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It's that announcement time of the year again: 
Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund , a research initiative backed by the Ford Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 2018, is excited to announce the launch of 9 new grants under its fourth funding cohort.
The selected projects underscore D//F’s mission to advance sustainable, secure, and resilient open digital infrastructures while fostering a deeper understanding of their societal impact and critical role in serving the public interest.
Read more in our press release:
Overview Cohort 4:
Topic: Governance, Policy & Regulation
-Democratic Governance for Browser Funding (Robin Berjon):
Developing governance models to democratize revenue-sharing in browser and search software.
https://infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/browser-funding/
- Legal Liabilities in Open Source Development (Benedict Kingsbury, Angelina Fisher, Han-Wei Liu, Thomas Streinz):
Exploring regulatory challenges faced by FOSS communities, with a focus on non-commercial developers.
https://infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/oss-compliance/
- Securing Open Source Supply Chains (Stephanie Lieggi, Jarrod Millman, Robert Shaw, Juanita Gomez):
Applying historic trade security frameworks to strengthen open-source software supply chains.
https://infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/foss-security-infrastructure-resilience/
-Governance of Public-Private-Commons Systems (Marco Berlinguer, Massimo Florio, Silvia Vignetti):
Investigating innovative governance models for collaborations between governments, markets, and commons.
https://infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/tripartite-commons-governance/
Topic: Privacy & Security
- Privacy Risks in Indian Digital Public Infrastructure (Divyank Katira, Gurshabad Grover, Anunay Kulshrestha):
Examining privacy challenges & surveillance risks in India’s expansive digital infrastructure.
https://infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/dpi-privacy/
Topic: Sustainability & Community Impact
- Sustainability for Community-Focused ISPs in Brazil (Nathalia Foditsch):
Leveraging FOSS to expand affordable internet access while improving oper. sustainability.
- Corporate Impacts on OpenStreetMap (Yair Grinberger):
Analyzing how corporate contributions shape collaboration and autonomy in OpenStreetMap.
https://infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/osm-cocreation/
- FOSS Engineering and Community Impact (Darren Gergle, Aaron Shaw, Matt Gaughan):
Studying MediaWiki’s technical development processes to understand impacts on sustainability and community engagement.
https://infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/code-classification/
Topic: Research Software Ecosystem & Metrics
- Incentivizing Open Research Infrastructure (Katherine Skinner, Chrys Wu, Lauren Collister):
Evaluating how health metrics for open projects drive investment and foster sustainability.
https://infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/oss-research-software/