[kictanet] Verisign to Award New Infrastructure Research Grants

[Alice Munyua]

  Dear all


This will be of interest.

Best

Alice


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  Verisign to Award New Infrastructure Research Grants

/New Program Expands on Success of 2011 Grants, Focuses on Strengthening 
Infrastructure for Global Access and the Developing World/

(Marketwire) -

RESTON, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/17/2012 -- VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: 
VRSN), the trusted provider of infrastructure for the networked world, 
today announced the expansion of a grant program designed to promote 
cutting-edge research into strengthening and improving the Internet's 
global infrastructure. This year's program will focus specifically on 
fostering infrastructure improvements that support safe and secure 
Internet access for users around the globe, especially in the developing 
world.

In July 2012 Verisign will award two $200,000 grants to the researchers 
who submit the most compelling proposals focused on the infrastructural 
and access challenges facing developers, service providers and most 
importantly, users in the developing world and elsewhere. The 2012 
grants represent a continuation and expansion of a successful grants 
program that concluded in October 2011. Full details of the grant 
program, including details on how to apply, are available at 
www.verisigninc.com/grants <http://www.verisigninc.com/grants>.

"The continuing success of the Internet's global expansion will hinge on 
the existence of robust, secure and constantly improving core 
infrastructure," said Dr. Burt Kaliski, Jr., senior vice president and 
chief technology officer of Verisign. "Verisign has always been 
committed to upholding the stability and security of the Internet and is 
proud to support the research that will keep the infrastructure strong 
for the next billion Internet users in the developing world."

Verisign launched the Infrastructure Grant Program in 2010 to coincide 
with a yearlong celebration of the 25th Anniversary of .Com. In the 
inaugural program, Verisign awarded four $75,000 grants (for a total of 
$300,000) to university researchers to support compelling infrastructure 
research projects. That program concluded in October 2011, when the four 
winning researchers presented their findings at a grant symposium at the 
Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Building off of the success of the inaugural program, Verisign has both 
increased the size and narrowed the focus of the grants in 2012, 
soliciting research that focuses on the infrastructural and access 
challenges faced by users in the developing world and elsewhere.

To judge the grant submissions, and determine the final grant awardees, 
Verisign is assembling a blue ribbon panel of experts who have played 
leading roles in developing the policies and technology that have 
supported the Internet's growth. The full list of judges will be posted 
in the coming weeks.

Verisign will announce the winners of the 2012 Infrastructure grants in 
summer 2012.

About Verisign
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infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each 
day, Verisign helps companies and consumers all over the world connect 
between the dots. Additional news and information about the company is 
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