netidee funding 2025: Submit now!

Private individuals, companies, students, associations and university institutes can submit their ideas and projects on the topic of the Internet to the funding program of the Internet Stiftung. The call is open until July 7.

Funding of up to 60,000 euros is available for projects. Scholarships of up to 6,000 euros will be awarded for diploma and master's theses and up to 12,000 euros for dissertations/PhDs. In addition, two special prizes of 3,000 euros each are awarded to projects that are particularly worthy of support.

The results of the funded projects are made available to the public online free of charge for use and further development in line with the “open source principle”.

netidee is Austria's large Internet funding program, financed by Internet Stiftung, which is dedicated to the further development and versatile use of the Internet in Austria.

April 2025

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RcodeZero: .it new customer

The Italian Istituto di informatica e telematica (IIT-CNR), the registry of the top-level domain .it, uses the anycast service RcodeZero from ipcom, a subsidiary of the Internet Foundation.

netidee funding: Online information evening

In 2025, the Internet Foundation will continue to support projects related to the Internet. How the grants and scholarships are awarded and all related questions will be discussed on June 4 at 6:30 pm. Register now!

netidee projects: K8 Mailserver

The K8 Mailserver is a Kubernetes-native module that enables the seamless sending of transactional emails directly from a Kubernetes cluster without having to rely on third-party providers.

netidee projects: TurtleStitchRise

TurtleStitch is a web-based platform for the creative programming of embroidery designs for students, teachers, designers and makers. The platform was fundamentally modernized as part of TurtleStitchRise.

netidee projects: PATHfindr

PATHfindr offers young people free and anonymous educational and career advice via social media. Questions about their professional future can be asked on a moderated Discord server and answered by advisors.

netidee: Online information evening

An online information evening will be held on April 8 at 6 p.m. to present the netidee funding program. Participants will have the opportunity to ask their questions about the funding program and receive detailed answers.

Internet Stiftung

The Internet Stiftung promotes the development of the internet in Austria and an unrestricted and orderly access to networks and services in compliance with international obligations. In particular, the Internet Stiftung is responsible for the administration of the .at domain.

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