NumFOCUS is doing round 2 of this. They have condensed the application period this time
CFP Announcement: April 15 Proposals Due: April 30 Notifications to Applicants: May 25 If you are interested in applying please let me know. Aaron Meurer On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 10:41 PM Aaron Meurer <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Round 1 of the NumFOCUS small development grants for 2020 are open. > Let me know if you are interested in applying. Note that this is > primarily for existing SymPy contributors who would like funding to > work on a small SymPy project. > > Here is the full information: > > Deadline for Proposal Submission: March 4, 2020 > Projects will be Notified: April 13, 2020 > > Available Funding: > > Up to $5,000 per proposal > > Eligibility: > > Any NumFOCUS Fiscally Sponsored or Affiliated project may submit one > proposal on behalf of the project per grant cycle. > > If you wish to solicit proposal ideas from your project community, the > project leaders must organize their own review process to select the > proposal that the leadership will put forward to NumFOCUS. > > Funding can be used for: code development; documentation work; website > updates; workshops and sprints; educational, sustainability, and > diversity initiatives; or other types of projects. > > Proposed work must be achievable within calendar year 2020. > > The call is open to applicants from any nationality and can be > performed at any university, institute or business worldwide (US > export laws permitting). > > Aaron Meurer > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 8:57 AM Aaron Meurer <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Round 3 of the NumFOCUS small development grants for 2019 are open. > > See the first email in this thread for more information. The deadlines > > for round 3 are > > > > 27 Oct 2019: deadline for proposal submissions > > 18 Nov 2019: proposal acceptance notifications > > > > If anyone is interested in applying, let me know. > > > > Aaron Meurer > > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 12:29 PM Aaron Meurer <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > The next round of the numfocus grants are open. Here are the deadlines > > > > > > 7 July 2019: proposal submissions deadline > > > 29 July 2019: successful proposals notified > > > > > > They have stated that we are allowed to resubmit prior proposals that > > > were not accepted. > > > > > > If anyone is interested in apply for this, let me know. > > > > > > Aaron Meurer > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:37 AM Yathartha Joshi <yatharth...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I am interested in this as well. > > > > Shekhar, Aaron maybe we can collectively prioritize a list of things > > > > that need to be accomplished in `SymEngine` as there seems to be a lot > > > > of work. Also, there hasn't been a new release of SymEngine in a while, > > > > we can set some benchmarks and work towards its next release. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Yathartha Joshi > > > > > > > > On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 4:02:07 PM UTC+5:30, Shekhar Prasad > > > > Rajak wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Hello Aaron, > > > >> > > > >> Thanks for clarifying. My most of the work is around Solvers module > > > >> (but I am ready for any new things as well). > > > >> I see that good amount of work is pending in SymEngine solvers and > > > >> Ruby wrapper. > > > >> When I see the SymEngine Ruby wrapper, I feel that we need better > > > >> documentation, examples and need to update (refactor) the code (the > > > >> last commit was on 12 Oct 2016 on symengine.rb ). > > > >> I have gone through some related links : > > > >> > > > >> - Ruby wrappers for symengine > > > >> - SymEngine's Python Wrappers and SymPy-SymEngine Integration > > > >> - SymEngine-Solvers-Progress-report > > > >> > > > >> Here I focused on SymEngine Ruby wrapper, because I had completed the > > > >> GSoC 2017 project under SciRuby after completion of GSoC 2016 under > > > >> SymPy. > > > >> > > > >> Please let me know if you have any priority task that should be done > > > >> in this Development Grants. > > > >> > > > >> Thanks and regards, > > > >> Shekhar Prasad Rajak, > > > >> Contact : +918142478937 > > > >> Blog | Github | Twitter > > > >> alternate email: shekha...@live.com > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Thursday, 7 March 2019 23:36:52 UTC+5:30, Aaron Meurer wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> The point of the grant is to do any project relating to SymPy. These > > > >>> are the projects that were already done in the past. We could submit a > > > >>> proposal to do a project that is related to one that is already done, > > > >>> but it does not need to be related. The project that did the 1.1 > > > >>> release did a lot of work that doesn't need to be done again, such as > > > >>> rewriting the script that does the release. And also as you noted, the > > > >>> release notes are made automatically now, so that work does not need > > > >>> to be done either. For the 1.4 release, we just need to fix a couple > > > >>> of blocking issues (I think most already have PRs that just need to be > > > >>> reviewed) https://github.com/sympy/sympy/milestone/51, then I can do > > > >>> the release quite