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<BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 12pt Verdana">FYI<BR><BR>>>> "Babinski, Greg" <Greg.Babinski@kingcounty.gov> 11/12/2008 7:36 AM >>><BR>FYI...Google grant opportunities for community mapping....<BR><BR>-greg babinski<BR>Subject: FW: [NNIPNews] Google grants for community mapping<BR><BR>Google is offering grants from US$5000-US$100,000 for community mapping<BR>projects:<BR><A href="http://www.google.org/geochallenge.html">http://www.google.org/geochallenge.html</A> <BR><BR>". . . maps are a powerful tool for non-profits of all kinds to<BR>communicate issues, understand needs, and create more effective<BR>implementation plans. Many of you have come to us with compelling ways<BR>that maps can help you and your organization increase impact, and we<BR>want to help you make your mapping ideas a reality. We're offering a<BR>pilot program of Geo Challenge Grants to organizations working in areas<BR>related to our core initiatives.<BR><BR>Through this program, we'll be offering grants valued between US$5,000<BR>and US$100,000, either directly from Google.org, or through grant<BR>recommendations from the Google.org Fund of Tides Foundation. These<BR>grants will be issued through an open application process - legally<BR>qualified, public charitable organizations with a compelling idea about<BR>how maps can help them work more effectively are eligible. Smaller<BR>mapping applications requiring only static data might receive US$5,000<BR>in funding, while development of tools that enable many organizations to<BR>create maps might receive US$100,000. We're partnering with Google Earth<BR>Outreach on this program to help evaluate proposals from a technical<BR>standpoint and to help us ensure the grants are successful. "<BR>______________<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>CPS-GIS mailing list<BR>CPS-GIS@u.washington.edu<BR><A href="http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cps">http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cps</A>-gis<BR></BODY></HTML>