Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency announced a new and expanded Sovereign Tech Fellowship program that is now open to community managers and technical writers, beyond just FOSS maintainers from the prior round.

Announced back in 2024 was the Sovereign Tech Fellowship program to support open-source maintainers, especially those that may be supporting multiple open-source projects. Over 2025 they successfully ran the program and are now opening up applications for the next round of the program.