Grants & Ecosystem Support
We support people and organisations using gaming and esports to promote cybersecurity awareness, digital safety, education, inclusion and positive community development.
The problem
Many important gaming and esports initiatives never become real projects because local communities, researchers, creators, schools, NGOs and grassroots organisers lack funding, visibility, partners or implementation support.
At the same time, issues such as cybersecurity in gaming, scams, account theft, grooming, harassment, hate speech, cyberbullying and unsafe online behaviour are becoming more urgent.
These problems cannot be solved only by governments or platforms. They require ecosystem-wide support.
Esports.NGO supports the ecosystem through:
- EU and international grant cooperation
- Small grants for individuals and organisations
- Support for rising influencers and creators
- Partner-funded grant programmes
- Consortium-building
- Research and public funding projects
- Community campaigns
- Regional chapters
EU & International Grant Cooperation
Many organisations want to work on gaming, esports, digital safety, cybersecurity or youth wellbeing but lack the right partners, esports expertise or international consortium.
Esports.NGO is open to joining or building consortiums for EU and international funding programmes.
We can contribute as:
- Esports and gaming ecosystem expert
- Youth engagement partner
- Cybersecurity in gaming awareness partner
- Digital wellbeing partner
- Safe access and age assurance partner
- Campaign and dissemination partner
- Pilot implementation partner
- Research and field-testing partner
- Education and training partner
- Grassroots community access partner
- Policy and stakeholder engagement partner
Small Grants
Rising creators, students, teachers, grassroots organisers, researchers and small NGOs often understand gaming community problems better than large institutions, but they lack support.
There are no open grant calls at present. Esports.NGO designs and operates partner-funded microgrant calls for creators, educators, researchers and grassroots organisers — open calls will be announced here.
Intended focus when a call opens: Cybersecurity in Gaming
When a call opens, we look for rising influencers, creators, educators, players and community leaders who can raise awareness around:
- Scams
- Phishing
- Account theft
- Fake links
- Social engineering
- Grooming
- Cheating-related malware
- Unsafe downloads
- Toxic behaviour
- Hate speech
- Cyberbullying
- Privacy risks
- Unsafe community practices
Partner-funded microgrants may support:
- Educational videos
- Social media campaigns
- Community workshops
- School sessions
- Awareness content for players and parents
- Creator-led explainers
- Grassroots events
- Research and storytelling
Partner-Funded Grants
The positive gaming ecosystem needs more funding. Many local initiatives could grow if companies, foundations, governments and donors provided targeted support.
We invite partners to fund themed grant tracks.
Possible grant tracks:
Let’s build the future of positive gaming together.
Gaming is shaping the next generation. The question is whether we leave it to grow by accident — or build it with purpose.