• 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.
• 2017.07.13 in #312 See you at Barcelona.pm!
  
• 2017.08.01 in #315 Perl 5 Core Grant Approved: Zefram maintaining the Perl 5 Core
  
• 2017.08.03 in #315 Grant Extension Approved: Dave Mitchell Perl 5 Core
  
• 2017.09.06 in #320 Maintaining Perl 5 Core (Tony Cook): Grant Report
  
• 2017.09.06 in #320 Maintaining Perl 5 Core (Dave Mitchell): Grant Report
  
• 2018.01.17 in #339 Maintaining the Perl 5 Core (Zefram): Grant Report for Dec 2017
  
• 2018.02.08 in #342 Maintaining the Perl 5 Core (Zefram): Grant Report for Jan 2017
  
• 2018.02.27 in #345 Public nomination/election process of TPF board members
  How to become a TPF board member?
• 2018.04.19 in #352 German Perl Workshop
  The highlights: Meet Perl hackers and community members who I have known online for years; Talk about TPF; Visit Perl, a small town in Germany.
• 2019.01.23 in #393 Google Summer of Code 2019
  The Perl Foundation is participating in Google Summer of Code again this year. Deadline is today!
• 2020.01 in #445 TPF Board Meeting Minutes for January 2020
  
• 2020.01.22 in #444 Taking Part in Outreachy
  The Perl Foundation will be taking part in the Outreachy May to August 2020 internships.
• 2020.03.31 in #454 TPF Board Meeting Minutes for March 2020
  Makoto-san shared TPF board meetings.
• 2020.05.12 in #460 Outreachy Intern announced - Areesha working on Open Food Facts
  Makoto annouced Areesha as Outreachy Intern, who is a Software Engineering student doing her bachelor’s from the National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• 2020.08.15 in #473 Outreachy internship successful completion
  As previously announced, The Perl Foundation accepted Areesha Tariq as an intern for this year's internship to work on Open Food Facts. Stephane Gigandet provided mentorship for her during the entire program.

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