The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund launched on 22 October 2017 during
RIPE 75 in Dubai. The fund provides EUR 250,000 per year to support
projects of value to the operation and resilience of the Internet, with
a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in our
service region. The application period was open for just over a month
and more than 70 applications from 30 different countries were submitted
to the selection committee.
The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee has reviewed
the applications and is happy to announce that the following seven
projects have be awarded funding for 2017:
Congratulations:
- ARTEMIS (Automatic and Real-Time dEtection and MItigation System)
- Internet Atlas - Tools for Digital Literacy
- iSEND (Lightweight IPv6 SEcure Neighbor Discovery Implementation for
Android Platform)
- Let’s Connect!
- OpenBGPD
- Tajikistan K-Root DNS Mirror
- The Cryptech Project
To read more about the selected projects see:
https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/funding-recipients-2017
Due to an administrative error on the part of the RIPE NCC regarding the
closing time of the application period, a small number of projects were
not considered in the Selection Committee’s initial assessment. Upon
being made aware of this error, a process was initiated to consider
these projects. This process identified an additional funding recipient,
and the RIPE NCC has decided to provide an additional EUR 45,000 of
unused funds from its 2017 "Good of the Internet" budget. This process
was closely coordinated between the selection committee, RIPE NCC staff
and the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The selection committee is pleased to
stand behind all of the projects.
The RIPE NCC is proud to support these projects and we look forward to
seeing them develop. We see great potential and look forward to sharing
the progress reports with the community.
Congratulations to our selected recipients and thank you to everyone
that submitted their interest in the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund!
Warm regards,
Alistair Strachan
RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Coordinator
