Dear FOSDEM team, the Prototype Fund´s 8th call for applications has started this week. We would be very pleased if you liked to spread the word. 47.500€ for your Public Interest Tech ideas, apply now! The Prototype Fund, a public funding programme for innovative Open Source technologies in the public interest, recently launched its eighth call for ideas – we are looking forward to your applications. With the current round we are looking for ideas and projects in the realm of data security, civic tech, data literacy and infrastructure. We also published a blogpost featuring an overview of current trends and topics in the tech community as well as existing projects that we appreciate, to give a contextual understanding of the topic (apologies, in german only: <https://prototypefund.de/unser-themenschwerpunkt-fuer-runde-7-engineering-trust-vertrauen-bauen/> LINK) At one glance: Grants: Up to 47.500 per project. Duration of project: Six months. Application process: Answer eight short questions <https://prototypefund.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Beispielansicht-Fragenformular-PTF-Bewerbungsdatenbank.pdf> in German about your project via prototypefund.de („Jetzt bewerben“-Button) Who’s eligible: Developers and small teams that have their residence in Germany, are eligible to work as freelancers and pay their taxes in Germany. Projects must be released under an Open Source license. Deadline: March 31st, 2020 We especially want to encourage women and people from other groups underrepresented in tech/software development to apply. More information is available here: www.prototypefund.de or on Twitter and Mastodon (@prototypefund). Feel free to write us an e-mail if you have any questions: bewerbung@prototypefund.de Best regards, Patricia Leu -- Patricia Leu Communication & Content Prototype Fund prototypefund.de | @prototypefund Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V. Singerstr. 109 | 10179 Berlin www.okfn.de | @okfde