Applications open for IPv6 Deployment Grants

The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) empowers organizations across the Asia Pacific region to research, design, and implement Internet-based solutions to solve Internet development challenges that support community development and growth.

The APNIC Foundation manages a variety of funding mechanisms available to organizations and initiatives that support Internet development in the Asia Pacific.

These are:

• Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia)
• Foundation Community Assistance
• Trust Discretionary Funding

ISIF Asia is the APNIC Foundation’s grant and awards fund. Applications for funding can be made by organizations legally registered in the Asia Pacific region, based on funding available from their funding partners.

The IPv6 Deployment Grants are part of the Infrastructure program. They are targeted to support concrete IPv6 deployment plans from network operators in the Asia Pacific region at different stages of development.

Funding Information

• The grants are open to all industry types and stakeholder groups and prioritize support to proposals that maximize community benefit, in particular those seeking funding to deploy IPv6 in unserved or underserved communities, in rural or remote areas. The grants range between USD 30,000 and USD 250,000​.

Eligibility Criteria

• The grants will be open to all industry types and stakeholder groups and will prioritize support to proposals that maximize community benefit, in particular those seeking funding to deploy IPv6 in unserved or underserved communities, in rural or remote areas.
• Organizations holding an IPv6 block will be eligible for the grants, which will range between USD 30,000 and USD 250,000​. A total pool of USD 800,000 is available.
• Interested applicants will be required to submit a detailed proposal through the APNIC Foundation grants and awards portal.
• The application form will be open throughout the year on an ongoing basis until funds are exhausted. Therefore, the total number of grants allocated will depend on the size of the requests accepted.
• The grants will have an implementation period of twelve to eighteen months, depending on the complexity of the proposal presented.
• Applicants from developed economies will be required to confirm matching funding to be eligible to apply.
• The grants will be allocated through a competitive selection process.
• Project proposals from Asia Pacific-based organizations will be considered.
• Applications from public, private sector, academia (such as universities or research and development institutions), non-profit and social enterprises are welcome to all grant categories.
• The names, academic background and relevant experience of the people having relevant technical and administrative participation in the implementation of the project must be stated.
• Individuals are not eligible to apply.
• No self-nominations for the Awards are accepted.
• When submitting an application, the applicants acknowledge that any grant funding and, indeed, the application and evaluation process, is entirely at the discretion of the funding partners and they may choose to determine the process at any time up to the time of actual payment.

For more information, visit APNIC Foundation.