[Chapter-delegates] Opportunity to compete in a USAID Challenge to Bring Innovation to USAID and win a $10, 000 grant

[Connie Kendig]

Dear Chapters:

Please see the below email regarding a USAID Challenge competition;  
the deadline for submissions is next week on 28 November.

Please circulate to your membership in case they are interested in  
applying.


Connie J Kendig
Sponsored Programs & Grants Manager
Internet Society
www.isoc.org

<Kendig at isoc.org>
Tel: (703) 439-2136



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>> From: "Dave Ferguson" <df_fsts at verizon.net>
>> Date: 18 November 2008 1:08:09 PM
>> To: <lord at isoc.org>
>> Subject: Opportunity to compete in a USAID Challenge to Bring  
>> Innovation to USAID and win a $10,000 grant
>> Reply-To: <df_fsts at verizon.net>
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>> Anne Lord,
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>> I am doing some work for USAID on their Global Development Commons  
>> project seeking technology and technical innovation impact on  
>> international development.  This is one of our projects.  I think  
>> the ISOC community might be interested and would be happy to have  
>> them get a copy of this, but time is short.
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>> This is USAID's first - ever open source challenge for the chance  
>> to win a $10,000 grant for the idea for the best mobile phone  
>> application to solve a pressing international development issue.    
>> We're trying to incubate innovation at USAID through nontraditional  
>> sources, and you can help.  Please enter the 2008 USAID Development  
>> 2.0 Challenge or  funnel this announcement to your listservs to  
>> encourage budding innovators you know  to enter at  www.netsquared.org/usaid 
>> !   There are only two weeks left to present your most innovative  
>> ideas for a mobile technology application to address pressing  
>> issues in food security, health, or other socioeconomic areas in  
>> developing countries.  Your entries will be judged by a renowned  
>> panel of experts from the public and private sector and  
>> foundations, and you could win a $10,000 grant. Your idea could be  
>> used in a developing country by USAID to improve the work that it  
>> does to help people prosper. Please share the attached document   
>> that explains the USAID Development 2.0 Challenge  with anyone you  
>> know who may be interested . The deadline for entries is November  
>> 28th.
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>> If you're simply interested in the open source challenge process,  
>> please visit www.netsquared.org/usaid and click on the Project  
>> Gallery to review what's there. Your comments and suggestions on  
>> each entry can help to create the most sustainable solutions for  
>> international development.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dave
>>
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>> Dave Ferguson
>> Ferguson Strategic Technology Services LLC
>> office 703-880-6720
>> Washington DC Metro Area
>> skype: ddferguson5
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