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Basically, the project team for this (which is a German non-profit) wants to make the case that public funding of F/OSS can spawn cool tech that might eventuall

by pudo 10y ago

Basically, the project team for this (which is a German non-profit) wants to make the case that public funding of F/OSS can spawn cool tech that might eventually turn into startups. The idea is to create a buffer between government (grant) bureaucracy and individual developers so that they have the least possible amount of forms and applications to deal with -- just fill out a few basic questions, and a panel of pretty cool judges gets to make the grants. German residents only, for the moment.

matt4077 10y ago
That "buffer" model is more or less the default for public R&D funding in Germany as well as the EU. It allows for a bit of innovation in the grant process (although they're often administered by agencies that are every bit as beaurocratic as you'd expect them to be)
josephg 10y ago
Can non-german residents apply if we're willing & able to move to Germany for 6 months?
- pudo 10y ago
  Don't see why not if you're in a country that's planning to stay in the EU and you're crazy enough. For non-EU, no idea what the freelance situation looks like :/
- wolfgke 10y ago
  As far as I understand it, you already have to live in Germany when you apply (so that you don't move to Germany only when your application was successful). To quote from http://prototypefund.de/en/submission/ http://prototypefund.de/en/submission/: "Ich bin über 18 Jahre alt und mit meinem Hauptwohnsitz in Deutschland gemeldet." (roughly "I'm over 18 years old and have my primary residence in Germany"), which you have to sign. Additionally you have to fill out your application on http://prototypefund.de/en/submission/ http://prototypefund.de/en/submission/ in German. So if your knowledge of the German language is not good enough for that, you are probably out of luck. So it seems to me that if you are only willing to relocate to Germany when your application is successful or if your level of the German language is not sufficient to apply, the answer is "no". On the other hand: If you aren't a German citizen, this should be no problem.
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- josephg 10y ago
  Thanks @wolfgke and @pudo. I asked on twitter and they said it'd be fine: https://twitter.com/prototypefund/status/760086652815564800 https://twitter.com/prototypefund/status/760086652815564800

by pudo 10y ago

matt4077 10y ago

That "buffer" model is more or less the default for public R&D funding in Germany as well as the EU. It allows for a bit of innovation in the grant process (although they're often administered by agencies that are every bit as beaurocratic as you'd expect them to be)

josephg 10y ago

Can non-german residents apply if we're willing & able to move to Germany for 6 months?

pudo 10y ago
Don't see why not if you're in a country that's planning to stay in the EU and you're crazy enough. For non-EU, no idea what the freelance situation looks like :/
wolfgke 10y ago
As far as I understand it, you already have to live in Germany when you apply (so that you don't move to Germany only when your application was successful). To quote from http://prototypefund.de/en/submission/ http://prototypefund.de/en/submission/: "Ich bin über 18 Jahre alt und mit meinem Hauptwohnsitz in Deutschland gemeldet." (roughly "I'm over 18 years old and have my primary residence in Germany"), which you have to sign. Additionally you have to fill out your application on http://prototypefund.de/en/submission/ http://prototypefund.de/en/submission/ in German. So if your knowledge of the German language is not good enough for that, you are probably out of luck. So it seems to me that if you are only willing to relocate to Germany when your application is successful or if your level of the German language is not sufficient to apply, the answer is "no". On the other hand: If you aren't a German citizen, this should be no problem.
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josephg 10y ago
Thanks @wolfgke and @pudo. I asked on twitter and they said it'd be fine: https://twitter.com/prototypefund/status/760086652815564800 https://twitter.com/prototypefund/status/760086652815564800