From nick at nickbearman.com Mon Mar 2 04:06:48 2026 From: nick at nickbearman.com (Nick Bearman) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 12:06:48 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments In-Reply-To: <10c27304-b5c7-49ce-8b31-e0f7f9a54936@nickbearman.com> References: <10c27304-b5c7-49ce-8b31-e0f7f9a54936@nickbearman.com> Message-ID: <476ccf42-6b09-4805-aa98-28e0d90cdb72@nickbearman.com> Hi OSGeo:UK, 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. I have circulated this around the OSGeo Discuss and Europe lists as well. 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. 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. This seems like an interesting opportunity, and any comments / advice / suggestions are welcome. We (OSGeo:UK) have not been involved with something like this before (to my knowledge) so any comments are welcome. If you have any links, or are interested, please do reach out to Ksenia or myself. Best wishes, Nick. Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair On 25/02/2026 14:06, Ksenia Grant wrote: > > Dear Nick > > Tom (cc?ed) shared your email address with me. > > I work for the University of Edinburgh and I have been speaking to > colleagues from EDINA about the EU Horizon call > and looking for contacts at OSGeo and I was introduced to Tom who > directed me to you. > > More info about the call here: EU Funding & Tenders Portal > > > 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. > > 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. > > 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). > > 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? > > Friday this week is very flexible for me if that may work for you too. > Monday next week is looking good too. > > Looking forward to hearing from you and discussing further. > > Best wishes > > Ksenia > > Ksenia Grant MSc, MBA > > Business Development Manager > > Information Services > > The University of Edinburgh > > www.ed.ac.uk > > Mobile: 07407 794 883 > > IoT Research & Innovation Service > > Digital Curation Centre > > EDINA > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann > carthannais a th? ann an Oilthigh Dh?n ?ideann, cl?raichte an Alba, > ?ireamh cl?raidh SC005336. -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We encourage you to: > a) tell us that you want a conference this year by emailing a response > to this message > b) attend the meeting and become part of the (potential) organising > committee > > The meeting link is: > https://calendar.app.google/z3C9xG7eXpd2yn3d8 > > See you on the call > Cheers > Al > > PS: remember to respond to (a) above!! > > _______________________________________________ > UK mailing list > UK at lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From SLavender at pixalytics.com Tue Mar 3 02:01:58 2026 From: SLavender at pixalytics.com (Samantha Lavender) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 10:01:58 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments In-Reply-To: <476ccf42-6b09-4805-aa98-28e0d90cdb72@nickbearman.com> References: <10c27304-b5c7-49ce-8b31-e0f7f9a54936@nickbearman.com> <476ccf42-6b09-4805-aa98-28e0d90cdb72@nickbearman.com> Message-ID: When I was treasurer of EarSeL, they did get involved in projects, and OGC does the same ? the big advantage is that it?s another revenue source. The difficulty is that you need the administrative structure in place to manage contracts and finance, including auditing. Best Wishes, Sam From: UK On Behalf Of Nick Bearman via UK Sent: 02 March 2026 12:07 To: uk at lists.osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments Hi OSGeo:UK, 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. I have circulated this around the OSGeo Discuss and Europe lists as well. 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. 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. This seems like an interesting opportunity, and any comments / advice / suggestions are welcome. We (OSGeo:UK) have not been involved with something like this before (to my knowledge) so any comments are welcome. If you have any links, or are interested, please do reach out to Ksenia or myself. Best wishes, Nick. Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair On 25/02/2026 14:06, Ksenia Grant wrote: Dear Nick Tom (cc?ed) shared your email address with me. I work for the University of Edinburgh and I have been speaking to colleagues from EDINA about the EU Horizon call and looking for contacts at OSGeo and I was introduced to Tom who directed me to you. More info about the call here: EU Funding & Tenders Portal 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. 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. 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). 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? Friday this week is very flexible for me if that may work for you too. Monday next week is looking good too. Looking forward to hearing from you and discussing further. Best wishes Ksenia Ksenia Grant MSc, MBA Business Development Manager Information Services The University of Edinburgh www.ed.ac.uk Mobile: 07407 794 883 IoT Research & Innovation Service Digital Curation Centre EDINA [cid:image001.png at 01DCAAF4.67BD8CD0] The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. 