> ========== > Deadline Approaching: 2008 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration > > The deadline for nominations for the 2008 Mellon Awards for Technology > Collaboration (MATC Awards) is April 14, 2008. The MATC Awards consist > of up to ten $50,000 or $100,000 prizes, which a receiving institution > can use in a variety of ways to continue its technology leadership. > The awards honor not-for-profit institutions that have demonstrated > exemplary leadership in the development of open source software for > one or more of the constituencies served by The Andrew W. Mellon > Foundation: the arts and humanities in higher education; research > libraries, museums; performing arts organizations; and conservation > biology. > > Awardees are selected by a distinguished committee of technology > leaders, including Mitchell Baker, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, John > Seely Brown, Vint Cerf, John Gage, and Tim O?Reilly. Previous > winners include higher education institutions, libraries, and > museums from North America, Europe, and Asia. > > An online nomination form and more information may be found at > http://matc.mellon.org. The nominations are public: the community > is invited to visit the site and comment.
