Dear all, at BoostCon 2011, I will give a presentation with the title and abstract: //---------------------------------------- Funding Boost development through national and international research programs and funds This presentation wants to start a discussion about possible ways of leveraging national and international research programs and funds to support Boost development. The goals are threefold: - To start and organize a joint effort in many countries to leverage national and international research funding schemes (e.g. NSF, European Union, …) for the benefit of Boost development - To make Boost a standard topic in the curricula of computer science education at universities and polytechnicals around the world - To involve new protagonists from the science community in Boost development //---------------------------------------- I think that this pretty much sums up what the presentation is about. I will, however, necessarily have to assume a (European and particularly German) view on this topic, as I have no experience with e.g. US academic funding schemes. The session is meant to be a brainstorming session and reality check; and without your input it will hardly be possible to fill 90 minutes for this topic. If you have first-hand experience with research grants and national or international funding schemes or if you have any related idea you would like to share, I particularly invite you to come along and contribute to the overall picture. I am sending this mail to the development list, as this is hardly a user- level issue. Thanks and maybe see you at the session, Ruediger Berlich