[open-science] Open Data Day, 3 March 2018: Minigrants available - deadline 4 Feb

[Lieke Ploeger]

Dear all,

This year’s Open Data Day, an annual celebration of open data all over the
world, will take place on Saturday 3 March 2018. ODD is the yearly event
where we gather to reach out to new people and build new solutions to
issues in our communities using open data. 2018 marks the 8th edition of
ODD. In these eight years, the community has grown and evolved greatly.
Last year we registered more than 300 events around the world!

To make sure some of those events had everything they needed to be great
for their communities, there are mini-grants (a small fund of between
$200-$400) available for groups to organize Open Data Day events. We have
partnered with four organisations providing support in the following tracks:

   - Follow the Money and Open Contracting events with support by Hivos
   - Open Science and Open Research Data events supported by SPARC
   - Events with Open Mapping at their core supported through a new,
   exciting partnership with Mapbox
   - Open Data for Equal Development sponsored through the Hewlett
   Foundation.

Applications are open through Sunday, February 4th 2018 and the selected
grantees will be announced on Monday, 19th February 2018. You can read more
about the process and apply here:
https://blog.okfn.org/2018/01/22/announcing-the-open-data-day-2018-mini-grants-scheme/

Finally, if you're planning an Open Data Day event, you can register it on
the map here: http://opendataday.org/#map

Best regards, Lieke Ploeger.

-- 
Lieke Ploeger

Communications Officer

Open Knowledge International <https://okfn.org/>

@liekeploeger <https://twitter.com/liekeploeger>
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