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# Grant Proposals Sent

## HRF 

* FROST Development (12/12/23)
* Seed Share Server Development (12/12/23)

[delayed to Q2 or Q3]

## NSF


Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
* https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg/23-1


> The full proposal should present the (1) objectives and scientific, engineering, or educational significance of the proposed work; (2) suitability of the methods to be employed; (3) qualifications of the investigator and the recipient organization; (4) effect of the activity on the infrastructure of science, engineering, and education, if applicable; and (5) amount of funding required. It should present the intellectual merit and broader impacts of the proposed project clearly and should be prepared with the care and thoroughness of a paper submitted for publication. The requisite proposal preparation instructions are contained in Chapter II. Sufficient information should be provided to enable reviewers to evaluate the proposal in accordance with the two merit review criteria established by the NSB. (See Chapter III for additional information on NSF processing and review of proposals.)

* Full Proposal Sections
   * https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg/23-1/ch-2-proposal-preparation#2D2

* Parts of the Proposal
   * Cover Sheet - Generated online?
   * Project Summary - 1 page
   * Table of Contents - Generated automatically
   * Project Description - 15 pages max
      * Broader Impact
      * Results from Prior NSF Support - 5 pages max
   * References Cited
      * They clearly expect proposals to be carefully referenced!
   * Budget - 5 pages max
      *  Salaries & Wages
         * 2 months/year max for "senior" personnel
      * Fringe Benefits
      * Equipment
      * Travel
      * Participant Support
      * Other Direct Costs
      * Material & Supplies
      * Publication Dissemination
      * Consultant Services
      * Computer Services
      * Total Direct Costs
      * Other
   * Resources Description
   * Senior Personnel Documents (3 pages max each)
           * Must be done through sciENcv - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv/
   * Special Information
      * probably not relevant, but needs to be checked
      
### NSF: ReDDDOT

https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/responsible-design-development-deployment/nsf24-524/solicitation


### NSF: SBIR

* Envelope (2/14/24)

[sent back for second consideration in March]

## Open Sats

* General Blockchain Commons (2/6/24)
* Learning Bitcoin (2/6/24)

[Declineds]

> Each member of the board uses their own best judgment to vote on each application. As a general guiding principle, OpenSats is prioritizing projects that are very specific and targeted, closely related to FOSS infrastructure for Bitcoin and Nostr. Open-ended applications are unlikely to be funded. Even so, this is a highly competitive grant program and our board of directors must make very difficult decisions to decline some projects even if they are worthy of support.



## Zcash Foundation

ZF Frost Wallet Integration (1/23/24): https://zcashgrants.org/gallery/25215916-53ea-4041-a3b2-6d00c487917d/45285935/

[Declined]

> The committee gave their opinions on this proposal. Amber said that although she finds this research and development fun and interesting, its stage of development is too far away to have user impact. Brian and Gguy agreed and felt there would need to be more interest from the community before funding this project. Mike said that because FROST provides open-sourced code, ZF/ZCG is sometimes being too nice by agreeing to fund wallet projects just to implement FROST, but ultimately agreed with the committee.
> Although ZCG voted to reject this proposal, they would like to encourage the applicant to become more involved in the community.