Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems
Funds turning open-source research tools into governed, secure, lasting ecosystems — 60 awards from a $40 million pool, companies included.
Open-source tools built by researchers — software, hardware, machine learning models, languages, data platforms — end up carrying real weight in AI and cloud computing, banking, healthcare, education, manufacturing, mobility and national security. The gap this programme addresses is what happens after the research: who governs the thing, who maintains it, and how secure it actually is.
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Translating open-source science and engineering research products into secure, governed, sustainable ecosystems — scoping and planning a new ecosystem, establishing and expanding one, or improving the safety, security and privacy of an existing one.
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