Re: FYI on National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding Opportunity: Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems program

Also please look to SBIR as a small business.

Every Department does them (though they need reauthorization by Sept...)

If anyone in the CG wants an overview on SBIR let me know.

On Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 7:50 PM Mike Prorock <mprorock@mesur.io> wrote:

> Anil,
> This is fantastic.  Thank you for sharing with the community!  I am sure
> many have their gears turning right now.
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> Mike Prorock
> mesur.io
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> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 18:00 John, Anil <anil.john@hq.dhs.gov> wrote:
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>> I’ve been part of multiple conversations over the years with some of you
>> that goes something like this … “It is just as important to fund entities
>> that can build, support and sustain test suites, open source projects,
>> tooling etc. as it is to fund companies working to build capabilities and
>> solve problems”
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>> To which my response has been “I understand your point, but I am
>> constrained by my remit in that anything that I fund has to show a direct
>> line benefit to my organization. So while I seek to fund work that sits at
>> the Venn of what my org needs, what the technical community needs, and
>> public interest, directly funding only basic science in the public
>> interest, as much as I would want to, is really not something within my
>> remit.”
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>> For those of you, and you know who you are, I just came across a new
>> program that is being started by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
>> that may have an answer to your needs. See below ..
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>> NSF is introducing a new program called “Pathways to Enable Open-Source
>> Ecosystems” (POSE).  The purpose of the program is to harness the power of
>> open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions to
>> problems of national and societal importance. Many NSF-funded research
>> projects result in publicly accessible, modifiable, and distributable
>> open-sourced software, hardware or data platforms that catalyze further
>> innovation. *The goal of the POSE program is to fund new OSE managing
>> organizations, each responsible for the creation and maintenance of
>> infrastructure needed for efficient and secure operation of an OSE based
>> around a specific open-source product or class of products.* The early
>> and intentional formation of such managing organizations is expected to
>> ensure more secure open-source products, increased coordination of
>> developer contributions, and a more focused route to impactful technologies.
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>> https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/pathways-enable-open-source-ecosystems-pose
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>> Take a look and apply if you think it can help your ecosystem!
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>> Best Regards,
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>> Anil
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>> Anil John
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>> Technical Director, Silicon Valley Innovation Program
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>> Science and Technology Directorate
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>> US Department of Homeland Security
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>> Washington, DC, USA
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