Re: [Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications

2016-02-16 Thread SK53
ur souls > > ____________ > From: SK53 > To: Killyfole and District Development Association < > webmas...@killyfole.org.uk> > Cc: "Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org" > Sent: Monday, 15 February 2016, 19:44 > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Geovati

Re: [Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications

2016-02-16 Thread Harry Wood
K53 To: Killyfole and District Development Association Cc: "Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org" Sent: Monday, 15 February 2016, 19:44 Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications I hadn't even thought of the travel side tbh! Fail

Re: [Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications

2016-02-15 Thread SK53
I hadn't even thought of the travel side tbh! Faily glaring when its pointed out! This type of competition for a grant or similar has become increasingly common. I think Nottingham spent £500,000 to try & win a slot as a venue for England's wonderfully successful World Cup bid, and the local Wildl

Re: [Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications

2016-02-15 Thread Killyfole and District Development Association
I think you are quite right Jerry, looks like participants are expected to travel to London?!? Thats one way to keep the numbers down and limit it to the South East England area! On Monday 15 February 2016 17:23:37 SK53 wrote: > I think most folk on this list are fairly familiar with these: the

Re: [Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications

2016-02-15 Thread SK53
I think most folk on this list are fairly familiar with these: they've been running for quite a few years. I think CycleStreets participated in one of them a while back. My general impression is that the cost of participating is often non-trivial in comparison with the potential reward. Jerry On

[Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications

2016-02-15 Thread Blake Girardot
Just in case anyone is interested and had not heard of it yet: 10-20k GBP grants for location based products/services. "Think of the Programme as an ideas incubator. Whether you’re a developer, innovator or entrepreneur it’s the perfect funded start-up accelerator if you want to create a produ