Dear all, The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund opened its call for applications back in February and 42 applications from 19 countries were submitted to the Selection Committee over the 16 week application period. The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee reviewed all applications and is happy to announce that the following five projects have been selected as 2024 recipients of the fund: - Melchior Aelmans - Open Source Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange Implementation - Universidad de Granada - Network Engineering & Security Group - RIPE Atlas Distributed Network Telescope - Mulini SRL - Policy Certification and Verification for Cybersecurity in the Internet of Things (IoT) - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) / Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC) - GuardXP: From Data Privacy to Improved Cybersecurity - Soroush Rafiee Rad - Open Domain Rank: A Community-Developed Measure for Domain Reputation Ranking Based on Unique Identifiers’ Relationships Congratulations to all recipients and thanks to everyone who applied for the Community Projects Fund this year. Your ideas and efforts are a testament to the innovation and commitment within the Internet community. We look forward to seeing how the funded projects will develop and while not all applications could be funded, we appreciate the time and effort put into every submission. Read more about the projects at: https://www.ripe.net/community/community-initiatives/cpf/previous-funding-re... Looking ahead, the Community Projects Fund will be paused in 2025 as we undertake a review and gather feedback from the community. This pause will allow us to better understand the community's needs and ensure that the fund continues to support impactful and sustainable projects in the future. Kind regards, Alastair Strachan RIPE NCC