Grants History

Please check our Grants Page for more details

2025

In 2025 we have awarded the following grants so far:

2024

In 2024, our Grants Programme managed to break another record! EuroPython Society offered a total of EUR 92,850.00  to support local Python Community events, with a focus on diversity grants and initiatives:

  • GeoPython 2024: EUR 4,000
  • Prague Python Pizza: EUR 1,000
  • PyConDE & PyData Berlin: EUR 8,000
  • DjangoCon Europe: EUR 4,000
  • PyCon Slovakia: EUR 5,000
  • PyCon Italia: EUR 10,000
  • PyCon Lithuania: EUR 4,000
  • PyCamp Spain: EUR 1,000
  • EuroPython 2024 Financial Aid Programme: EUR 25,500
  • PyCon France: EUR 5,000
  • PyCon Spain: EUR 6,000
  • PyCon Estonia: EUR 2,900
  • PyCon Portugal: EUR 2,000
  • EuroScipy: EUR 3,000
  • PyLadies @ PyCon Poland: EUR 450
  • PyCon Poland: EUR 3,000
  • PyLadiesCon: EUR 1,000
  • PyCon Netherlands: EUR 2,000
  • PyCon Sweden: EUR 3,500
  • Pycon Wroclaw: EUR 1,500

2023

In 2023,  our commitment in supporting the Python community remains strong as ever. So far,  the EuroPython Society Grants programme offered a total of EUR 73,709.18  to support these events, with a focus on diversity grants and initiatives:

2022

In 2022, with more conferences returning in person or hybrid, we aim to provide even more financial support than 2019, to hopefully help the European Python community through the trying times. In 2022, the EuroPython Society Grants programme offered a total of EUR 48,474.58 to support these events, with a focus on diversity grants and initiatives:

2021

In 2021, though most events ran online due to Covid-19, we are still very proud to have supported their online endeavour. We also gave out a grant to an in-person event this year, a hopeful sign for a brighter 2022. In 2021, the EuroPython Society Grants programme offered a total of EUR 12,025  to support these events:

  • GeoPython 2021 (online): EUR 3,000
  • DjangoCon Europe 2021 (online): EUR 3,000
  • PyCon Odessa 2021 (in-person): EUR 1,050.00
  • EuroPython 2021 (online): EUR 3,975.00 as Financial Aid sponsor
  • Hamburg Python Pizza (online): EUR 1,000

2020

Many events turned online, postponed or cancelled in 2020, so we only received very few grant requests. Several of the ones we had in the queue were withdrawn due to COVID-19. In 2020, the EuroPython Society Grants programme offered a total of EUR 9,316  to support these events:

  • ADASS 2020 (online): Zoom Webinar 1000 license and recording support (EUR 316)
  • DjangoCon Europe 2020 (online): EUR 2,500
  • GeoPython & Python Machine Learning Conference (online): EUR 2,500
  • PyCon Italia 2020: EUR 4,000 (carried forward to 2022, since the 2020 and 2021 events were cancelled)
  • Remote Python Pizza 2020 (online): Zoom Webinar license and recording support
  • We also shared Zoom licenses with several smaller events. See our Conference Resources page for details:
    PyAmsterdam
    PyLadies Munich
    Python Argentina Meetup
    Python Meeting Düsseldorf
    Python Glasgow meetup

2019

In 2019, the EuroPython Society Grants programme offered a total of EUR 42,187.88  to support these events:

  • DjangoCon 2019: EUR 2,000 as opportunity grant
  • PyCon Namibia 2019: EUR 1,000 in form of two travel grants to send European Python developers to the conference
  • PyLadies Berlin: EUR 287.88 for a panel event
  • EuroPython 2019: EUR 15,000 as financial aid sponsor
  • EuroPython 2019: EUR 2,000 to sponsor a Django Girls Workshop
  • PyCon Balkan 2019: EUR 2,000
  • GeoPython 2019: EUR 3,000
  • PyCon DE 2019 + PyData Berlin 2019: EUR 4,000
  • PyConWeb 2019: EUR 2,000
  • EuroSciPy 2019: EUR 3,000
  • PyCode Conference: EUR 1,400
  • Django Girls Berlin: EUR 500
  • Pycon Ireland: EUR 2,000
  • Hamburg Python Pizza: EUR 500
  • PyCon France: EUR 3,000
  • Pyday Gran Canaria: EUR 500

2018

In 2018, the EuroPython Society Grants programme offered a total of EUR 34,650  to support these events:

  • PyDay Tenerife 2018: EUR 200 for a one day event
  • PySS 2018: EUR 1,000 to support the conference
  • PyCon Balkan 2018: EUR 1,500 to support the conference
  • PySlovak School Project: EUR 2,000 to support the project teaching Python to primary and secondary students
  • Berlin Python Pizza 2019: EUR 500 for a one day event
  • PyCon DE 2018: EUR 2,000 as financial aid grant
  • EuroSciPy 2018: EUR 2,000 as financial aid grant
  • PyCon Italia 2018: EUR 2,000 as financial aid grant
  • DjangoCon Europe 2018: EUR 2,000 as opportunity grant
  • EuroPython 2018: EUR 13,000 as financial grant
  • EuroPython 2018: EUR 8,450 for the Women’s Django Workshop

2017

  • PyCon DE 2017: EUR 2000 as financial aid grant