[ripe-list] RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2017 Recipients

The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund launched on 22 October 2017 during 
RIPE 75 in Dubai. The fund provides EUR 250,000 per year to support 
projects of value to the operation and resilience of the Internet, with 
a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in our 
service region. The application period was open for just over a month 
and more than 70 applications from 30 different countries were submitted 
to the selection committee.

The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee has reviewed 
the applications and is happy to announce that the following seven 
projects have be awarded funding for 2017:

Congratulations:

- ARTEMIS (Automatic and Real-Time dEtection and MItigation System)
- Internet Atlas - Tools for Digital Literacy
- iSEND (Lightweight IPv6 SEcure Neighbor Discovery Implementation for 
Android Platform)
- Let’s Connect!
- OpenBGPD
- Tajikistan K-Root DNS Mirror
- The Cryptech Project

To read more about the selected projects see:
https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/funding-recipients-2017

Due to an administrative error on the part of the RIPE NCC regarding the 
closing time of the application period, a small number of projects were 
not considered in the Selection Committee’s initial assessment. Upon 
being made aware of this error, a process was initiated to consider 
these projects. This process identified an additional funding recipient, 
and the RIPE NCC has decided to provide an additional EUR 45,000 of 
unused funds from its 2017 "Good of the Internet" budget. This process 
was closely coordinated between the selection committee, RIPE NCC staff 
and the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The selection committee is pleased to 
stand behind all of the projects.

The RIPE NCC is proud to support these projects and we look forward to 
seeing them develop. We see great potential and look forward to sharing 
the progress reports with the community.

Congratulations to our selected recipients and thank you to everyone 
that submitted their interest in the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund!

Warm regards,

Alistair Strachan
RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Coordinator