Funding

By far most work on SDCC is unpaid. But sometimes university researchers worked on reference implementations of compiler construction research during their work hours.

However, there also have been some funded projects that explicitly included work on SDCC:

Year	Source	Project	Developers	Topic
2017-2022	DFG	[Graphstrukturtheorie im Übersetzerbau]	@spth	Applications of graph structure theory in compiler construction
2022	StandICT	Efficient and small C	@spth	Keep C suitable for small devices
2022	Prototype Fund	[SDCC-STD-UX]	@spth, @felixs, @roybaer	Improve standard compliance and usability of SDCC
2023	NGI0 Entrust	SDCC	@spth, @felixs	Improve SDCC
2024-2025	NGI0 Core	f8	@spth, @janko-5	f8 CPU architecture - includes some work on the f8 port in SDCC
2025	StandICT	Named address spaces for C	@spth
2025-2026	NGI0 Commons	SDCC	@spth, @janko-5, @roybaer, @felixs, @drdani	Improve SDCC
2025-2026	Sovereign Tech Fund	SDCC	@spth	Improve SDCC for safe and secure firmware, in particular by supporting modern C standards