The Program in Research in Information Technology of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation invites nominations for the 2008 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration (MATC). In support of the Program’s mission to encourage collaborative, open source software development within traditional Mellon constituencies, these awards recognize not-for-profit organizations that are making substantial contributions of their own resources toward the development of open source software and the fostering of collaborative communities to sustain open source development.

The MATC awards provide the recipients with opportunities to strengthen their commitment to inter-organizational collaboration and open source software development. Awards are given at two levels: $50,000 awards to recognize important organizational contributions to open source projects which currently or potentially provide significant benefits to at least one traditional Mellon constituency; and $100,000 awards to recognize highly significant contributions to open source projects offering larger benefits to more or larger constituencies. Multiple awards may be bestowed at each level, at the discretion of the Award Committee and the Trustees of the Foundation.

Nominations will close at 5pm EDT (New York time) on Monday 14 April 2008.