ISOC - Community Grants Programme
Steve Song
Mike Jensen sent this to me a few weeks ago and I have been remiss in
forwarding it to the list. The Internet Society are offering grants
of up to 10K USD for projects that fit their goals, which include
"enabling access". You can see more about their criteria at
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects/criteria.php
If anyone in the VT community was interested in creating a Village
Telco pilot, this might be a good vehicle to gain access to some
resources. Applications open on 1 March 2010 and close 26 March.
Decisions will be made mid-May 2010.
More information at http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects/
Cheers... Steve
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Internet Society (ISOC) Funds Projects to Expand Internet Access and Use
- Community Grants Programme's 10th round helps extend Internet's
reach and promote key technologies
The Internet Society (ISOC) is funding community-based projects around
the world to promote Internet access and education in underserved
communities, to track and highlight the deployment of IPv6-the next
generation protocol key to the Internet's continued growth, and to
address issues such as online identity theft.
"These awards extend the Internet Society Community Grants Programme's
five-year tradition of providing tangible support for efforts by the
Internet Society's global community in realizing our shared vision
that the Internet can be used to improve the life of people in all
parts of the world," said Jon McNerney, Chief Operating Officer of the
Internet Society. "As the Internet becomes a larger part of everyday
life in many parts of the world, it is even more important that we
enable its use by the billions of people on every continent who today
are without access."
As part of the ISOC Community Grants Programme, each project will
receive up to US$15,000 for efforts that promote the open development,
evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people
throughout the world.
Projects funded in this round include those aiming to:
* Deploy self-contained, solar-powered Internet access kiosks to
rural African areas,
* Provide Internet access to and training for virtual classrooms
and educational material to underprivileged children in Pakistan,
* Propose a solution to the problem of identity theft and fraud
relating to academic transcripts and diplomas, and
* Educate senior citizens and the disabled in Harlem, New York City.
Internet Society Community Grants are awarded twice each year. The
next round of the programme will open on 1 March 2010.
Additional information is available about the Community Grants
Programme and this round of award-winning projects:
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects/
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects/awards.php?id=10
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