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 [1]the Sovereign Tech Fellowship program to support open-source maintainers , especially those that may be supporting multiple open-source projects. Over 2025 they [2]successfully ran the program and are now opening up applications for the next round of the program.

They will be contracting up to 12 fellows this time for the program. Beyond just conventional code maintainers, they are also opening the fellowship to include community managers and technical writers. In addition to the freelance contracts, they are also opening up the option for a fixed-term employment contract for a period of two years either on a full-time or part-time basis. The technical writers are likely to be either three or six month terms.

Those wanting to learn more about the Sovereign Tech Agency's 2026 Fellowship program can do so at [3]Sovereign.Tech .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/STF-Fellowship-Program

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/STF-Fellowship-Application

[3] https://www.sovereign.tech/news/2026-fellowship-applications-open