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hodlbod · 1w
You should try applying and see how it goes. I have a high opinion of the integrity of the board/committee. I've not personally seen any behavior that I would read as duplicitous, although of course t...
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I did apply, (recently) in November. Received the boiler-plate response below:

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Dear Applicant,

Thank you for submitting your grant application to OpenSats. We regret to inform you that your project was not selected for funding.

We received a large number of applications and were unable to fund all of the worthy proposals. The applicant pool was very competitive, which is a great thing to see in and of itself. Unfortunately, your application did not make the cut this time around.

Feel free to apply again in the future: https://opensats.org/apply

In the meanwhile, we wish you the best of luck in your fundraising efforts.

Sincerely,
The OpenSats Team
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Laeserin · 1w
Alexandria has already been turned down, twice. Whatever.
hodlbod · 1w
Yeah, I wish there was more transparency. At the same time form letters forestall a lot of nasty problems when people don't take rejection well (see above for an example). Unrelated to your application, speaking for myself only and on behalf of no organization (especially not OpenSats), here's my o...