The Change Your World Grant program is temporarily suspended and we are not accepting applications at this time. Please check back at a later date for an update on the program.
Sun Microsystems values its commitment to learning and believes helping students learn, interact, and solve problems that can change the world is critical to bridging the digital divide.
By providing access to open technologies and learning, Sun hopes to inspire the next generation of innovators to make an impact in addressing global challenges.
The Change Your World equipment grant program awards Sun remanufactured systems to educators in academic institutions who incorporate Sun's open source software in curriculum, collaborative research, and other development programs.
Promote the integration of Sun open source technologies in undergraduate and graduate level computer science curriculum
Encourage participation of educators and students in Sun's open source software communities
Promote development and communication of best practices, new technologies, and innovative methodologies and projects related to Sun's open source software
We invite eligible US-based colleges and universities with undergraduate degree programs in engineering, computer science and information technology to submit proposals in key areas we support such as:
Curriculum Development - Integrating Sun open source technology in undergraduate and graduate level courses
Application Development - Developing an application, technology or solution using Sun open source software
Research Projects - Furthering the knowledge and advancement of Sun open source technology through collaborative research projects and published papers
Open Source Community - Sponsoring a Sun open-source community project that aligns with the academic and research interests of your students, faculty and researchers
Eligibility Criteria
The current grant cycle is open only to US-based academic institutions.
Applicant institutions must:
Be a public or private, 2- or 4-year accredited college or university in the US
Have 3304(f) or a 501(c)3 or Section 115 IRS tax-exempt status
Be validated as compliant with US laws and regulation
Be an organization that is consistent with Sun's non-discrimination policies and practices. Institutions are not eligible if their primary mission is religious, sectarian, discriminatory, political, or if the organization discriminates on the basis of race, creed, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status
Meet minimum infrastructure requirements to support the use of technology (eg. electricity, buildings, internet access, existing high-speed wireless computing environment)
Have IT resources available with Unix system administration experience to support the use of the granted equipment
Grantee institutions must:
Designate a faculty member to serve as the key contact overseeing the commitment for implementation, monitoring and measurement of the project's success.
All systems are built, tested, and certified to meet the same high quality standards as our new products and come with the same hardware warranty as new equipment. Sun Warranty Support Information.
All servers come with the Solaris 10 Operating System pre-installed on the system.
Grants do NOT include installation or software support. To learn more about the service plans available for purchase, see Sun Systems Service Plans For Solaris.
Technology Focus Area
The Change Your World grant program focuses on projects that incorporate one or more of Sun's open source software technologies into classroom curriculum, research or other academic programs. Priority will be given to projects that promote education and advancement of Java, NetBeans, OpenSolaris, and MySQL.
Below are just a few examples of the kinds of projects we look for.
Curriculum Focusing On OpenSolaris
Operating Systems Courses. Use DTrace to study the workings of the operating system. Ask questions about the system and write your own D program to find the answers.
File Systems Courses. Study ZFS and compare to other file systems.
Application Programming. Use DTrace and Performance Analyzer to study and improve application performance.
Port applications, games and tools to OpenSolaris.
Use NetBeans IDE plug-ins that result in put-backs to the NetBeans community.
Timeline
The Change Your World Grant program is temporarily suspended and we are not accepting applications at this time. Please check back at a later date for an update on the program.
Contact Us
For more information on the program please contact us.
