We (the Steering Council, and also the organizers of 2026’s Language Summit) would like to get a reasonable idea about attendance at the Language Summit at EuroPython 2026. Please answer the poll at the bottom. We (the SC) also want to let you all know about travel funds for Core Team members to attend EuroPython or PyCon US.
Traditionally[1] we’ve arranged for travel grants for the Python Core Team to attend PyCon US to come from CPython’s budget. CPython’s budget is funded by a small portion of the PSF’s sponsorship income, and by targeted donations. PyCon US and EuroPython both also offer free tickets to Core Team members (independently). Part of the reasoning for funding the travel grants has always been, of course, that it’s valuable for Core Team members to attend the Language Summit. Since this year’s Language Summit is at EuroPython, we’ll be funding travel grants for Core Team members to attend EuroPython. The exact logistics haven’t been figured out yet (whether it goes through the EuroPython systems or is handled by PSF Accounting directly) but just like with past PyCon US travel grants, the funds will come from CPython’s budget, not the general travel grant program.
The SC has decided it’s also still worthwhile for Core Team members to attend PyCon US, even without the Language Summit, and that we should support people going there if we can. We do feel it’s fair to limit the travel support to either PyCon US or EuroPython. The same would apply in years the Language Summit is at PyCon US, of course. It’s not that we want to discourage people from going to both, it’s just that we want to maximize impact from the funds we have available, and spread it as equitably as is practical.
If you want to make use of a travel grant from the CPython budget for PyCon US, please use the regular travel grant program for PyCon US 2026. Just like previous years we’ll coordinate with PSF Accounting to make sure the travel grants for Core Team members come from the CPython budget, not the PyCon US travel grants program. You can add a note to this effect as well, if you want. (If you want to apply for a grant but for any reason don’t want it to come from the CPython budget, you can add that as a note as well.)
For a complimentary ticket to PyCon US, the process is the same: apply for a travel grant and select “ticket only” as part of the application. For EuroPython’s complimentary tickets, see the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant.
As mentioned we haven’t figured out what the process will be for EuroPython yet. We do really want to get a bit of an indication how large a room we need to get for the Language Summit, though, so please consider this a temperature poll:
- Yes / Probably
- Maybe
- No / Probably not
We’ll follow up with the travel grant process for EuroPython as we sort out those details.
For the SC,
Thomas.
by which I mean for the past couple of years ↩︎