Grants

See below for grants awarded in 2026. For past years, visit:

 

Date Grantee Project Amount
May 2026 Deep Space Exploration Society (DSES) DSES-EVE-26 $21,200
May 2026 Vanderbilt University Enabling Real-Time Scheduling and Analysis Tools in GNU Radio 4 TBD
May 2026 Fondation Open Collective Europe (For PAREDN – Philippine Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network) Winlink / BBS Project 2026 $8,977
May 2026 Zespół Szkół Elektronicznych im. Bohaterów Westerplatte School Radio Club TBD
May 2026 Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Radio Club KC1IKY Cadet-Built QDX Digital HF Radio Lab: Hands-On Amateur Radio for STEM Learning and Emergency Communication TBD
May 2026 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Advancing Amateur Radio Research, Education, and Open-Source Space Communication Through Hands-On Prototyping and Outreach for Enthusiasts TBD
May 2026 Navarro Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (bda NFLARC) The Limestone County Resilient RF Backbone $1,311
May 2026 Radio Amateur du-of Québec, Inc. RAQI High School Amateur Radio Course v2 $27,862 CAD
May 2026 Lehigh University Wireless Communications Society, W3AEQ W3AEQ On Campus Amateur Radio Station $20,000
May 2026 Fondation Open Collective Europe (For JARL Kyoto Club) Paving the Way for Young People to the World of Amateur Radio – Phase 2 $76,714
May 2026 Austrian Amateur Radio Society YOTA 2026 – Austria TBD
May 2026 The Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club of Auburn, California (W6EK) Sacramento Valley LoRa Mesh Enhancement $1,656
May 2026 Case Western Reserve University Integrated Visualization of Amateur Radio Data in OpenSpace TBD
May 2026 FieldKit Evaluation of RF Backhaul Options for Fielded Sensing Systems TBD
May 2026 Delta Amateur Radio Club Kraken SDR Education Project $1,285
May 2026 Fondation Open Collective Europe (for 39th Colombo Scout Troop of S. Thomas’ Preparatory School Colombo 3) 4S6STP – Amateur Radio Station $16,500
May 2026 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Integrating Amateur Radio into Undergraduate RF Engineering Education AT Knust $48,816
May 2026 West Central Indiana Amateur Radio Inc. System-Wide Digital Backbone Modernization for Distributed Amateur Radio Infrastructure $5,825
May 2026 Dutch Fork Amateur Radio Group (DFARG) Emergency Backup Generator Project ‘26 $19,000
May 2026 Radio Amateur du-of Québec, Inc. Phase II RAQI RTQ Network v2 TBD
May 2026 Forsyth County AuxComm Operations Trailer TBD
May 2026 Software Freedom Conservancy Copyleft Advocacy, Compliance and Enforcement TBD
March 2026 Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan IntelliWarn Grid: Resilient AREDN & IoT Mesh for GLOF Disaster Resilience in Chitral, Pakistan TBD
March 2026 Sunrise R-IX School District Operation Hamulanche III $2,923
March 2026 W0TRI, Inc dba Tri Lakes Amateur Radio Club Promoting STEM through Amateur Radio in Home School Environment $8,790
March 2026 Greater Bridgeport Amateur Radio Club GBARC Meshtastic Network Expansion $1,383
March 2026 W8UM Amateur Radio Club at the University of Michigan UHF Analog Repeater Upgrade to UHF DMR $2,000
March 2026 Electronic Applications Radio Service Youth On The Air Camps $105,000
March 2026 Harbor Creek School District School-Based Scaled Deployment of HF Amateur Radio $59,104
March 2026 GNU Radio GNU Radio 4 for Everyone $258,000
March 2026 Oakland Radio Communication Association Establishing and Supporting Radio Communications to Strengthen Community Resilience $35,000
March 2026 UMS High School Morse Code Classes UMS High School Morse Code Classes TBD
March 2026 QRP Sponsoring Organization uBitxV6.100 $5,000
March 2026 Teachers in Space, Inc. Introduction to CubeSat Flight Experiments $160,057
March 2026 QRP Sponsoring Organization QRP Modular Rig for Experimentation $3,900
March 2026 Tooele County School District Empowering Youth Through Amateur Radio: A Hands-On Learning Initiative $8,200
March 2026 Winchester Falcons Amateur Radio Club Winchester Falcons Balloon Tracker $1,390
March 2026 Boy Scouts of America, 49 San Diego-Imperial Council Mataguay Scout Ranch HF Radio Tower/Optibeam Implementation $15,048
March 2026 N0NWS, Inc. N0NWS Skywarn Emergency Repeater Network Upgrade $30,396
March 2026 Universidad Catolica Boliviana Waskiri Ground Station Bolivia TBD