freebsd announce - Mar 2014 - FreeBSD Foundation Accepting Travel Grant Applications for BSDCan 2014

Calling all FreeBSD developers needing assistance with travel expenses to BSDCan
2014.

The FreeBSD Foundation will be providing a limited number of travel grants to
individuals requesting assistance. Please fill out and submit  the Travel Grant
Request Application at
http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/documents/TravelRequestForm.pdf by April 7th,
2014 to apply for this grant.

How it works:

This program is open to FreeBSD developers of all sorts (kernel hackers, 
documentation authors, bugbusters, system administrators, etc).  In some  cases
we are also able to fund non-developers, such as active community members and
FreeBSD advocates.

(1) You request funding based on a realistic and economical estimate of travel
costs (economy airfare, trainfare, ...), accommodations (conference hotel and
sharing a room), and registration or tutorial fees.  If there are other sponsors
willing to cover costs, such as your employer or the conference, we prefer you
talk to them first, as our budget is limited.  We are happy to split costs with
you or another sponsor, such as just covering airfare or board.

*If you are a speaker at the conference, we expect the conference to cover your
travel costs, and will most likely not approve your direct request to us. *

(2) We review your application and if approved, authorize you to seek
reimbursement up to a limit.  We consider several factors, including our overall
and per-event budgets, and (quite importantly) the benefit to the community by
funding your travel.

Most rejected applications are rejected because of an over-all limit on travel
budget for the event or year, due to unrealistic or uneconomical costing, or
because there is an unclear or unconvincing argument that funding the applicant
will directly benefit the FreeBSD Project. Please take these points into
consideration when writing your application.

(3) We reimburse costs based on actuals (receipts), and by check or bank
transfer. And, we do not cover your costs if you end up having to cancel your
trip. We require you to submit a report on your trip, which we may show to
current or potential sponsors, post on our blog, and include in our semi-annual
newsletter.

There's some flexibility in the mechanism, so talk to us if something about
the model doesn't quite work for you or if you have any questions. The
travel grant program is one of the most effective ways we can spend money to
help support the FreeBSD Project, as it helps developers get together in the
same place at the same time, and helps advertise and advocate FreeBSD in the
larger community.

Thank You,

The FreeBSD Foundation