<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="zd-indent" style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 0px;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 22px; margin: 15px 0px;">Dear colleagues,<br><br>I hope you are keeping well.<br><br>For the seventh year in a row, the RIPE NCC is committed to supporting activities and projects for 'the good of the Internet'. We are pleased to invite applications for funding from the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. Through this initiative, the RIPE NCC distributes up to EUR 250,000 per year to support projects of value to the operation, resilience and sustainability of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia.<br><br>Please don’t forget the deadline for this year's call for applications is Wednesday, 31 May 23:59 (UTC)</p></div><div class="zd-indent" style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 0px;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 22px; margin: 15px 0px;"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/call-for-applications">https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/call-for-applications</a> </p></div><div class="zd-indent" style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 0px;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 22px; margin: 15px 0px;">Kind Regards,</p></div><div class="zd-indent" style="caret-color: rgb(43, 46, 47); color: rgb(43, 46, 47); font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 0px;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 22px; margin: 15px 0px;">Alastair Strachan</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 22px; margin: 15px 0px;">RIPE NCC</p></div></body></html>