easily. > > > >>> > > > >>> If you are interested in this, I would suggest finding a project that > > > >>> you are already familiar with. The grant would not be mentored like > > > >>> GSoC, so it should be something that you can work on mostly > > > >>> independently. > > > >>> > > > >>> Aaron Meurer > > > >>> > > > >>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 11:56 AM Shekhar Prasad Rajak > > > >>> <shekharr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Hello Aaron, > > > >>> > > > > >>> > I am interested for the project "SymPy 1.1 Release Support" - Small > > > >>> > Development Grants. I read the project description and understood > > > >>> > it. > > > >>> > I can see that SymPy 1.3 has been already released, which was > > > >>> > manually written. And release note 1.4 is getting updated by SymPy > > > >>> > Bot automatically. > > > >>> > So point > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Writing release notes for the aforementioned approximately 500 > > > >>> > > changes since version 1.0. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > is not required right? > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Hence that means project is all about : > > > >>> > > > > >>> > 1. Making sure any blocking issues are fixed before the release is > > > >>> > made. ... > > > >>> > 2. Update the automated script that does the actual release [ Can > > > >>> > you please explain a bit this point? means what kind of update is > > > >>> > required] > > > >>> > 3. Make a release candidate, and fix any major issues that are > > > >>> > found in it by the community. > > > >>> > 4. Make the final release, including uploading the tarball to PyPI, > > > >>> > and updating various websites. .. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Please share any link related to previous year work on this > > > >>> > project, so that I can understand it more clearly. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > -- > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Also, I found "SymPy: MatchPy C++ code generator for > > > >>> > SymPy/symengine" project challenging. I try to understand the > > > >>> > problem statement and going through some related links like : > > > >>> > > > > >>> > - GSoC 2017 Report Abdullah Javed Nesar: Rule based Integrator > > > >>> > - GSoC 20187 Fina blog post > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Please let me know if you have any other link in mind, which shows > > > >>> > the next part of the work done on this project. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Thanks and regards, > > > >>> > Shekhar Prasad Rajak, > > > >>> > Contact : +918142478937 > > > >>> > Blog | Github | Twitter > > > >>> > Skype: shekhar.rajak1 > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > On Tuesday, 5 March 2019 02:21:08 UTC+5:30, Aaron Meurer wrote: > > > >>> >> > > > >>> >> NumFOCUS runs this same grant program several times a year. > > > >>> >> > > > >>> >> The release support for the 1.1 release was this same grant from > > > >>> >> 2017. > > > >>> >> We also received the grant in Fall 2018 to reimplement MatchPy in > > > >>> >> C++ > > > >>> >> in SymEngine > > > >>> >> (https://numfocus.org/blog/fall-2018-open-source-development-grants). > > > >>> >> Both projects were successful. > > > >>> >> > > > >>> >> Both of these show the sort of thing that can be done with this > > > >>> >> grant. > > > >>> >> > > > >>> >> Aaron Meurer > > > >>> >> > > > >>> >> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 3:28 AM Shekhar Prasad Rajak > > > >>> >> <shekharr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> >> > > > > >>> >> > Hello Aaron, > > > >>> >> > > > > >>> >> > Please confirm the details link for Small Development Grants > > > >>> >> > is : > > > >>> >> > https://numfocus.org/blog/numfocus-awards-small-development-grants-to-projects > > > >>> >> > and project is " SymPy 1.1 Release Support" . > > > >>> >> > > > > >>> >> > > > > >>> >> > Regards, > > > >>> >> > Shekhar Prasad Rajak, > > > >>> >> > Contact : +918142478937 > > > >>> >> > Blog | Github | Twitter > > > >>> >> > Skype: shekhar.rajak1 > > > >>> >> > > > > >>> >> > > > > >>> >> > On Monday, 4 March 2019 08:44:12 UTC+5:30, Aaron Meurer wrote: > > > >>> >> >> > > > >>> >> >> To clarify, this grant would be for someone who is already an > > > >>> >> >> active > > > >>> >> >> SymPy contributor. If you are new to SymPy, and a student, you > > > >>> >> >> should > > > >>> >> >> apply for Google Summer of Code, which is mentored. > > > >>> >> >> > > > >>> >> >> Aaron Meurer > > > >>> >> >> > > > >>> >> >> On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 10:24 PM Aaron Meurer > > > >>> >> >> <asme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> > NumFOCUS is running their CFP for $3000 grants again. The > > > >>> >> >> > rules are > > > >>> >> >> > the same as before. > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> > The timeline is > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> > Proposals due: Thurs. 28 March > > > >>> >> >> > Acceptance Notifications: Fri. 19 April > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> > Proposals must be submitted through the project (i.e., me), > > > >>> >> >> > so if > > > >>> >> >> > anyone is interested in applying let me know. > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> > Aaron Meurer > > > >>> >> >> > > > > >>> >> >> > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 2:58 PM Jason Moore > > > >>> >> >> > <moore...