So much of what people praise the Next Generation Internet program can be attributed to NLnet (npub1n8y…l96n)’s grant program design.
As Michiel Leenaars (npub1p89…f466) noted, NLnet took public grant money beyond the typical institutions and consortiums that could apply for it and made it accessible to the individual experts and small teams actually doing the work regardless of where they live in the world. These grants likely have outperformed all other EU tech funding in terms of return-on-investment.
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