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URL: From nick at nickbearman.com Tue Mar 3 04:50:09 2026 From: nick at nickbearman.com (Nick Bearman) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 12:50:09 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments In-Reply-To: References: <10c27304-b5c7-49ce-8b31-e0f7f9a54936@nickbearman.com> <476ccf42-6b09-4805-aa98-28e0d90cdb72@nickbearman.com> Message-ID: <39520412-077e-4ca3-928a-3d23b1837b00@nickbearman.com> Thanks Sam - great to know. Do you think OGC might be interested in this, should I reach out to Gobe or someone else? Best wishes, Nick. On 03/03/2026 10:01, Samantha Lavender via UK wrote: > > When I was treasurer of EarSeL, they did get involved in projects, and > OGC does the same ? the big advantage is that it?s another revenue > source. The difficulty is that you need the administrative structure > in place to manage contracts and finance, including auditing. > > Best Wishes, Sam > > *From:*UK *On Behalf Of *Nick Bearman via UK > *Sent:* 02 March 2026 12:07 > *To:* uk at lists.osgeo.org > *Subject:* [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and > business incubator for geospatial open-source developments > > Hi OSGeo:UK, > > 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. I have circulated this around > the OSGeo Discuss and Europe lists as well. > > 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. > > 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. > > This seems like an interesting opportunity, and any comments / advice > / suggestions are welcome. We (OSGeo:UK) have not been involved with > something like this before (to my knowledge) so any comments are welcome. > > If you have any links, or are interested, please do reach out to > Ksenia or myself. > > Best wishes, > Nick. > > Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair > > On 25/02/2026 14:06, Ksenia Grant wrote: > > Dear Nick > > Tom (cc?ed) shared your email address with me. > > I work for the University of Edinburgh and I have been speaking to > colleagues from EDINA about the EU Horizon > call and looking for contacts at OSGeo and I was introduced to Tom > who directed me to you. > > More info about the call here: EU Funding & Tenders Portal > > > 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. > > 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. > > 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). > > 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? > > Friday this week is very flexible for me if that may work for you > too. Monday next week is looking good too. > > Looking forward to hearing from you and discussing further. > > Best wishes > > Ksenia > > Ksenia Grant MSc, MBA > > Business Development Manager > > Information Services > > The University of Edinburgh > > www.ed.ac.uk > > Mobile: 07407 794 883 > > IoT Research & Innovation Service > > Digital Curation Centre > > EDINA > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann > carthannais a th? ann an Oilthigh Dh?n ?ideann, cl?raichte an > Alba, ?ireamh cl?raidh SC005336. > > -- > Nick Bearman > +44 (0) 7717745715 > nick at nickbearman.com > Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. > Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. > > _______________________________________________ > UK mailing list > UK at lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 27662 bytes Desc: not available URL: From nick at nickbearman.com Tue Mar 3 04:52:28 2026 From: nick at nickbearman.com (Nick Bearman) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 12:52:28 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Dennis, Thanks very much. I will cc in Ksenia and let you know how we progress. I'd not seen that discussion - thank you. I will reply to that discussion. I had seen on the Board meeting on 24-2-26 that this had come up, so I hope to go to that meeting when it is setup: > For the item "Update on Horizon Europe call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments" I am interested in this (as per my recent emails to OSGeo Discuss). Please can I come along to the meeting that is mentioned in the minutes? > "Extra meeting organized to discuss this." Thanks! Best wishes, Nick. On 03/03/2026 10:44, Dennis Bauszus wrote: > Hi Nick, > > It is great that we are trying?to step up access to EU Horizon funding > for Open Source development. > > I would like to join a possible call in this regard. > > Have you contacted Jeroen and Codrina who are undertaking a similar > approach as outlined here: > https://discourse.osgeo.org/t/legal-entity-of-europe-osgeo-and-horizon-call/151966 > > Best, > Dennis -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. From SLavender at pixalytics.com Tue Mar 3 06:14:13 2026 From: SLavender at pixalytics.com (Samantha Lavender) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 14:14:13 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments In-Reply-To: <39520412-077e-4ca3-928a-3d23b1837b00@nickbearman.com> References: <10c27304-b5c7-49ce-8b31-e0f7f9a54936@nickbearman.com> <476ccf42-6b09-4805-aa98-28e0d90cdb72@nickbearman.com> <39520412-077e-4ca3-928a-3d23b1837b00@nickbearman.com> Message-ID: Yes, I think they would be interested. Sam From: UK On Behalf Of Nick Bearman via UK Sent: 03 March 2026 12:50 To: uk at lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments Thanks Sam - great to know. Do you think OGC might be interested in this, should I reach out to Gobe or someone else? Best wishes, Nick. On 03/03/2026 10:01, Samantha Lavender via UK wrote: When I was treasurer of EarSeL, they did get involved in projects, and OGC does the same ? the big advantage is that it?s another revenue source. The difficulty is that you need the administrative structure in place to manage contracts and finance, including auditing. Best Wishes, Sam From: UK On Behalf Of Nick Bearman via UK Sent: 02 March 2026 12:07 To: uk at lists.osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments Hi OSGeo:UK, 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. I have circulated this around the OSGeo Discuss and Europe lists as well. 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. 