20/11/2019

Innovation & Outreach Fund Open For Applications

A £30,000 Innovation and Outreach Fund to encourage the use of open data has opened for applications.

Awards of between £300 and £5,000 are available to fund the development of apps or other interactive visualisations that make innovative use of data on the Open Data NI portal. Organisations and individuals hosting engagement activities including hackathons, workshops, seminars or events that will raise awareness of open data will also be eligible to apply to the fund.

Applications will be welcomed until the deadline of Friday 07 February 2020, with relevant firms urged to submit an entry.

Successful applications will be notified on 24 February and funded activities and projects need to be completed by 30 June 2020.

More information is available online.

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