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<p>Hi OSGeo and OSGeo Europe,</p>
<p>As Chair of OSGeo:UK I have been approached by Ksenia Grant, from
University of Edinburgh and EDINA, to see if we know anyone who is
bidding for the EU Horizon Call: A services and business
incubator for geospatial open-source developments and/or whether
we are interested in collaborating with them. </p>
<p>The timescale is relatively short (mid-April submission) and they
are keen to emphasise their willingness to undertake the heavy
admin burden of a EU Bid. </p>
<p>Of note, it is bidding for up to €6m, and it is designated that a
minimum of 45% and up to 60% of this will be provided as
'cascading funds' - i.e. money given to companies and
organisations to do stuff, rather than used by the project
partners as such. </p>
<p>This seems like an interesting opportunity, and any comments /
advice / suggestions are welcome. </p>
<p>If you have any links, or are interested, please do reach out to
Ksenia or myself. </p>
<p>Best wishes,<br>
Nick.</p>
<p>Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Nick <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tom (cc’ed) shared your email address with
me.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I work for the University of Edinburgh and
I have been speaking to colleagues from
<a href="https://edina.ac.uk/" moz-do-not-send="true">EDINA</a>
about the EU Horizon call and looking for contacts at OSGeo
and I was introduced to Tom who directed me to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More info about the call here: <a
href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-06?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&callIdentifier=HORIZON-CL6-2026-03&order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate"
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you may be aware, the call seeks to
establish an incubator for geospatial open-source
developments. I believe organizations such as OSGeo are key to
any proposal for this call. Deadline for applications is quite
soon - in mid-April. Therefore, I am wondering if OSGEO is
already involved in any consortium of partners putting a
proposal together and if we (EDINA) could support and offer
further input into the consortium.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are not aware of any proposals
involving OSGeo already, it would also be also useful to
discuss if OSGeo would be interested in partnering with us and
others across Europe on a potential proposal for this call.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">UoE and other organisations I am speaking
too are experienced in putting EU Horizon calls proposals
together so we are looking for insights and engagement from
OSGEO (rather than sharing any of the administrative burdens
of putting a proposal together which I appreciate might be
off-putting for a volunteer-run organisation).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If this sounds of interest and you might
want to discuss further, could you please let me know when is
good for a call please?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Friday this week is very flexible for me if
that may work for you too. Monday next week is looking good
too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to hearing from you and
discussing further.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ksenia<o:p></o:p></p>
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