[gaia] RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund :: Two days left to apply!

[Vesna Manojlovic <[e-mail]>]

Dear GAIA people,

tl;dr : Please take our money!

https://ripe.net/cpf

apply before end of 7th August!
(sorry for the short notice)

Any questions -> [e-mail]

Good luck!
Vesna

-- 
Senior Community Builder, RIPE NCC
Working times: Monday-Thursday 10-16 CEST
https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/

video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRiww-FC0Uc&t=14196s

long version:

For the sixth year in a row, the RIPE NCC is committing to support 
activities and projects for 'the good of the Internet'. We are pleased 
to invite applications for funding from the RIPE NCC Community Projects 
Fund. Through the Community Projects Fund, the RIPE NCC distributes up 
to EUR 250,000 per year to support projects of value to the operation, 
resilience and sustainability of the Internet, with a focus on tools and 
services benefitting the technical community in the Europe, the Middle 
East and Central Asia

The RIPE NCC has supported a range of projects and innovative ideas over 
its 25-year history, and we are now formalising these efforts through 
the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. We know there's no shortage of 
brilliant minds in the Internet technical community working on 
groundbreaking projects, but securing funding to support these projects 
can be challenging.


Call for Applications

If you or your organisation is working on a new or existing project that 
fits these criteria and needs some financial support to get it off the 
ground or keep it going, we want to hear from you.
In your application form, you will be asked to describe your project, 
provide the amount of funding you'll need and how it will be spent, and 
give a detailed explanation of how your project benefits the Internet.

The application deadline is Sunday, 7 August at 23:59 (UTC+2).


The idea behind the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund was originally 
proposed to RIPE NCC members as a potential "good of the Internet" 
initiative during the RIPE NCC General Meeting November 2014 and 
received initial support at that time. It received further support in 
subsequent years and is included in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan and 
Budget for each year that a call for applications is issued.

Funding details

A project can be funded more than once
There is no minimum amount of funding that must be disbursed each year
There is no limit on the number of projects that can be funded per year
Funding may be used to purchase equipment, but this cannot be the sole 
expenditure
Funding cannot be used for humanitarian aid, donations, or to encourage 
political reform
Funding cannot be used to provide scholarships or cover tuition fees
Funding cannot be used to support any form of commercial activity

(etc)