DLAD Funding Opportunities

The concept development and planning phases of DLAD have been supported by SOU’s Institute for Applied Sustainability.

  • Starting in Q2 of 2023, seek funding for the Launch phase of DLAD
    • Socialize the idea with potential funding sources and apply for grants
    • Capacity building and organizational development and building version 1 of the solution (open source) q4 2023)
  • Proposed uses of funds
    • Labor for capacity for volunteer recruitment, documentation of goals, organizational launch documents and filings $45,000
    • Technical and Administrative costs – $5,000
      • Build v1 application
      • Database hosting
      • Meetings and basic office costs (no space, just supplies and services)
  • Find a more complete set of thinking on how the DLAD project might be funded in this presentation:

We would love to connect with you and learn more about how you think this could work best.