The Awesome Foundation awards monthly grants to people who do something awesome. No strings attached.
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- Cotton Candy Cannon: An Awesom...
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Saturday, October 17 at 7:00pm - Meet the Awesome Foundation
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Thursday, July 16 at 7:00pm
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***NOTE: THIS EVENT IS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN IT USUALLY IS***
The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences and The Information Superhighway Cordially Invite You To...
COTTON CANDY CANNON: THE WEAPON OF THE FUTURE
An Awards Ceremony & Party for the Awesome Foundation
October 17th, 2009, 7:00 PM - 12:00
Betahouse, ...13 Magazine Street, Cambridge MA (Central Square)
A venerable institution founded in June 2009, The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences gives monthly $1,000 fellowships to projects that advance the interest of Awesomeness in our universe. There are no requirements for applying, no definite criteria for deciding the winner, and no limitations beyond the necessity for being awesome. The winners receive the money in cash, check, or gold doubloons.
This month, we are extremely proud to award our October Awesome Fellowship to Josh Gordonson (http://www.instructables.com/member/T3h_
You can read more about the proposal here: http://j.mp/5KKow
Come celebrate with us, meet the fellow and our micro-trustees, and hear about the plans to set the scheme into motion. We'll talk and answer any questions about how you can apply for the next round of Awesome grants coming out in October. And we'll also be giving the latest update on our previously funded Awesome Fellowships.
NOTE: the price for this event is free. You can expect beverages, food, ideas, cool people, and a big ceremonial check.
To submit to be the Awesome Fellow for October, please drop us a line by the 15th at: http://awesomefoundation.org.
For all you completionists, we're also cross-posted on Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572513/Read More
The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences and The Information Superhighway Cordially Invite You To...
COTTON CANDY CANNON: THE WEAPON OF THE FUTURE
An Awards Ceremony & Party for the Awesome Foundation
October 17th, 2009, 7:00 PM - 12:00
Betahouse, ...13 Magazine Street, Cambridge MA (Central Square)
A venerable institution founded in June 2009, The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences gives monthly $1,000 fellowships to projects that advance the interest of Awesomeness in our universe. There are no requirements for applying, no definite criteria for deciding the winner, and no limitations beyond the necessity for being awesome. The winners receive the money in cash, check, or gold doubloons.
This month, we are extremely proud to award our October Awesome Fellowship to Josh Gordonson (http://www.instructables.com/member/T3h_
You can read more about the proposal here: http://j.mp/5KKow
Come celebrate with us, meet the fellow and our micro-trustees, and hear about the plans to set the scheme into motion. We'll talk and answer any questions about how you can apply for the next round of Awesome grants coming out in October. And we'll also be giving the latest update on our previously funded Awesome Fellowships.
NOTE: the price for this event is free. You can expect beverages, food, ideas, cool people, and a big ceremonial check.
To submit to be the Awesome Fellow for October, please drop us a line by the 15th at: http://awesomefoundation.org.
For all you completionists, we're also cross-posted on Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572513/Read More
Time:7:00PM Saturday, October 17th
Location:Betahouse
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The Awesome Foundation and Information Superhighway are co-hosting an award ceremony for our September Awesome Fellow Greg Kapfhammer, who plans to launch a forty day competition to create badass data visualization.
Join us for drinks and celebration on Friday, September 12th...!
The party is also posted on Upcoming:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4413857/
This Saturday!
Location:Berkman Squared
Time:8:00PM Saturday, September 12th
Awesome Foundation Hey look, we have a blog: http://blog.awesomefoundation.org
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The Awesome Foundation is extremely proud to award its first ever grant to Hansy Better, professor at Rhode Island School of Design and all around architect extraordinaire. Based on her interest in “bringing ...
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The Awesome Foundation and Information Superhighway are co-hosting an award ceremony for our first ever grant winner, Hansy Better, who plans to design and build a huge hammock in Boston Common.
Join us for drinks and celebration on Friday, August 7th!
The party is also posted on Upcoming:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4170135
Honoring the Forwarding of Awesome in our Universe
Location:Berkman Squared
Time:8:00PM Friday, August 7th
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If you're interested in following us on Twitter, we're at @awesomefound
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We support people doing awesome things in the world. Every month we give out a grant. If you have an awesome idea, let us know.
Awesome Foundation We're announcing the first recipient on August 1! And on the same day we're opening up our August round!
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If you're interested in learning more about the Awesome Foundation, meeting some of the folks involved, or mixing it up with other "micro-geniuses", we're having an information session at BetaHouse on the 16th.
Hope you can make it!
Cross-posted on Upcoming: http://bit.ly/DEDt7
Awesome Foundation
If you're interested in learning more about the Awesome Foundation, meeting some of the folks involved, or mixing it up with other "micro-geniuses", we're having an information session at BetaHouse on the 16th.
Hope you can make it!
Cross-posted on Upcoming: http://bit.ly/DEDt7
Awesome Foundation 71 Fans, but only 65 submissions so far! Keep them coming in! I know you guys have more awesomeness than just this!
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