{"id":144830,"date":"2010-01-06T10:59:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T15:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tlt.fandm.edu\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2010-01-06T10:59:48","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T15:59:48","slug":"in-potential-blow-to-open-source-software-mellon-foundation-closes-grant-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/144830","title":{"rendered":"In Potential Blow to Open-Source Software, Mellon Foundation Closes Grant Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is eliminating a grant program that financed a series of high-profile university software projects and is merging it into another program. <\/p>\n<p>Mellon\u2019s decade-old Research in Information Technology program, or RIT, helped bankroll a catalog of freely available software that includes Sakai, a course-management system used by Stanford University and the University of Michigan; Kuali, a financial-management program recently rolled out at Colorado State University; and Zotero, a program for managing research sources used by millions.<\/p>\n<p>Now the foundation plans to eliminate the RIT program as a stand-alone entity. Mellon described the change as part of an effort to &#8220;consolidate resources&#8221; and concentrate on core program areas like the liberal arts, scholarly communications, and museums. RIT will merge into the Scholarly Communications program, which will manage its existing grants. Ira H. Fuchs, RIT\u2019s founder, says his position has been eliminated, as has that of Christopher J. Mackie, RIT\u2019s associate program officer. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blog\/Wired-Campus\/5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/img\/photos\/biz\/icons\/wired.gif\"><\/a><br \/>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogPost\/In-Potential-Blow-to\/19519\/\">Chronicle of Higher Education &#8211; Wired Campus<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/tltatfandm.wordpress.com\/1204\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=tlt.fandm.edu&#038;blog=7318144&#038;post=1204&#038;subd=tltatfandm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is eliminating a grant program that financed a series of high-profile university software projects and is merging it into another program. 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