Funding

Discipline(s): Biological Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, STEM Education, Technology, Innovation and Partnerships

The Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program aims to harness the power of open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions to problems of national and societal importance. It supports the formation of new OSE managing organizations based on an existing open-source product or class of products, with each organization responsible for the creation and management of processes and infrastructure needed for the efficient and secure development and maintenance of an OSE. This pathway is similar to the Lab-to-Market Platform that NSF has pioneered over many years. The POSE program is an integrated set of programs to provide researchers with the capacity to transform their fundamental research into deep technology ventures. It is not intended to fund the development of open-source products, but rather to support new managing organizations to catalyze distributed, community-driven development and growth of new OSEs.

The expected outcomes of the program are to grow the community of researchers and innovators who develop and contribute to OSE efforts, and to enable pathways for the safe and secure development of OSEs that have broad societal impacts. The solicitation seeks two types of proposals: scope and plan the establishment of an OSE (Phase I) and establish a sustainable OSE based on a robust open-source product (Phase II).

Applicants can request up to $300,000 for Phase I projects (one year) and up to $1,500,000 for Phase II projects (up to two years).

For full solicitation, visit here.