Cesium announces Cesium Grants JAPAN 2024, a grant-funding project to foster innovation, interoperability, education, and collaboration in the 3D geospatial ecosystem.
The grant amount is expected to be between US$5,000 and US$50,000 per project, depending on the content.
“Cesium Grants JAPAN 2024” is open to early-stage startups, educators, researchers, and professionals who want to promote an ecosystem that combines 3D geospatial information in Japan. This support program provides grants to developers, creators, people who want to learn development, and people who are interested in DX, metaverse, digital twins, etc.
This grant is Cesium’s commitment to lowering barriers to entry into the 3D geospatial ecosystem and contributing to the advancement of this field.
“Since the early days of open source CesiumJS, the community has always inspired us with what they build in 3D geospatial and how they connect open, interoperable ecosystems. More than a decade later, we believe that 3D geospatial technology is starting to see strong innovation and adoption in many markets. We hope this helps launch new ideas, and we’re honored to be able to give back in this way,” said Patrick Cozzi, CEO of Cesium.
Cesium Grants JAPAN’s notable submission themes include, but are not limited to:
- Contributing to open source – Working with Cesium and contributing to projects using the Cesium platform or related products. Contributing to projects related to the 3D geospatial ecosystem.
- Contribute by expanding the ecosystem – Contributing to open standards, multi-project integration, documentation, tutorials, open data, etc.
- Academic curriculum development for educators.
- Contributing to the world – including projects on climate change issues and social impact investing.
All Cesium Grants JAPAN 2024 grant recipients retain ownership of their intellectual property and work and are free to publicly use them. Submissions submitted by the deadline will include a description of the ecosystem’s impact on the community, implementation plans, and other benefits, regardless of age, gender, place of residence, family size, occupation, institutional affiliation, or industry. will be evaluated based on. We value ideas that help our ecosystem grow through Cesium’s core values of collaboration, innovation, customer focus, and continuous learning.
Beyond Grant Programs
Our relationship continues even after the project ends. Grant winners will be featured on Cesium’s website and will receive a badge to use in their online presence. Our ongoing relationship with Cesium includes access to the Cesium team, joint communications and joint business development.
