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NLnet; Awards To main content Send in your ideas. Deadline August 1, 2026 if (document.location.host !== "nlnet.nl") { const banner = document.getElementById('call_banner'); const a = document.createElement("a"); a.href = "https://nlnet.nl" + document.location.pathname; a.appendChild(document.createTextNode("compare")); a.style.float = "right"; banner.appendChild(a); } Menu Funding Apply for funding Theme funds NGI Zero Support services Projects All projects Currently running Thematic index Stories News & events News Events Webinars Office Hour Podcast NGI Zero Tour Schedule Speaker Bureau Resources Best practices Presentations Hex stickers Support NLnet Financial contribution Join the OIN About us Foundation People Press In the media Contact News & events News 20131101-awards.html Awards The selected projects within the November 2013 Call are: Koruza KORUZA is an innovative open-source open-hardware wireless communication system, employing a new low-cost approach to designing free-space optical network systems, enabling building-to-building connectivity with a highly collimated light beam at a capacity of 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps) at distances up to 100 m. It is designed to be suitable for home as well as professional users, enabling organic bottom-up growth of networks by eliminating the need for wired fiber connections and associated high installation costs. The simplicity of use, low-cost and compact size allow the system to be deployed in any network. More about KORUZA SecuShare The SecuShare project implement of a social messaging service based the GNUnet peer-to-peer framework offering scalability, extensibility, and end-to-end encrypted communication.