Deadline: 15 May 2018
The Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean (FRIDA) is currently accepting proposals for its 2018 Grants program to provide financial support for research projects and innovative initiatives that seek to explore strategies to promote access to the Internet and the use of technologies to promote the social and economic development of the region.
Grant Information
Each grant will be US $ 20,000. The selected projects will have 12 months for the execution of activities.
Priority Themes
- Technology and Gender Grant
- The gender gap in technology continues to be a challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean. FRIDA Program will provide a grant for a project that seeks to develop innovative solutions focused on promoting gender equality and the leadership of women in the field of technologies and the Internet Industry. Priorities will be given to initiatives that work around:
- The development of digital skills among women and girls (coding, network and security management, IPv6, Big Data, Robotics, Internet of Things, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, among others);
- The participation of women in digital markets and their access to technology jobs;
- The application of strategies to defend digital rights, greater security and inclusion of women and girls online;
- The involvement of women in the deployment of Internet infrastructure to promote Internet access and adoption.
- Projects must be led by a woman, and work team nominations will be prioritized, mostly made up of women.
- The gender gap in technology continues to be a challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean. FRIDA Program will provide a grant for a project that seeks to develop innovative solutions focused on promoting gender equality and the leadership of women in the field of technologies and the Internet Industry. Priorities will be given to initiatives that work around:
- Subsidies Community Networks
- Community networks offer a way for remote communities, currently unattended, to organize themselves to develop local solutions that allow them to access the Internet. FRIDA will offer two grants for projects that seek to explore innovations to contribute to the development of community networks in Latin America and the Caribbean. Applications that work in one or more of the following areas will be accepted:
- Innovations in business models for the development and consolidation of community networks
- Technical solutions, including the development of devices and improvements for network management.
- Development of local content to promote an Internet use that responds to relevant and significant needs for new users
- Promotion of regulation that enables and enhances the development of community networks.
- Community networks offer a way for remote communities, currently unattended, to organize themselves to develop local solutions that allow them to access the Internet. FRIDA will offer two grants for projects that seek to explore innovations to contribute to the development of community networks in Latin America and the Caribbean. Applications that work in one or more of the following areas will be accepted:
Eligibility Criteria
- They may apply for work teams from civil society organizations, public and private universities, state agencies and private enterprises whose activities align with the priorities of the program.
- Individual applications will not be accepted.
- The entities that apply must be based in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
How to Apply
Applicants must apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit FRIDA Grants.