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> >> >> > > > > > >>> >> >> > > I'd like to see an application from some for one or the > > > >>> >> >> > > other: > > > >>> >> >> > > > > > >>> >> >> > > - Major documentation cleanup, restructuring to make it > > > >>> >> >> > > more in line with the quality of other leading packages, > > > >>> >> >> > > and to organize a sprint around this. > > > >>> >> >> > > - Pull request downsizing: focus on triaging, completing > > > >>> >> >> > > simple ones, and organizing a sprint to tackle harder ones. > > > >>> >> >> > > > > > >>> >> >> > > Jason > > > >>> >> >> > > > > > >>> >> >> > > moorepants.info > > > >>> >> >> > > +01 530-601-9791 > > > >>> >> >> > > > > > >>> >> >> > > On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 8:07 PM, Aaron Meurer > > > >>> >> >> > > <asme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> NumFOCUS is offering $3000 grants for work on its > > > >>> >> >> > >> associated projects > > > >>> >> >> > >> (see below for more information). > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> If anyone in the SymPy community is interested in applying > > > >>> >> >> > >> for this > > > >>> >> >> > >> let me know (only one proposal per project is allowed, so > > > >>> >> >> > >> please let > > > >>> >> >> > >> me know if you are interested in applying so we can > > > >>> >> >> > >> coordinate in case > > > >>> >> >> > >> multiple people are interested). > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> For those who don't know, I received a similar grant last > > > >>> >> >> > >> year which > > > >>> >> >> > >> paid for my work on the SymPy 1.1 release > > > >>> >> >> > >> (https://www.numfocus.org/blog/numfocus-awards-small-development-grants-to-projects). > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> And in case you don't know, NumFOCUS is a nonprofit > > > >>> >> >> > >> dedicated to open > > > >>> >> >> > >> source scientific software, of which SymPy is a member > > > >>> >> >> > >> project. You > > > >>> >> >> > >> can find out more about NumFOCUS at > > > >>> >> >> > >> https://www.numfocus.org/ > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Aaron Meurer > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > >>> >> >> > >> From: Gina Helfrich <gi...@numfocus.org> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Date: Thu, May 31, 2018 at 8:01 AM > > > >>> >> >> > >> Subject: [NumFOCUS Projects] Call for Proposals - Small > > > >>> >> >> > >> Development > > > >>> >> >> > >> Grants - Summer 2018 > > > >>> >> >> > >> To: Affiliated Projects <affil...@numfocus.org>, > > > >>> >> >> > >> proj...@numfocus.org > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Call for Proposals - Small Development Grants - Summer 2018 > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> NumFOCUS invites proposals from its sponsored and > > > >>> >> >> > >> affiliated projects > > > >>> >> >> > >> for targeted small development grants. This is the second > > > >>> >> >> > >> of three > > > >>> >> >> > >> small grant cycles NumFOCUS plans to offer in 2018. > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> There are no restrictions on what the funding can be used > > > >>> >> >> > >> for. Code > > > >>> >> >> > >> development, documentation work, educational, > > > >>> >> >> > >> sustainability, and > > > >>> >> >> > >> diversity initiatives, or other types of projects are all > > > >>> >> >> > >> eligible. > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Only one application may be submitted per project (per > > > >>> >> >> > >> grant funding cycle). > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> For examples of grants that were funded in the first > > > >>> >> >> > >> round, see here: > > > >>> >> >> > >> https://www.numfocus.org/blog/numfocus-awards-development-grants-to-open-source-projects-spring-2018 > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Available Funding: > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Up to $3,000 per proposal > > > >>> >> >> > >> Allocated funding is $20,000 for this cycle; depending on > > > >>> >> >> > >> the number > > > >>> >> >> > >> and quality of proposals this may be adjusted up or down. > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Eligibility: > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Proposals must be approved by the leadership of a NumFOCUS > > > >>> >> >> > >> sponsored > > > >>> >> >> > >> or affiliated project. > > > >>> >> >> > >> Proposed work must have a clear outcome, achievable within > > > >>> >> >> > >> 2018. > > > >>> >> >> > >> The call is open to applicants from any nationality and > > > >>> >> >> > >> can be > > > >>> >> >> > >> performed at any university, institute or business > > > >>> >> >> > >> worldwide (US > > > >>> >> >> > >> export laws permitting). > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Timeline: > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> 31 May 2018: Call for Proposals released > > > >>> >> >> > >> 16 July 2018: deadline for proposal submissions > > > >>> >> >> > >> 2 August 2018: successful proposals notified > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> How to Apply: > > > >>> >> >> > >> > > > >>> >> >> > >> Fill out this form - 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