CNCF Cloud Native Ambassadors — Ambassador program (2-yr ter

Open-source programmes · CNCF Cloud Native Ambassadors

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Type	Open-source programmes
Organisation	CNCF Cloud Native Ambassadors
Field	Software engineers
Open to	Global
Cost	Free to apply. No fee appears on the programme's own pages; this is an absence of a fee rather than a quoted statement.
Cycle	Closed · Annual
Deadline	Annual — 2026 apps closed Jul 12 2026; next window ~May 2027
Selection	Not stated
Evidence	Checked against the programme's own pages on 17 September 2026, which resolved and stated no fee. No capture is held for this record.

What this is

CNCF Cloud Native Ambassadors — Ambassador program (2-yr term) is a open-source programmes run by CNCF Cloud Native Ambassadors. It is aimed at software engineers. Open to global. Free to apply. No fee appears on the programme's own pages; this is an absence of a fee rather than a quoted statement.

Eligibility

18+; DevStats contribution score >=20; >=2 contribution areas (code/events/speaking/mentoring/content)

How you apply

Ambassador program (2-yr term)

When it closes

Closed for the current cycle. It recurs annual. The next cycle is not dated on the source page.

Potential profile relevance

The activity type each pathway's published criteria name, and nothing more than that. This is a description of an activity, not an assessment of eligibility, and it is not legal advice — see the disclosures.

Activity type, matched to the criteria that name it.
Pathway	Activity type	Why it is listed
O-1A	Original contribution
EB-1A	Original contribution
EB-2 NIW	Original contribution

Disclosures

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Dates, criteria and eligibility change. Everything on this page was read from the programme's own pages, and the page you open is the authority, not this one.

Checked against the programme's own pages on 17 September 2026, which resolved and stated no fee. No capture is held for this record.

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