Tue, 01-Jul-2008 by Alberto Simões edit post
The Perl Foundation is looking at giving some grants ranging from $500 to $3000 in August 2008.
In the past, we've supported Adam Kennedy's PPI and Strawberry Perl, Nicholas Clark's work on Perl internals, Jouke Visser's pVoice, Chris Dolan on Perl::Critic and many others (just check http://www.perlfoundation.org/grants for more references).
You don't have to have a large, complex, or lengthy project. You don't even have to be a Perl master or guru. If you have a good idea and the means and ability to accomplish it, we want to hear from you!
Do you have something that could benefit the Perl community but just need that little extra help? Submit a grant proposal by July 31.
As a general rule, a properly formatted grant proposal is more likely to be approved if it meets the following criteria
To submit a proposal see the guidelines at http://www.perlfoundation.org/how_to_write_a_proposal and TPF rules of operation at http://www.perlfoundation.org/rules_of_operation. Then send your proposal to tpf-proposals@perl-foundation.org.
On August 1st, proposals will be made available publicly (on this blog) for public discussion, as it happened in the previous round. So, please make it clear in your proposal if it should not be public.
Note that accepted but not funded proposals in the previous round do not need to be re-submitted.[ 276 ] | Sun, 20-Jul-2008 by hjansen_myopenid_com
I think it's a great idea to give the community the chance to discuss the grant proposals like it happend in Q2. But I think the whole process ended a little prematurely last time: I'm missing statements from the committee why the respective proposals where funded / only accepted / rejected.
That would clarify the policies and intentions of the committee and its decisions!
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