Deadline: 15 September 2017
The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) has announced its three grants programs to empower community in the Asia pacific region to research, design and implement Internet-based solutions for their own needs, placing particular emphasis on the positive role the Internet has in social and economic development in the region.
The grant programs are:
- Internet Operations Research Grants
- Internet for Development Grant
- Cybersecurity grants
ISIF Asia offers support through competitive grants and awards processes as well as offering support for a range of capacity building opportunities for selected recipients.
Objectives
- Support research on Internet operations, infrastructure, technologies and protocols, conducted within the Asia Pacific region.
- Support implementation and refinement of digital solutions that make strategic use of Internet technologies in an innovative way, responding to the needs and challenges that different communities face.
- Provide higher visibility and share evidence of the positive influence that the Internet is having in the
- Asia Pacific region, and in particular the contributions from Asia Pacific digital innovators to these developments.
- Build the capacities needed by organizations and their project teams, to scale-up their solutions; whether through better management, fundraising, or partnership development.
Key Dates
- Applications open: 20 June 2017
- Applications close: 15 September 2017
- Selection process: September 2017
- Due diligence review and contracts: October 2017
- Announcement of successful application/s: November 2017
For more information, please visit ISIF Asia’s Three Grants Programs.