Mozilla Foundation In Real Life (IRL) Fund for Africans 2022

The IRL Fund seeks to fuel movement building efforts by a range of organizations and collectives across the African continent. It is open to those across civil society advancing digital and human rights, both on and offline.

We welcome applicants working intersectionally with other movement areas (e.g. community justice, racial justice, climate justice, human rights, economic justice, or other social justice movements).

Africa Innovation Mradi leverages Mozilla’s role as stewards of the open web to promote innovation grounded in the unique needs of users on the African continent. The program establishes networks of partners and communities exploring and developing new technologies and products grounded in open innovation.

• Table of Content
• About Mozilla Foundation
• In Real Life (IRL) Fund
• Aim and Benefits of In Real Life (IRL) Fund
• Requirements for In Real Life (IRL) Fund Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for In Real Life (IRL) Fund
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Mozilla Foundation

The Mozilla Foundation is an American non-profit organization that exists to support and collectively lead the open source Mozilla project. Founded in July 2003, the organization sets the policies that govern development, operates key infrastructure and controls Mozilla trademarks and copyrights. It owns a taxable subsidiary: the Mozilla Corporation, which employs many Mozilla developers and coordinates releases of the Mozilla Firefox web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird email client. The Mozilla Foundatio... continue reading

In Real Life (IRL) Fund

Aim and Benefits of In Real Life (IRL) Fund

The IRL Fund seeks to support movement building efforts contributing to the development, utility and governance of technologies because of the impact each has on issues of social justice, both on and offline.
Through the IRL Fund hope to:

• Connect technologists, entrepreneurs, civil society and policy makers who are addressing the impact of technology on social justice issues. And, to share knowledge and perspectives across disciplines with a focus on developing values-driven solutions.

Grants available range from $15,000 to $50,000 USD.

Requirements for In Real Life (IRL) Fund Qualification

• The In Real Life (IRL) Fund will support work led by not for profit organizations focused on and based in the African continent.
• The spirit of this call is to amplify and resource initiatives that explore the intersection of social justice and technology, and IRL encourage applications exploring new ideas that innovate around the lived experiences of Africans.

To apply for this grant, you are:

• Not for profit social justice/civil society organizations; or
• Journalist/media based institutions; or
• Art based organizations; or
• Academic or research focused institutions; or
• Technology/digital rights focused not for profit orgs; or
• Network/collective/collaborations comprised of the above

Interview date, Process and Venue for In Real Life (IRL) Fund

Applications that meet the eligibility and award criteria will be reviewed by an external committee of experts. You will only be invited to submit a full application if you meet the eligibility criteria and your concept note is selected to proceed to the next stage.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

The IRL Fund has a two-stage application process. In the first stage you will be asked to submit an expression of interest through a letter of intent (“LOI”). 

Before submitting a LOI, we encourage you to:

1. Complete this simple eligibility test
2. Review the application guide, which is downloadable and includes a full overview of the questions in the application.
3. Submit your application at https://mozilla.fluxx.io/apply/Mradi.

For more details, visit Mozilla Foundation website.