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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Hi all – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><span style="color:black">Just letting you know that the ISIF Asia grants are open. We’d love to see applications from BdNOG members. Applications close April 30. Info below.<br>
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Thanks!<br>
David Dawson<br>
(APNIC Foundation comms)<br>
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</span><span style="color:#1A1A1A">ISIF Asia is opening its 2023 grant cycle for applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1A1A">ISIF Asia Grants are focused on network operations and Internet development in the Asia Pacific. Almost any kind of organization can apply. Please share the news with your networks, we have a variety of different grants on offer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1A1A">The application link: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://isif.asia/apply/" target="_blank">https://isif.asia/apply/</a></span><span style="color:#1A1A1A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1A1A">Grants are across three broad areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#1A1A1A">Inclusion:</span></b><span style="color:#1A1A1A"> Initiatives that help ensure everyone has meaningful access to the Internet, online applications and services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#1A1A1A">Infrastructure:</span></b><span style="color:#1A1A1A"> Initiatives to increase Internet speed, reduce maintenance and operational costs, and improve reliability and/or security.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#1A1A1A">Knowledge:</span></b><span style="color:#1A1A1A"> Initiatives that develop technical capacity and/or research around Internet network operations for technical and non-technical audiences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;white-space:pre-line;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:#1A1A1A">Within these three program areas, there are additional types of grant:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1A1A">Ian Peter Grants for Internet and the Environment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1A1A">The Ian Peter Grants for Internet and the Environment can be across any of the three program areas and are to support innovative solutions to the environmental impact of the Internet. They commemorate the life and work of Ian Peter,
Internet pioneer and environmental activist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1A1A">IPv6 Deployment Grants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1A1A">ISIF Asia's IPv6 Deployment Grants are also open for organizations planning to deploy IPv6 in the Asia Pacific. IPv6 Deployment Grants range between USD 30,000 and USD 250,000. These are open all year round and are part of the Infrastructure
program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1A1A">Get in your applications now! Applications (excluding the IPv6 Deployment grants) close 30 April 2023, 11:59 AM (UTC+10).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1A1A">More information is available on the ISIF Asia blog.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://isif.asia/2023-isif-asia-grants-now-open-for-applications/" target="_blank">https://isif.asia/2023-isif-asia-grants-now-open-for-applications/</a></span><span style="color:#1A1A1A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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