Application for the Open Data Day 2022 small grants is now open!
Open Data Day - April 18, 2022 in ODD Grants, Open Data Day, Open Data Day 2022

What are the category?
This year’s categories are:- Environmental data: Use open data to illustrate the urgency of the climate emergency and spur people into action to take a stand or make changes in their lives to help the world become more environmentally sustainable.
- Tracking public money flows: Expand budget transparency, dive into public procurement, examine tax data or raise issues around public finance management by submitting Freedom of Information requests.
- Open mapping: Learn about the power of maps to develop better communities.
- Data for equal development: How can open data be used by communities to highlight pressing issues on a local, national or global level? Can open data be used to track progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs?
- Ocean data for a thriving planet (special category): Use open data to create tools for ocean resilience and sustainability, help communities organise and share ocean data, or combine local and global data sources to show the connections between oceans, climate, and human well-being.
What is a small grant?
It’s a small fund ranging from USD 500 to USD 1000 to help organisations host in-person Open Data events and activities. It supports registered civil society organisation events and cannot be used to fund government events. A registered organisation can apply once, and for just one category. The grant payment will be transferred to the successful grantees after their event takes place and once the Open Knowledge Foundation team receives a draft blogpost about the event.Who can apply?
The small grant application is open to all registered organisations across the world, who are interested in hosting in-person open data events and activities in their country. An individual cannot apply for this year’s small grant application, and the events cannot be virtual or online. The application of special grants for the “Ocean data for a thriving planet” category is restricted to organisations and communities living in coastal nations.How to apply?
The Open Data Day 2022 small grants application form is available here. Please use this form to submit your application. Direct link: https://forms.gle/zLUtY537DcwoqPYe7More details about the special category?
This year we have “Ocean data for a thriving planet” as a special category, where we will support organisations hosting World Oceans Day and Data related activities anytime from 5th – 11th June 2022 with the grant of USD 1000. In total 4 events will be supported. Additional to the grant:- We are also providing the technical support to help access relevant datasets and a lite training to teach how to play with data, using Livemark.
- We will also provide materials to better understand the problem related to the ocean so that effective activities can be planned to use available data.
- The grant application is restricted to organisations and communities living in coastal nations.
- The event and activities have to be organised during World Ocean Week (5th – 11th June 2022).