• 2014.02.01 in #132 New Secretary Elected for the Grants Committee
  Makoto Nozaki has replaced Alberto Simões as the secretary of The Perl Foundation grant committee.
• 2014.02.27 in #136 New Rules of Operation - Grants Committee
  Makoto Nozaki, the new head of The Perl Foundation Grants Committee has announced the new rules. 1) Calls for grants will be every 2 months. 2) Grant limit is up to 10,000 USD. 3) Some other, minor issues.
• 2014.06.29 in #153 Grants Committee 2014 first half
  A few notes of Makoto Nozaki, the head of the Grants Committee
• 2014.07.10 in #155 Grants Committee Budget
  Makoto Nozaki gives us the low-down on the Perl Foundation Grants Committee; how much money they currently have, how the rest of the year looks like.
• 2014.07.16 in #156 July 2014 Grant Proposals
  There are two grant proposals in the wing for the Perl Foundation, Makoto Nozaki tells us. One is a book project, the other deals with improvements for the software running the Perl conferences websites.
• 2014.08.21 in #161 New Grant Manager
  Makoto Nozaki announces that Mark Jensen has joined the Perl Foundation Grants Committee has a grant manager.
• 2015.01.01 in #180 Call For Grant Proposals (January 2015 Round)
  You can submit your grant proposal to The Perl Foundation till 14 January. The grants will be decided till 30th January.
• 2015.01.07 in #181 Grant Reports for December
  Makoto reports on the Perl foundation grants for December. Inline::C/CPP as well as a new Perl::Lint are two improvements that should make people happy.
• 2015.01.31 in #184 The Ado web framework wasn't funded
  Two weeks ago we linked to the proposal for the Ado web framework. It wasn't funded, primarily because there's already a lot of choice in Perl web frameworks, so it wasn't clear this was the best use of the funds ($4500 was requested).
• 2015.02.19 in #187 RFC: Limiting grant duration
  Nozaki-san has proposed a change to TPF rules for grants, aimed at defining a deadline for all grant applications, beyond which projects would be deemed to have failed. If you have an opinion, please add a comment.
• 2015.05 in #197 Call For Grant Proposals (May 2015 Round)
  Dead-line for the TPF grant proposals is 15th May.
• 2015.05.21 in #200 Deadline Extended - Call For Grant Proposals
  Call For Grant Proposals (May 2015 Round) has been extended until the end of May.
• 2015.07.03 in #206 Call For Grant Proposals (July 2015 Round)
  The Perl Foundation keeps offering you money. Why don't you take some?
• 2015.08.06 in #211 RFC: Perl software of the year award
  Nozaki-san wonders whether there should be a (monetary) award for "best Perl application" each year, to try and make a bit more noise about successful Perl apps. He wants to hear what we think, so why not let him know?
• 2015.09.04 in #215 Call For Grant Proposals (Sept 2015 Round)
  Have a great idea how to help the Perl ecosystem? The Grant Proposals are open until the 18th of this month.
• 2015.09.19 in #217 September 2015 Grant Proposals
  There are 5 grant proposals being considered; four of them are related to RPerl, and the other is to document and release Plerd, a lightweight blogging platform.
• 2015.11.02 in #224 Call For Grant Proposals (November 2015 Round)
  The dead line to submit your grant request to The Perl Foundation is 16th November.
• 2015.11.16 in #226 November 2015 Grant Proposals
  There are 4 proposals and one of them looks like a scam. I let you guess which one.
• 2015.12.03 in #228 November 2015 Grant Votes
  A grant to merge stabilize and merge Test::Stream and Test::Simple into perl-blead has been approved.
• 2015.12.24 in #231 Grants Committee Changes, December 2015
  Ben Tilly is stepping down from Grants Committee, after 10 years service. Thanks to Ben. Sawyer X has volunteered to take his place.
• 2016.01.02 in #232 Call For Grant Proposals (January 2016)
  The application deadline for this round is 23:59 January 16th UTC
• 2016.02.08 in #238 Grant Proposal: RPerl User Documentation, Part 2
  Will Braswell has applied for a second grant: $1600 to continue work on the Learning RPerl user tutorial. Add your comments if you agree or disagree with this proposal being funded.
• 2016.02.25 in #240 Jan/Feb 2016 Grant Votes
  TPF approved RPerl User Documentation, Part 2.
• 2016.03.07 in #242 Call For Grant Proposals (March 2016 Round)
  The Perl Foundation is launching its round of grant proposals for March. Deadline: March 23rd.
• 2016.07.02 in #258 Call For Grant Proposals (July 2016 Round)
  The next round of grant proposals are due by 15th July.
• 2016.12.27 in #284 TPF 2016Q4 Activity Report
  A summary of Perl Foundation activity in the fourth quarter of 2016.
• 2017.01.05 in #285 Call For Grant Proposals (Jan 2017 Round)
  Deadline: 15 January 2017
• 2017.01.10 in #287 Grant Extension Request: Maintaining the Perl 5 Core
  Dave Mitchell has requested an extension of $20,000 for his Maintaining the Perl 5 Core grant.
• 2017.01.25 in #288 Grants Committee needs a new member
  The Perl Foundation's grants committee is looking for fresh blood.
• 2017.01.25 in #288 Tony Cook's Grant Report for December 2016
  The latest report on Perl 5 work done by Tony Cook.
• 2017.01.29 in #288 Dave Mitchell's Grant Extended
  Dave Mitchell's grant has been extended, so he can continue doing his sterling work on Perl 5.
• 2017.01.31 in #289 January 2017 Grant Votes
  "Standardization, Test Coverage, and Documentation of Perl 6 I/O Routines" grant has been approved
• 2017.03.13 in #295 Dave Mitchell's February 2017 report
  The monthly update on Perl 5 work done by Dave Mitchell, supported by a Perl 5 development grant.
• 2017.04.20 in #300 Grant extension request by Tony Cook
  Tony Cook has asked for an extension to his Perl 5 maintenance grant: $20k for another 400 hours of work.

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