Funding
Virtual Routes receives funding for its activities from multiple sources, including companies, governments, international organizations, and charitable foundations. All funders are regularly reviewed by Virtual Routes for their alignment with our principles and goals, conflicts of interest, ethical concerns and other risks. Virtual Routes activities and outputs are always independent of our funders.
All funding is received and managed by one of our two non-profit legal entities, Virtual Routes Community and Virtual Routes Incubator CIC (find out more). Seed funding for Virtual Routes Community (as the European Cyber Conflict Initiative, in 2020) came from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars
This program is funded by Google.org, Google’s philanthropic organization, and is managed by Virtual Routes Incubator CIC.
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European Cybersecurity Fellowship
This program is funded by Microsoft, the Government of Malta, and Mandiant (now Google Cloud Security), and managed by Virtual Routes Community. In 2023 and 2024, the funding provided by the Government of Malta also supported Virtual Routes activities at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
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REMIT (Reigniting Multilateralism Through Technology)
REMIT research is conducted under the umbrella of the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program, grant agreement No 101094228. Virtual Routes Community participates in REMIT due to funding by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), as a member of the REMIT consortium.
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Binding Hook
Binding Hook is partially funded by REMIT, and managed by Virtual Routes Community. The Binding Hook AI-Cybersecurity Essay Prize Competition is funded by Google, in partnership with the Munich Security Conference (MSC), and managed by Virtual Routes Incubator CIC.
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Workshops and events
The 2024 Oxford Cyber Forum was partially funded by NATO, and managed by Virtual Routes Community in partnership with the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Our 2023 workshop on cyber operations in Ukraine was funded by the UK National Cyber Security Centre, and managed by Virtual Routes Community.
