FYI On Apr 30, 2018, 4:38 PM -0400, Brennan <M.Brennan@fordfoundation.org>, wrote: Hello everyone, We are excited to announce a research initiative to better understand the economics, maintenance and sustainability of digital infrastructure - the foundation of free and public code that is designed to solve common challenges for just about everything in our modern society. Ford Foundation and Sloan Foundation are soliciting concept notes through June 13th, 2018. You can learn more about this effort and the full details of the request for proposals here: www.fordfoundation.org/infrastructurerfp We also ask for your support in spreading the word widely about this call. I’ve included a few sample tweets below that you are free to copy and paste (or make your own!) Michael & Josh --- We need to better sustain our digital infrastructure. @FordFoundation & @SloanFoundation are accepting proposals for new research on sustaining and maintaining the open source code we rely upon every day screendoor.dobt.co/ford-foundation-6/digital-infrastructure-research-rfp - due 6/14! New funding for open source research: @FordFoundation & @SloanFoundation want to research how to best support critical digital infrastructure screendoor.dobt.co/ford-foundation-6/digital-infrastructure-research-rfp Submit a research concept note to @FordFoundation & @SloanFoundation to help us secure and sustain our digital infrastructure ford- foundation-6.forms.fm/digital-infrastructure-research-rfp ---------- You are subscribed to the BerkmanFriends discussion list, the listserv for all current Berkmaniacs PLUS Berkman Klein alumni and colleagues. Mailing list info: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/info/berkmanfriends Mailing list members: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ lists/review/berkmanfriends Manage your listserv preferences: https://cyber.harvard.edu/lists/pref Reminder: conversations shared over the BerkmanFriends listserv should be considered private and intended for the people on the list, unless otherwise noted. -- Grace Mutung'u Skype: gracebomu @Bomu PGP ID : 0x33A3450F