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We must reinforce our commitment to support communities around the world in gaining greater access to the Internet and ensuring its security and resiliency. We must keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy.
$60,000 for Connecting the Unconnected
Connecting the Unconnected Grants support communities and local organizations working to build and expand Internet infrastructure to connect people living in rural, remote, and low-income areas. This includes initiatives such as community networks, municipal networks, cooperatives, and other forms of complementary access solutions.
Communities and local organizations can apply to either build a new complementary access solution to connect the unconnected, or to expand an existing one. The funding requested for each application is expected within, but not limited to, the following ranges:
- $40,000 USD to build new complementary access solutions to connect the unconnected
- $20,000 USD to expand or improve existing complementary access solutions to connect the unconnected
$8,000 for Sustainable Technical Communities
Sustainable Technical Communities Grants support the growth of strong and sustainable technical communities that can help the Internet thrive by building, promoting, and defending an open, globally connected, trustworthy, and secure Internet based on local and regional needs.
Some examples of technical communities include: Network Operator Groups (NOGs), National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), country-code Top Level Domain Operators (ccTLDs), CSIRTs, among others.
Funding of up to $4,000 USD is available on an annual basis (per calendar year):
- One per organization for local or national events
- Two per organization for regional events
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Rwandan Organisation of Women with Disabilities
I am interested to hear from you regularly regarding internet opportunities for our people in rural Nigeria
Hello,
Im Denis from kenya working on fibre connectivity around the remote areas. Ild love to be part of the community.
I’m interested
Sadly, the Internet Society updated their website after I developed this post, but before I could publish it, to rescind their mid-year Connecting the Unconnected funding opportunity. The Sustainable Technical Communities funds remain available.
I would love to be connected. Im working with teenage mothers and street children in Mumias Kenya