Open Call for Thematic Projects

What is important for us is that the technology you develop — or help promote — is usable for others and has real impact. Anybody may apply for financial support if the proposed project meets the following criteria: Note that the requirement that project results shall be freely distributed based on Open Source principles does not necessarily mean that these results cannot be utilized commercially. After this idea was found valuable, we ask the applicant to submit a project plan outlining the following topics: Since dissemination is considered a critical issue, new ideas about promotion of project results may result in supplemental financing. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. NLnet foundation supports a large range of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so-called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and science foundations.