Call for Applications: Knowledge Grant

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.

APNIC Foundation focus on Knowledge refers to efforts to develop technical capacity and/or research around Internet network operations, from a technical and operational perspective, and in support of the Internet industry in the Asia Pacific region.

Areas

• The funding will support efforts to improve Internet infrastructure on one or more of the following areas:
  • Technical research and capacity building efforts on network operations and security with a focus on practical solutions around IPv6, Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) standard and Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
  • Technical training, mentoring, fellowships, exchange programs and other innovative mechanisms that support capacity building and professional development across the Asia Pacific region focusing on network operations, security, regulatory frameworks, disaster preparedness and climate change (if your project is primarily about work on disaster preparedness or climate change, you could apply for the Ian Peter Grants for Internet and the Environment)
  • Translation to Asia Pacific languages of relevant technical documentation and training materials focusing on network operations and security
  • Strengthening knowledge sharing across communities of practice such as Network Operators Groups and Computer Emergency Response Teams
  • Digital literacy efforts from technical organizations targeting non-technical audiences focused on awareness of network operations and security
  • Diagnosis, monitoring, measurement and/or analysis of live or historical datasets related to Internet infrastructure and its security

Funding Information

• Applications under this program can be submitted across three grant types supporting projects in different stages of development: Small grants (USD 30,000), scale-up grants (USD 85,000) and impact grants (USD 150,000).

Eligibility Criteria

• 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.