Epic MegaGrants reaches $13 million milestone in 2019

We are happy to share that as of today, Epic Games has awarded more than $13 million dollars of financial support to more than 200 recipients as part of the company's $100 million Epic MegaGrants program. The initial series of funds disbursed marks a record for Epic's grant commitments, officially surpassing the four-year distributed total of the initiative's predecessor--Unreal Dev Grants--in eight months. "Through Epic MegaGrants we're supporting developers and tool creators at an unprecedented level, empowering talented teams and individuals to more easily realize their artistic and technical ambitions," said Marc Petit, General Manager, Unreal Engine, Epic Games. Epic MegaGrants typically range from $5,000 to $500,000 and cover a variety of endeavors to further ignite creativity and technological advancement within the 3D graphics community. Earlier this year Epic announced $1.2 million dollars in financial support over a three-year period to the free and open source 3D creation suite Blender, marking the largest singular grant in the initiative's history.