2008Q3 Call for Grants Proposals
Tue, 01-Jul-2008 by
Alberto Simões
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The <acronym title="Practical Extraction and Report Language">Perl</acronym> Foundation is looking at giving some grants ranging from $500 to $3000 in August 2008.
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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 <a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/grants" class="urlextern" title="http://www.perlfoundation.org/grants" rel="nofollow">http://www.perlfoundation.org/grants</a> for more references).
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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!
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Do you have something that could benefit the<acronym title="Practical Extraction and Report Language"></acronym> Perl community but just need that little extra help? Submit a grant proposal by July 31.
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As a general rule, a properly formatted grant proposal is more likely to be approved if it meets the following criteria
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<ul><li class="level1"><div class="li"> It has widespread benefit to the Perl community or a large segment of it.</div>
</li><li class="level2"><div class="li"> We have reasons to believe that you can accomplish your goals.</div>
</li><li class="level2"><div class="li"> We can afford it.</div>
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To submit a proposal see the guidelines at <a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/how_to_write_a_proposal" class="urlextern" title="http://www.perlfoundation.org/how_to_write_a_proposal" rel="nofollow">http://www.perlfoundation.org/how_to_write_a_proposal</a> and TPF rules of operation at <a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/rules_of_operation" class="urlextern" title="http://www.perlfoundation.org/rules_of_operation" rel="nofollow">http://www.perlfoundation.org/rules_of_operation</a>. Then send your proposal to <a href="mailto:tpf-proposals@perl-foundation.org">tpf-proposals@perl-foundation.org</a>.
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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.</p>
<b>Note that accepted but not funded proposals in the previous round do not need to be re-submitted.</b><br /></div>
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Comments (1)
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!
