On Dec 22, 2007 5:17 AM, Tom Metro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently listened to some (old) Perlcast news segments by Randal > Schwartz and each time he mentioned the TPF grants - talking about what > grants were recently awarded and how to apply for them. > > I wasn't aware that anyone could propose projects to be funded by TPF > and that they funded small projects. I had the impression that they were > there to fund core Perl development. Probably because that's how it > started out.
Yes, virtually anyone can apply, and TPF does fund small projects that are deemed to be useful for the Perl community. However be warned that the funding is relatively limited, so the grants awarded tend to be fairly small. Historically people couldn't propose projects per se. Instead we waited until someone submitted a proposal to do a specific project. However Alberto Simões just took over as secretary of the grant committee, and it looks like he's thinking about creating a list of projects that proposals are desired for. (People could still propose anything they wanted to do, that list is just a list of ideas.) > Anyone on the list tried applying for one? I haven't. In fact I'm not allowed because it would be a conflict of interest. :-) See http://www.perlfoundation.org/grants_committee to find out who actually decides which proposals to fund. Ben _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
