Fusion Center Fund 2023

The Calyx Institute initiated the Fusion Center Research Fund in 2023. This fund disbursed up to $50,000 in grants, with a maximum amount of $10,000 per grant, to projects researching Fusion Centers and their impact on digital privacy and freedom of expression. Fusion Centers are law enforcement intelligence sharing centers that integrate local, federal, and private intelligence gathering and dissemination which have documented deleterious impacts on privacy and freedom of expression. The Fusion Center Research Fund supported researchers, privacy educators, journalists, and others delving into this area of law enforcement and surveillance. Government surveillance and its chilling effect on freedom of expression has long been an area of focus for the Calyx Institute, and we are constantly finding ways to support other organizations research and efforts on this topic.