Some of you may be familiar with the Open Screen Project. It's a collective of technology and content companies, initated by Adobe, that aims to bring consistent user experiences to multiple screens (web, desktop, mobile, set top boxes, consumer electronics) through standards. There are some big names in the group, including Intel, Cisco, MTV, Motorola, Universal, Nokia, Qualcomm, Palm, Toshiba and Sony Ericsson - just to name a few.

When we say "a consistent user experience across multiple screens", Flash is obviously the tool that where going to be working with. It's arguably the most mature cross-platform runtime out there, and certainly the one that provides developers with the most consistent authoring environment and language for addressing these mutliple screens. And in order to energize and engage developers in this endeavour, Nokia and Adobe announced at Mobile World Congress 2009 the creation of The Open Screen Project Fund. 

The Open Screen Project Fund is a $10 million market development fund that will provide grants to developers in order to accelerate the creation of apps, content and services that leverage the Adobe Flash Platform and run across mobile, desktop and consumer electronics devices.

Developers around the world are invited to submit their ideas. Proposals will be reviewed by an Open Screen Project Fund steering committee, who are seeking applications that work across devices, and showcase the key features of Flash Lite, Flash Player and AIR. While the apps do not have to run across all three screens (desktop, mobile and CE devices), at a minimum a mobile version is required.

If you have some ideas for applications that will create excellent multiple-screen experiences, then this is a great opportunity to access development funding that can seriously kick start the development. For more information and to apply, visit the Open Screen Project website.