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.