$5 million grants in digital, open-source innovation
8th of October 2008 by admin
My good friend, Susan Mernit, co-founder Peoples Software and ex-Yahoo Director/VP Netscape/AOL, sent a note in relation to the Knight News Challenge.
Its a US-based foundation giving away $5 million a year for grants in digital, open-source innovation
Some notes
The last day to submit applications for funding is November 1st.
Site is at www.newschallenge.org, with a peer mentoring site at garage.newschallenge.org.
Applications for the 2008-09 Knight News Challenge must follow three simple rules:
1. Use or create digital, open-source technology as the code base.
2. Serve the public interest.
3. Benefit one or more specific geographic communities
Surely we have some Irish startups which should apply…