Open Source Award

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>14) Mellon Foundation Announces Awards for Open Source Software
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> Deadline: August 15, 2006
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> The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has announced a Call for
> Nominations for the 2006 Mellon Awards for Technology
> Collaboration. These awards, to be bestowed for the first time
> at an international technology conference in the fall of 2006,
> will recognize notprofit organizations that have demonstrated
> exceptional leadership in the collaborative development of open-
> source software through the contribution of substantial, self-
> funded organizational resources to the open-source project for
> which they are nominated.
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> MATC awards will be made at two levels -- $25,000 and $100,000
> -- for significant contributions to collaborative, open-source
> software development that serves one of the foundation's
> traditional constituencies. The level of the award will depend
> on the scale and significance of the nominated project.
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> Any U.S. or foreign organization that meets the foundation's
> legal criteria for receiving grants and its strict standards for
> excellence is eligible for consideration. The board of trustees
> of the Mellon Foundation has authorized multiple awards at each
> level.
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> Visit the Mellon Foundation Web site for the complete Call for
> Nominations.
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> RFP Link: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10002728/mellon
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> For additional RFPs in Science/Technology, visit:
> http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10002729/science
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