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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2018/10/r-consortium-grant-applications-due-october-31.html"> Revolutions</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>Since 2015, the R Consortium has funded projects of benefit to, and proposed by, the R community. Twice a year, the R Consortium <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/projects" target="_blank">Infrastructure Steering Committee</a> reviews grant proposals and makes awards based on merit and funds available. (Those funds come, in turn, from the annual dues paid by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/members" target="_blank">R Consortium members</a>.) If you'd like to propose a project of your own, the deadline for submission for the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/announcement/2018/09/25/fall-2018-isc-call-for-proposals" target="_blank">Fall 2018 Call for Proposals</a> is October 31.</p>
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<p>Not sure what kind of project might be approved? In general, the R Consortium grants fund projects in these categories:</p>
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<li><strong>Creation of general infrastructure</strong> supporting R, like the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/r-hub" target="_blank">R-hub project</a> which provides build services for R package developers on every platform supported by R.</li>
<li><strong>Development of new R packages</strong>, like <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-dbi.org/" target="_blank">DBI for R</a> which provides a general interface between R and databases. </li>
<li><strong>Support for working groups</strong> to meet, discuss and plan new initiatives in the R community, like <a rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.r-consortium.org/view/R_Certification" target="_blank">Certification for R developers</a>.</li>
<li><strong>R community programs</strong>, like <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/announcement/2018/03/27/r-consortium-welcomes-r-ladies-as-a-top-level-project" target="_blank">R Ladies</a>.</li>
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<p>A good way to get a sense of suitable projects is by browsing the list of <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/projects/awarded-projects" target="_blank">previously-funded R Consortium projects</a>, or by taking a look at the regular project reviews in the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/news/blog" target="_blank">R Consortium blog</a>, like this <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/blog/2018/10/09/whats-new-with-r-consortium-funded-projects-in-q3-2018" target="_blank">update posted earlier today</a>.</p>
<p>And if you're not sure how to put a proposal together, Steph Locke has created a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/RConsortium/isc-proposal" target="_blank">boilerplate R Consortium proposal</a> as an R Markdown document you can clone from Github, along with a detailed set of instructions on how to complete it for your project idea.</p>
<p>So, what ideas do you have to make the R ecosystem better? A new package? A new working group? A new community initiative? If you need financial support to make that idea a reality, consider applying for an R Consortium project grant. You can find all the details at the link below.</p>
<p>R Consortium blog: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/announcement/2018/09/25/fall-2018-isc-call-for-proposals%27" target="_blank">Fall 2018: ISC Call for Proposals</a></p>
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