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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4a4dbb42-7fff-4201-81ac-d7b34a58b5b5"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear FOSDEM team,</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the Prototype Fund´s 8th call for applications has started this week. We would be very pleased if you liked to spread the word.</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">47.500€ for your Public Interest Tech ideas, apply now!</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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. </span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With the current round we are looking for ideas and projects in the realm of data security, civic tech, data literacy and infrastructure. </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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:</span><a href="https://prototypefund.de/unser-themenschwerpunkt-fuer-runde-7-engineering-trust-vertrauen-bauen/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LINK)</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At one glance:</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Grants:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Up to 47.500 per project.</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Duration of project:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Six months.</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application process: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Answer </span><a href="https://prototypefund.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Beispielansicht-Fragenformular-PTF-Bewerbungsdatenbank.pdf" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">eight short questions</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in German about your project via</span><a href="http://prototypefund.de/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">prototypefund.de</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> („Jetzt bewerben“-Button)</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who’s eligible: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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.</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deadline</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: March 31st, 2020</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We especially want to encourage women and people from other groups underrepresented in tech/software development to apply.</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More information is available here</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><a href="http://www.prototypefund.de" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.prototypefund.de</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or on Twitter and Mastodon (@prototypefund). Feel free to write us an e-mail if you have any questions: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:bewerbung@prototypefund.de">bewerbung@prototypefund.de</a></span></span></font></p>

<div><br></div><div><font size="2">Best regards,</font></div><div><font size="2">Patricia Leu<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Patricia Leu<br></div><div>Communication & Content<br></div><div>Prototype Fund </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://prototypefund.de" target="_blank">prototypefund.de</a> | @prototypefund <br></div><div><br></div><div>Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e. V.</div><div>Singerstr. 109 | 10179 Berlin </div><div><a href="http://www.okfn.de" target="_blank">www.okfn.de</a> | @okfde</div></div></div></font></div></div>