
We help develop interesting and necessary Internet projects - free software projects, educational projects, cultural, communication and all others that make the world a better place. Now we have launched a grant program and provide such projects with servers of various capacities from 960 MHz CPU / 512 Mb RAM / 16 Gb HDD to 2x2560 MHz CPU / 4096 Mb RAM / 128 Gb HDD for free. Grants are distributed as a result of voting in an open competition.
Grants
Grants are provided in the form of servers whose rent is paid for 1 year. Grants are divided into several categories according to server capacity.
| Grant composition | Number of grants |
|---|
| Server True40: 2x2560 MHz CPU, 4096 Mb RAM, 128 Gb HDD | one |
| True32 server: 2560 MHz CPU, 2048 Mb RAM, 64 Gb HDD | 2 |
| Server True30: 1280 MHz CPU, 1024 Mb RAM, 32 Gb HDD | four |
| Server True22: 960 MHz CPU, 512 Mb RAM, 16 Gb HDD | eight |
Total grants: 15
Filing an application
The application for a grant should be made by the direct participant of the project and should include the name of the project and the address of its website, a brief description, the number of users. For one project, you can submit several applications for different categories of grants, but only one of them can be satisfied. Applications are accepted from July 20 to July 31. The application form is located at
www.truevds.ru/grants.form')
The selection committee checks applications for compliance with the conditions for participation in the grant program. We also reserve the right not to allow applications to participate without giving reasons.
The terms of participation
Grants are provided for non-commercial Internet projects that are in operation and are sought after by the company. Startups in the early stages of start-up or projects that exist only in plans cannot receive a grant.
The main goal of the project should be to
reduce entropy and improve the world, perhaps in some narrow area - what is called a bureaucratic language to promote scientific and technical, social or cultural progress. The project should be focused on international or Russian users.
Grants are not available for online stores and online representations of commercial organizations, torrents and file archives, search engine optimization services, lotteries and financial services of any kind, social and political organizations.
Grants can be used only for the main or auxiliary services of the project for which the application was submitted. Resale of the resources provided, their commercial use, as well as any use that violates Russian or international law, is prohibited.
When closing a project or changing the nature of a project's activity, the use of the grant should be discontinued.
Grant Distribution
Grants are awarded to the winners of the competition - applications that received the highest number of votes in a public vote in their category. Votes are collected on the voting page
www.truevds.ru/grants.vote , all visitors can vote.
In all categories, voting takes place simultaneously. The number of winners in a category is determined by the number of grants in this category. If the application of one project has won in several categories, the applicant may choose the category of the grant received at his discretion, having refused from grants in other categories.
The applicant may at any time withdraw its application from the competition. If the winner refuses the grant, the next application in the same category in the same category receives it.
Re-grants
After completion of the received grant, the project can be re-submitted for a competition for receiving grants on a common basis with other participants.
Timing
| Submission of applications for participation | July 20 to July 31 |
| Voting | August 1 to August 22 |
| Grant issuance | from August 23 |
Grant Program Page:
www.truevds.ru/grantsGrant application form:
www.truevds.ru/grants.form