The recipients of hydra microgrants for 2024 to 2025 are Melanie Marie, Cameron Alexander, Satyarth Mishra Sharma, Kevin Smuggles (toplap italia), dmtxt & librenauta (CLiC - Nodo Sur), and Violetta Postnova

Thank you to all who applied! Stay tuned for updates on the next round of grants.

What is it?

Hydra microgrants is a community fund that provides no-strings-attached grants for artists and programmers working with or interested in working with hydra video synth. Each award is for the amount of $200 USD.

What is hydra?

Hydra is a live code-able video synth and coding environment that runs directly in the browser. It is free and open-source and made for beginners and experts alike. For more information, see the hydra web editor.

What can the grant be used for?

The grant is intended to help support community-oriented projects involving hydra, especially those that reduce barriers to getting started with live coding and open-source software in art.

Examples include support for:

• writing a tutorial, documentation, fanzine, video
• organizing a workshop, event, or study group
• developing an add-on, extension, or library
• (other things that we have not yet imagined!)

The hydra web editor recently introduced a new extensions system. This new system allows anyone to create an extension that adds new functionality to hydra. You may wish to propose implementing a new extension! Check out hydra’s existing extensions for inspiration.

The grant is not intended for personal artistic projects such as producing an artwork, performance, or album. For inspiration, see the database of community projects and projects by 2022’s recipients.

Questions

If you have any questions about the hydra microgrant please first consult the FAQ page. If your question still can’t be answered please get in touch with the team.