funding/grants-and-funding/prjc-grant-program-application/',
+ track: 'Innovative chamber music — Whistlegraph',
+ deadline: '2026-10-01',
+ deadlineExtra: '23:59 ET',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Best Whistlegraph fit',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'One $10,000 or two $5,000 grants. New participatory chamber work where drawing is notation, conducting gesture and public learning system.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'Shuttleworth Foundation',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/funding/fellowship-programme/',
+ track: 'Fellowship — Aesthetic Computer commons',
+ deadline: '2026-11-01',
+ deadlineExtra: 'March 2027 intake cutoff',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Major software fit',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Salary-equivalent year plus $275,000 project funding. Requires full-time focus, open licensing and an entity/governance decision.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'open',
+ venue: 'NLnet',
+ venueUrl: 'https://nlnet.nl/propose/',
+ track: 'Open-source grant — Menu Band / AC',
+ deadline: '2026-11-03',
+ deadlineExtra: '12:00 CET · reopens Sep 3',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Prepare now',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: '€5,000–€50,000. Libre synchronization, reproducible builds, accessibility, privacy, packaging and documentation.',
+ },
{
section: 'passed',
venue: 'Restless Egg — Batch 2',
@@ -867,6 +998,170 @@
statusLabel: 'Equity watch',
notes: 'Not a grant: $120,000–$220,000 for 10–12% equity in a revenue-generating SaaS business. Consider only if Aesthetic Inc. has a real subscription product, repeatable revenue, and a deliberate desire for the accelerator/equity path.',
},
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'FUTO Fellows',
+ venueUrl: 'https://futo.org/fellows/',
+ track: 'User-control software — Aesthetic Computer / AC Native',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Rolling · three months in Austin',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Apply',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Up to $80,000 + housing, equipment and airfare; no equity. Lead with the user-controlled creative runtime and self-hostable/offline infrastructure.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'Emergent Ventures',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.mercatus.org/emergent-ventures',
+ track: 'Zero-to-one project grant — Menu Band',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Rolling',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Apply',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Amount unpublished. Propose a bounded 90–180 day Menu Band pilot: synchronization, artist cohort, MacNeopolitan presentation and continued-use evidence.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'Tezos Commons Community Rewards',
+ venueUrl: 'https://tezoscommons.org/rewards/',
+ track: 'Retrospective contribution — KidLisp Keeps',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Monthly self-nomination',
+ status: 'candidate',
+ statusLabel: 'Low-lift option',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Self-nominate the completed public contract, minting flow, marketplace interoperability and creator tooling. Award amount unpublished.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'Tezos Ecosystem DAO',
+ venueUrl: 'https://tezoscommons.org/ecosystem-dao/',
+ track: 'Small ecosystem deliverable — Keeps',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Rolling proposal route',
+ status: 'verify',
+ statusLabel: 'Treasury-dependent',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Early-stage DAO with limited treasury. Use only for one bounded interoperability/export deliverable.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'a16z SPEEDRUN',
+ venueUrl: 'https://speedrun.a16z.com/faq',
+ track: 'Accelerator investment — Aesthetic Inc. / Menu Band',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Off-cycle applications accepted for SR008',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Equity decision',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Not a grant: $500,000 for 10% via SAFE plus $500,000 guaranteed in the next external round. Strongest current venture fit; full-time, in-person San Francisco program.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'Y Combinator',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.ycombinator.com/apply',
+ track: 'Late Fall 2026 application — Aesthetic Inc. / Menu Band',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Late applications still considered · Oct–Dec in SF',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Equity decision',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Not a grant: $125,000 for 7% plus $375,000 uncapped MFN SAFE. One company story: Menu Band is the product; MacNeopolitan is the demonstration.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'South Park Commons Member Residency',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.southparkcommons.com/residency',
+ track: 'Founder exploration — Jeffrey / Menu Band',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Rolling · six months',
+ status: 'go',
+ statusLabel: 'Zero equity / no cash',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'No cost, cash or equity rights. Best route for refining the company boundary before accepting a dilutive accelerator.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'Antler US',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.antler.co/location/us',
+ track: 'Founder residency — Aesthetic Inc. / Menu Band',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Rolling · SF, Austin or NYC',
+ status: 'verify',
+ statusLabel: 'Terms first',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'May invest $500,000–$1 million; exact equity terms unpublished. At least one founder must attend full-time with independent U.S. work authorization.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'Betaworks Camp',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.betaworks.com/camp/application',
+ track: 'H2 2026 Agent Economy — conditional Menu Band route',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Jul 31 deadline passed; live form still says open',
+ status: 'verify',
+ statusLabel: 'Theme gate',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Up to $500,000 investment, not a grant. Apply only with a real agentic coordination or physical-AI product thesis.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'HF0',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.hf0.com/apply',
+ track: 'Founder residency — Aesthetic Inc. / Menu Band',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: 'Live form; deadline and terms unpublished',
+ status: 'verify',
+ statusLabel: 'Low priority',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Explicitly prefers repeat founders. Apply only after higher-priority programs and only with strong product/revenue velocity.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'funding',
+ venue: 'LAUNCH Accelerator',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.launch.co/apply',
+ track: 'Evergreen accelerator — Aesthetic Inc. / Menu Band',
+ deadline: null,
+ conference: '$125,000 advertised; equity terms unpublished',
+ status: 'verify',
+ statusLabel: 'Terms first',
+ draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md',
+ notes: 'Lower-priority venture route. Obtain current ownership and governance terms before accepting any offer.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'not-pursuing',
+ venue: 'Awesome Foundation Los Angeles',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/los-angeles',
+ track: 'Rolling $1,000 microgrant — rejected framing',
+ deadline: null,
+ status: 'declined',
+ statusLabel: 'Stopped',
+ draftPath: 'awesome-foundation-la-2026/DRAFT.md',
+ notes: 'User rejected the workshop/application target on Aug 7. No submission. Reconsider only for a specific existing LA event with a complete $1,000 outcome.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'not-pursuing',
+ venue: 'Prospect NEW WORK 2027',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.prospectart.org/new-work-grant',
+ track: 'MacNeopolitan — archived',
+ deadline: '2026-08-16',
+ status: 'declined',
+ statusLabel: 'Paused — $10 fee',
+ draftPath: 'prospect-new-work-2027/README.md',
+ notes: 'Packet and visualizations archived. No submission or payment. Resume only if the fee is waived or funded.',
+ },
+ {
+ section: 'not-pursuing',
+ venue: 'Wassaic Project',
+ venueUrl: 'https://www.wassaicproject.org/apply',
+ track: 'Summer 2027 Exhibition — Whistlegraph',
+ deadline: '2026-08-10',
+ status: 'declined',
+ statusLabel: 'Paused — $25 fee',
+ notes: 'No payment authorized. Resume only through a waiver.',
+ },
{
section: 'not-pursuing',
venue: 'AwesomeNYC',
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