Bambu Lab Launches ‘Let’s Make It Fund’ With Grants up to $300,000
Every quarter, Bambu Lab will award grants to a handful of “exceptional, enlightening, and executionable” projects, potentially giving technical and marketing support in addition to cash.
Bambu Lab is pivoting slightly today in its community efforts with a new community investment initiative: the “Let’s Make It Fund.” The program aims to finance ambitious maker projects with grants reaching up to $300,000 USD.
The initiative is designed to run continuously without strict deadlines, meaning makers can submit applications at any time rather than racing against a cutoff. Bambu Lab intends to select between two and five projects every quarter to receive backing. While the marketing copy leans heavily into “world-changing” rhetoric, the practical (but still vague) criteria are that projects must be “exceptional, enlightening, and executionable”.
First things first: sticking within the Bambu Lab ecosystem isn’t a prerequisite. The company explicitly states that owning a Bambu Lab printer is not required to apply. Whether you have a single printer, no printer, or a full design studio, the focus appears to be on the feasibility and impact of the idea rather than the specific hardware and set up used to produce it.
Selected applicants receive financial support scaled to the project’s needs, with grants up to a $300,000 cap – and even beyond that if justified – possible. The awarded cash is paid incrementally, subject to passing agreed milestones to Bambu Lab’s satisfaction. It also comes with the possibility of technical assistance and promotional coverage from the company. In return, the primary expectation is content – creators are required to document their process and share the development journey, highlighting the moments that bring the project to life.
It’s a shrewd way to generate community goodwill and inspirational content, provided the “executionable” bar isn’t set impossibly high for the average user. If you’ve got an idea you think some funds could help get across the line, you can apply on the Bambu Lab Let’s Make It Fund webpage.
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