Informatsiya o natsional'nom nauchnom fonde SSHA - organizatsii, kotoraya finansiruet proekt Mirnet s amerikanskoj storony.

V ogromnoj mere blagodalya podderzhke i odobreniyu doktora A.M.Boronina i doktora V.K. Akimenko Natasha smogla nachat' etot proekt. Postoyannaya podderzhka etih lyudej v techenii poslednih dvuh let igraet ogromnuyu rol' v zhizni Druzej i Partnerov.

>V ogromnoj mere blagodarya vnimaniyu i podderzhke mistera Homera Fishera, Starshego Vitse-Prezidenta Universiteta Tennessi, my smogli nachat' etot proekt s amerikanskoj storony. Mister Fisher podderzhival nash proekt s momenta starta i v poslednie mesyatsy ochen' pomog nam pri osnovanii novogo tsentra dlya raboty nad proektom Druz'ya i Partnery, tak zhe, kak i pri rabote nad drugimi mezhdunarodnymi komp'yuternymi initsiativami. My ochen' v dolgu u mistera Fishera i u mnogih drugih lyudej, rabotayuschih v sisteme Universiteta Tennessi, za vsyu podderzhku, sdelavshuyu vozmozhnym etot proekt.

My poluchili grant na $40,000 ot Gos. Departamenta SSHA v noyabre 1995 goda dlya osnovaniya tsentra v Puschino, Rossiya, dlya dal'nejshego razvitiya Druzej i Partnerov i dlya podgotovki cervera k vstreche Gora s CHernomyrdinym v yanvare 1996 goda. My osobenno blagodarny Badu Rok i Lize Maunt za podderzhku i odobrenie, kotorye eti lyudi proyavili k nashej initsiative. 

My poluchili $56000 grant v yanvare 1995 goda dlya oborudovaniya bolee bystroj i nadezhnoj Internet-svyazi mezhdu Puschino i Moskvoj i dlya oplaty stoimosti dvizheniya informatsii po etim setyam. My osobenno blagodarny doktoru ZHan-Pol Nadriu, nashemu ofitseru po grantam v NATO, za veru v nash proekt i za aktivnuyu podderzhku. My nadeemsya prodolzhit' nashu rabotu s NATO i nad drugimi initsiativami, ob'edinyayuschimi lyudej nashih stran.

Sistema komp'yuterov dlya Druzej i Partnerov v Puschino, Rossiya, byla predostavlena nam etoj kompaniej. My osobenno v dolgu u Kevina Robaka i Boba Kloaka za vsyu ih podderzhku nashim raznoobraznym initsiativam i za pomosch', privedshuyu k ustanovke moschnoj rabochej stantsii v Puschino. My takzhe hoteli by poblagodarit' Toma Rittenberi i Lindu Gatti iz firmy Sun v Noksville, Tennessi, za drugoj grant na oborudovanie, kotoryj prines dopolnitel'nuyu pamyat' nashemu komp'yuteru i pomog suschestvenno rasshirit' ego audio-video vozmozhnosti. Sun Microsystems okazala ogromnuyu pomosch' nashemu proektu (kak svoim odobreniem, tak i finansovo), i my hoteli by prodolzhat' eto effektivnoe sotrudnichestvo.

Fond predostavil oborudovanie dlya raboty servera Druz'ya i Partnery v Puschino- Sun Sparc 1 server, kotoryj pervonachal'no sluzhil dlya kopirovaniya informatsii s servera v Noksvile i do sih por rabotaet v ramkah proekta Druz'ya i Partnery.Mezhdunarodnyj Nauchnyj Fond prodelal bol'shuyu rabotu po razvitiyu informatsionnoj infrastruktury i svyazi s Internetom. My blagodarny za predostavlennuyu vozmozhnost' rabotat' s etoj organizatsiej

Ed Brajson iz Esper Systems- horoshij drug servera Druz'ya i Partnery, on dal nam mnozhestvo poleznyh tehnicheskih sovetov. Nadeemsya, chto i dal'she on i firma Esper Systems budut sotrudnichat' s nami.

>V samom nachale suschestvovaniya Druzej i Partnerov RELARN predostavil nam finansovuyu pomosch' dlya oplaty rashodov po svyazyam s Internet. I v bol'shoj mere imenno blagodarya podderzhke RELARN my smogli nachat' rabotu nad etim proektom.

STAK, v Puschino, Rossiya, - eto firma, predostavlyayuschaya svyaz' s komp'yuternymi setyami na yuge Moskovskoj oblasti i obespechivayuschaya nadezhnuyu svyaz' s Internetom dlya razlichnyh organizatsij, raspolozhennyh v etom regione. V chastnosti, STAK ochen' pomog nam v samom nachale suschestvovaniya Druzej i Partnerov, predostavlyaya Natashe komp'yuternoe vremya dlya raboty nad proektom, podderzhivaya ee usiliya tehnicheski i dazhe finansovo, oplachivaya nashi pervye rashody na Internet-svyaz'. My nadeemsya prodolzhit' sotrudnichestvo s etoj zamechatel'noj firmoj. 

We received a $60,000 grant from the Ford Foundation in February, 1997, to initiate a planning project - studying development of Civic Networksin Russia. (please see CivNET-Russia fora description of this project). Subsequently, we have received a $255,000 grantin January, 1998 to implement civic networks in the three communities selected during the previous planning grant. We are most grateful to the Ford Foundation and toprogram officer Chris Kedzie for all they have done to make this project possible andfor their broader support of Friends and Partners.