Who Can Submit
Anyone: organisations, institutions, researchers and individuals who want to use Open Data but lack the time or expertise to do it alone. If your idea fits one of our three areas (data engineering, data storytelling or education), we'd like to hear about it.
Our Requirements
Every project we take on must meet two conditions:
- The outcome must be publicly accessible.
- At least one dataset used must be rated L3 or above on our Open Data Maturity Model, meaning it is openly licensed and reusable.
Beyond that, what we will and won't take on is governed by our Code of Conduct. In short: we judge a project by how data is used and whether the work is honest, not by who is behind it. Please give it a read before submitting.
How It Works
- 1. You send us your idea by email (see below).
- 2. We get back to you to discuss what you have in mind and whether it fits our mission, and give you an honest assessment.
- 3. If we take it on, it appears in the ODON Lab as Suggested, and we send a call to our ODON Creators.
- 4. ODON Creators and interns pick it up and build it, with the association supporting them, until it is Completed.
Cost and Donations
Projects in the ODON Lab are built by ODON Creators and interns who volunteer their time and choose freely which projects to work on. There is no fee and no service agreement.
You can donate towards a project. A donation is an incentive for people to work on it — it can help a project start sooner or balance out a smaller, more specialised audience — and covers costs such as hosting or APIs.
To donate towards a project, use the bank details on our Support Us page and put “Project: project name” as the payment reference. If you'd like to donate towards your own idea, mention it in your submission.
Donations go to the association, which uses them for the project. A donation makes a project more likely to happen but can't guarantee a timeline, and it never buys a result: the Code of Conduct applies to every project in the same way.
Submit Your Idea
Send us your idea by email using the template below. The Markdown download also works well as context for AI tools.
- To
- info@odon.at
- Subject
- Project Proposal
## 1. Project type
Mark one option with an x, e.g. [x]:
- [ ] Data Engineering
- [ ] Data Storytelling
- [ ] Education
- [ ] Not sure
## 2. Project description
Tell us about your idea. The more we know, the better we can respond. If you're not sure, just sketch it — we'll ask follow-up questions. Things that often help:
- what you'd like to achieve,
- what data is involved,
- when you'd want this done,
- whether there's a budget or people on your side who can contribute.
> (Your description)
## 3. Reply-to address (optional)
Only if different from the address you're sending from.
> (Your email address)
## 4. Consent
Privacy policy: https://odon.at/en/privacy/
- [ ] I have read the privacy policy and consent to ODON contacting me by email about this submission.♥ Submitting an idea is the start of a conversation, not a commitment.