Security News > 2021 > June > Google announces new experimental Abuse Research Grants Program
Google has announced a new experimental Abuse Research Grants Program for abuse-related tactics and product issues outside the scope of existing Vulnerability Research Grants and the Vulnerability Reward Program.
Grant amounts for the new Abuse Research Grants Program will vary from $500 up to $3,133.
The goal of the new Abuse Research Grants Program is to support researchers' efforts to find vulnerabilities in Google's products, and it is expected that, in some cases, no vulnerabilities will be discovered.
Researchers' chances to receive new grants will not be affected by failing to find new bugs after being awarded a research grant.
"With our new Abuse Research Grants Program, we hope to bring even more awareness to product abuse by connecting more closely with our experienced researchers - so we can all work together to overcome these challenges, prevent product abuse and keep our users safe," the Google VRP Team added.
Google first launched its experimental Vulnerability Research Grants in January 2015 to complement its long-running Vulnerability Reward Program.