Dear Osmocom community,

during the past years, we've been applying for (and often receiving) grants for the development of certain parts of the Osmocom project.

There are two organizations (NLnet foundation and the German prototype fund) where the next call for proposals ends in 10 days from now.

So if any of you has some ideas about Osmocom related work that you would want to see implemented and for which you can argue that it fits the scope of the related funds, please feel free to bring them up here.

For NLnet, the scope should fit either * https://nlnet.nl/entrust/ * https://nlnet.nl/useroperated/

For prototype fund, the scope should fit https://prototypefund.de/jetzt-bewerben-fuer-runde-13/ - specifically I think it is likely that we could fit a number of "our" topics in https://prototypefund.de/softwareinfrastruktur/ which explicitly lists implementation of communication protocols.

Given that I have plenty of experience with both funds, I'd be willing to work on a concrete proposal and submit it before the deadline on Sept 30 / Oct 1.

In terms of "who would do the actual work": With NLnet projects we can involve freelancers across Europe, with prototype fund probably only in Germany. In the worst case, if you propose some idea but have no time to work on such a project yourself, or you are not eligible due to the restriction to EU/DE, sysmocom could carry out the implementation.

Let me know if anyone of you has some ideas as to what kind of osmocom related topics might be suitable candidates.

Thanks, Harald