[kictanet] ISOC community grants

[alice at apc.org]

The Internet Society will be accepting applications for the November 2012 round of the Community Grants Programme from 09 August to 10 September 2012, (note that applications will close at the end of the day, midnight PDT (-7 UTC) on 10 September).  Award decisions will be made in early November.
 
To prepare for this application round, we will be holding two information sessions via WebEx on Thursday, 2 August at 1030 and 2000 UTC.  More information on the Q&A sessions can be found at http://www.internetsociety.org/events/chapter-events?p=1460
 
If you plan to attend, please sign up for one of the two meeting times using the doodle poll link below:
 
http://www.doodle.com/niqtib2dqnwtuyh3
 
Session notes will be made available on the Chapter Meeting webpage for those who are unable to attend.
 
Programme information is available on the Internet Society website, for your review at: http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/community-grants (note that this page is also available in French and Spanish).
 
Those participating in a conference call are urged to read over the programme webpages in advance of the meeting.
 
**New to the programme**
 
Letters of Support are Mandatory:
 
Beginning this round, the Community Grant Programme will require at least one letter of support to be uploaded to your application. The support letter(s) should acknowledge the support from the various stakeholders engaged in the project, whether “in kind” or cash donations.  Any support for your project that is more than US$500 should be validated with a support letter and establishes your project partners’ willingness to support your initiative and their engagement toward fulfilling your project’s goals.
 
 
**Good to know **
 
The Internet Society will continue using the Zoomgrants web-based application to receive your Community Grants Programme proposals. We highly recommend you consult the online tutorial before applying.
 
The current, preferred Focus Areas for project applications remain:
• IPv6
• Local content creation (encouraging demand for and use of the Internet for a specific community)
• Encouraging the multi-stakeholder approach to technical and policy issues
• Interconnection and traffic exchange
 
It is important to note, that the above Focus Areas may provide direction in formulating project ideas. These are preferences only, so other project topics can be accepted as well.
 
You can read an application sample at http://internetsociety.org/sample-community-grants-application
 
Frequently asked questions can be consulted at http://internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/community-grants/community-grants-faq

 
Any questions regarding the Community Grants Programme, please send them to projects[at]isoc.org.

 
We look forward to your participation.

 
Ilda Simao
Grants Coordinator
Internet Society
www.InternetSociety.org
 
Would you like to share your grants experience and questions with your peers?
Send and email to projects at isoc.org and request membership to the chapter-grants-discuss at elists.isoc.org
 
Would you like to see what your peers are doing ? Check our past awards: http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/community-grants/past-awards