PSF Grants Program
Current status
The PSF does not have an active grant program, but clearly drafted grant proposals may be sent to psf (at) python (dot) org (see the original call for grants for details). Most recent grants have been for conferences and publicity. Here are some recent grants in reverse chronological order:
- OSCON 2009, $800 for Python booth
- Libre Graphics Meeting 2009, $800 to GNOME Foundation
- EuroPython 2009, $6,000 sponsorship
- Vern Ceder, $500 grant to present a paper at 2009 National Educational Computing Conference
- Python en Santa Fe 2008 (Argentina), $300 sponsorship
- PyArkansas, $300 grant
- PyCon UK 2008, $3,500 sponsorship
Previous info
Status Reports:
In 2004, the PSF issued its first call for grant proposals. In response to that call, over 60 proposals were submitted. Three of them were selected:
Brian Zimmer will manage the project Moving Jython Forward.
Status as of Jan 10, 2006: Partially completed, remainder cancelled.
See also: Jython project home page.
Ilya Etingof will manage the project Implementation of SNMPv3.
Status as of Jan 10, 2006: Completed.
See also: PySNMP project home page.
Greg Wilson will manage the project Software Engineering with Python for Scientist and Engineers.
Status as of Oct 15, 2006: Completed.
See also: Software Carpentry home page and article in American Scientist.
We would like to thank all submitters for their efforts to draft the proposals, and the PSF sponsors and donors for making the grants possible in the first place.