Verkehrszeichen in OSM: We document traffic signs simply and standardized in OpenStreetMap.
Tobias Jordans, Alex Seidel
- Round 16
- Mobility/Regional planning
- Applications
Rounds
Here you can find all rounds of the Prototype Fund from March 1, 2017, to February 28, 2025. The funded projects always range between Civic Tech, Data Literacy, Security, and Software Infrastructure.
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Projects from Round 16
Vantage: We reconstruct the spatial context of video recordings.
Giacomo Nanni Fidel Thomet
- Round 16
- Media/Social Networks
- Applications
Tweasel for Web: We help with complaints against illegal tracking by websites.
Benjamin Altpeter Lorenz Sieben
- Round 16
- Privacy/Digital Rights
- Applications
Trans-Europa-Planer: We make complicated rail journeys easier to plan.
Katharina Rasch
- Round 16
- Mobility/Regional planning
- Applications
Round 15
Funded Period
01/03/2024 – 31/08/2024
Number of projects
22
Projects from Round 15
turtlemail: We transport your letters and parcels decentrally.
Steffen Dabbert, Rafael Epplée, Ines Goldenbaum, Aaron Meinel, Michaela Mös, Konrad Mohrfeldt, Veronika Plass, Robert Waltemath
- Round 15
- Environment/Sustainability
- Applications
StudierendenFinanzSoftware: We provide digital financial management of student organizations.
Till Isenhuth, Lukas Staab, Michelle Storandt
- Round 15
- Volunteer Work
- Applications
StreetComplete for iOS: We allow more people to contribute to OpenStreetMap quickly and easily.
Tobias Zwick
- Round 15
- Mobility/Regional planning
- Applications
sig0namectl: We enable secure DNS management directly by users.
Henry Bubert, Adam Burns, Mathias Jud
- Round 15
- Privacy/Digital Rights
- System Software
Round 14
Funded Period
01/09/2023 – 29/02/2024
Number of projects
24
Projects from Round 14
Zee: We build tools for more usable language applications.
Rany Keddo
- Round 14
- Media/Social Networks
- Applications
Visual Bayesic: We make Bayesian methods usable for everyone.
Dr. Maximilian Hallenberger, Miguel de la Varga Hormazabal
- Round 14
- Education/Research
- Applications
Urban Analyst: We are developing an analysis tool for urban infrastructures.
Mark Padgham
- Round 14
- Mobility/Regional planning
- Applications
TerpLounge: We help interpreters with training in simultaneous translation.
Sarah-Désirée Tiemann, John Newby
- Round 14
- Education/Research
- Applications
Round 13
Funded Period
01/03/2023 – 31/08/2023
Number of projects
23
Projects from Round 13
Accesible and collaborative work with Emacspeak: We build an auditive client for video and audio conferences.
Michael Volz, Niclas Schmidt
- Round 13
- Diversity
- System Software
Treeful: Future-proof tree planting with our help.
Christoph Trost
- Round 13
- Environment/Sustainability
- Applications
Transcribee: We create an userfriendly transcriptiontool.
Jaro Habiger, pajowu, Robin Heinemann, Philipp Mandler
- Round 13
- Diversity
- Applications
Tauritron. An open source webinterface for a worldwide applicable energysystemstudy.: Energyplan decisions transparent for citizens and decision-makers.
Maximilian Parzen
- Round 13
- Environment/Sustainability
- Applications