Microsoft MVP — MVP Award (1-yr renewable)

Open-source programmes · Microsoft MVP

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Type	Open-source programmes
Organisation	Microsoft MVP
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	Not stated · Quarterly
Deadline	Annual award cycles (quarterly-ish reviews)
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

Microsoft MVP — MVP Award (1-yr renewable) is a open-source programmes run by Microsoft MVP. 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

Nominated by MVP/MS employee (no self-nom); evidence of community impact past 12 mo

How you apply

MVP Award (1-yr renewable)

When it closes

The source does not state the current cycle state.

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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