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. This seems like an interesting opportunity, and any comments / advice / suggestions are welcome. We (OSGeo:UK) have not been involved with something like this before (to my knowledge) so any comments are welcome. If you have any links, or are interested, please do reach out to Ksenia or myself. Best wishes, Nick. Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair On 25/02/2026 14:06, Ksenia Grant wrote: Dear Nick Tom (cc?ed) shared your email address with me. I work for the University of Edinburgh and I have been speaking to colleagues from EDINA about the EU Horizon call and looking for contacts at OSGeo and I was introduced to Tom who directed me to you. More info about the call here: EU Funding & Tenders Portal 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. 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. 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). 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? Friday this week is very flexible for me if that may work for you too. Monday next week is looking good too. Looking forward to hearing from you and discussing further. Best wishes Ksenia Ksenia Grant MSc, MBA Business Development Manager Information Services The University of Edinburgh www.ed.ac.uk Mobile: 07407 794 883 IoT Research & Innovation Service Digital Curation Centre EDINA [cid:image001.png at 01DCAB17.91A5EC40] The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th? ann an Oilthigh Dh?n ?ideann, cl?raichte an Alba, ?ireamh cl?raidh SC005336. -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. _______________________________________________ UK mailing list UK at lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 27662 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From nick at nickbearman.com Tue Mar 3 06:38:56 2026 From: nick at nickbearman.com (Nick Bearman) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 14:38:56 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments In-Reply-To: References: <10c27304-b5c7-49ce-8b31-e0f7f9a54936@nickbearman.com> <476ccf42-6b09-4805-aa98-28e0d90cdb72@nickbearman.com> <39520412-077e-4ca3-928a-3d23b1837b00@nickbearman.com> Message-ID: <551e1771-09eb-4cdb-813e-0c7f3fe57c92@nickbearman.com> Thanks Sam :-) On 03/03/2026 14:14, Samantha Lavender via UK wrote: > > Yes, I think they would be interested. Sam > > *From:*UK *On Behalf Of *Nick Bearman via UK > *Sent:* 03 March 2026 12:50 > *To:* uk at lists.osgeo.org > *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services > and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments > > Thanks Sam - great to know. Do you think OGC might be interested in > this, should I reach out to Gobe or someone else? > Best wishes, > Nick. > > On 03/03/2026 10:01, Samantha Lavender via UK wrote: > > When I was treasurer of EarSeL, they did get involved in projects, > and OGC does the same ? the big advantage is that it?s another > revenue source. The difficulty is that you need the administrative > structure in place to manage contracts and finance, including > auditing. > > Best Wishes, Sam > > *From:*UK > *On Behalf Of *Nick Bearman via UK > *Sent:* 02 March 2026 12:07 > *To:* uk at lists.osgeo.org > *Subject:* [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services > and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments > > Hi OSGeo:UK, > > 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. I have circulated > this around the OSGeo Discuss and Europe lists as well. > > 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. > > 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. > > This seems like an interesting opportunity, and any comments / > advice / suggestions are welcome. We (OSGeo:UK) have not been > involved with something like this before (to my knowledge) so any > comments are welcome. > > If you have any links, or are interested, please do reach out to > Ksenia or myself. > > Best wishes, > Nick. > > Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair > > On 25/02/2026 14:06, Ksenia Grant wrote: > > Dear Nick > > Tom (cc?ed) shared your email address with me. > > I work for the University of Edinburgh and I have been > speaking to colleagues from EDINA about > the EU Horizon call and looking for contacts at OSGeo and I > was introduced to Tom who directed me to you. > > More info about the call here: EU Funding & Tenders Portal > > > 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. > > 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. > > 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). > > 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? > > Friday this week is very flexible for me if that may work for > you too. Monday next week is looking good too. > > Looking forward to hearing from you and discussing further. > > Best wishes > > Ksenia > > Ksenia Grant MSc, MBA > > Business Development Manager > > Information Services > > The University of Edinburgh > > www.ed.ac.uk > > Mobile: 07407 794 883 > > IoT Research & Innovation Service > > Digital Curation Centre > > EDINA > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered > in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann > carthannais a th? ann an Oilthigh Dh?n ?ideann, cl?raichte an > Alba, ?ireamh cl?raidh SC005336. > > -- > > Nick Bearman > > +44 (0) 7717745715 > > nick at nickbearman.com > > > > Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. > > > > Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UK mailing list > > UK at lists.osgeo.org > > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk > > -- > Nick Bearman > +44 (0) 7717745715 > nick at nickbearman.com > Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. > Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. > > _______________________________________________ > UK mailing list > UK at lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. 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