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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:51:05 +0530
Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE),
Kerala, invites applications for its Small Research Grant programme to
projects in the area of FLOSS (Free Libr? and Open Source Software).
SPACE invites developers/researchers/programmers (practitioners as
well as students) to propose projects in the area of FLOSS (Free Libr?
and Open Source Software) applications. These projects can be software
development or research initiatives, or associated tasks such as
localization or documentation. Some of the priority areas under this
programme are :
- Local language computing
- Solutions for Small and Medium Businesses
- Education
- E-Governance
Some ideas for your thought:
- OCR for Malayalam
- Tools for School Education
- Mini ERP for SMEs
- Software for Microcredit for Self Help Groups
We are looking for original ideas as well as contributions to existing
Free Software projects.
Please send your project proposal to research-grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
or
SPACE
109 Mangalam Lane,
Sasthamangalam,
Thiruvananthapuram 10
Kerala.
A rough format of proposal available at
http://space-kerala.org/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=32
About SPACE
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SPACE, the Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and
Employment, is a registered society that has members from academia, IT
industry, professional societies such as IEEE and Computer Society of
India, and IT Administration of the Government of Kerala. The vision
of SPACE is to promote Free, Libr? and Open Source Software (FLOSS) in
academics, governance and individual use, and supporting advocating
the use FLOSS for employment generation in Kerala.
contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.space-kerala.org
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Vimal Joseph
www.space-kerala.org
Free Software, Free Society <http://fsfs.hipatia.net/wiki>
