Sustainable Technical Communities Funding Program at Internet Society Foundation

Overview

The Sustainable Technical Communities Funding Program at Internet Society Foundation helps native technical communities in organizing technical occasions that foster data alternate, empower ecosystem stakeholders, and contribute to the event and evolution of the Internet. By offering funding for occasion prices, this program goals to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of those communities globally.

Program Objectives

The program has the next goals:

• Knowledge Exchange: Contribute to the alternate of data and greatest practices associated to Internet applied sciences, together with peering.
• Advisory Role: Support communities to strengthen their capability to advise on the implementation of Internet-related insurance policies and function a technical experience hub.
• Capacity Building: Enhance technical experience in ecosystems by trainings, governance greatest practices, and content material growth.
• Impact and Dialogue: Strengthen the affect of the Internet Society Foundation’s mission by fostering open dialogue and follow-up actions from funded occasions.

Eligible occasions can obtain funding for house rental, catering, publicity, and outreach efforts to encourage various participation.

What is a Technical Community?

A technical neighborhood is a bunch of pros with working data of the applied sciences that make the Internet perform. These communities sometimes meet to collaboratively construct, promote, and shield an open, globally linked, safe, and reliable Internet. They obtain this by sharing data, constructing capability, and advising on Internet coverage and expertise. Examples of technical communities embrace:

• Network Operator Groups (NOGs)
• National Research and Education Networks (NRENs)
• Country-code Top Level Domain Operators (ccTLDs)
• Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs)

Eligibility and Review Process

Eligibility Criteria

• The funding is obtainable to organizations immediately concerned in planning and executing technical occasions.
• Organizations will need to have an official checking account of their identify.
• Applications needs to be submitted at least 8-10 weeks previous to the occasion’s begin date to permit for adequate evaluate time.

Selection Criteria

The collection of purposes shall be primarily based on the next standards:

• Alignment with Program Objectives: The occasion should assist the targets of the Sustainable Technical Communities funding program.
• Clear Need and Issue: The occasion should deal with a well-identified want associated to Internet growth or peering.
• Applicant Expertise: The applicant will need to have the required data and expertise to realize the occasion’s goals.
• Clear Expected Outcomes: The application should display clear and measurable outcomes relative to the funding quantity.
• Previous Reporting Compliance: If the applicant has obtained prior funding, they will need to have submitted all required reviews from earlier grants.

Funding Details

• Funding Available: Up to $6,000 USD per occasion, accessible on an annual foundation.
• One occasion per group for native/nationwide occasions and two occasions per group for regional occasions.
• Budget Requirement: Applicants should submit an in depth finances explaining how the funds shall be used.

How to Apply

Applications have to be submitted on-line by way of the Internet Society Foundation’s grant administration platform. Only full, eligible, and on-time purposes shall be thought-about.

• Deadline: Submit your application at least 8-10 weeks earlier than the occasion’s begin date.
• Apply Now: Submit your application

Sample Projects

The following are examples of occasions that could be supported by this system:

• National Network Operators Group Launch: Establishment of a technical neighborhood in a brand new nation.
• Technical Gatherings: Community occasions centered on the design and deployment of pc networks.
• Routing Security Discussions: Sharing greatest practices on routing safety.

Note: These examples should not exhaustive, and candidates are inspired to suggest different related occasions.

Exclusions

This funding program does not assist:

• Digital literacy trainings or outreach applications for most people.
• “Train-the-Trainer” applications specializing in primary digital abilities.
• Non-technical coverage and expertise dialogue boards.
• Staff coaching for a single group or charity.

For such initiatives, please contact your native Internet Society chapter for potential collaboration.

Reporting

Recipients should submit a story report about their occasion inside 30 days after its completion by way of the web Fluxx platform.

Questions?

If you have got any questions relating to this program or the application course of, please contact us. Due to restricted employees capability, we can not assure a response to inquiries obtained after the working day earlier than the application window closes.

For additional studying, we provide a set of on-line programs on community operations and peering, together with matters like:

• Fundamentals of Designing and Deploying Computer Networks
• Introduction to Network Operations
• Advanced Network Operations 2.0
• IXP 2.0

Apply Now and strengthen your community’s technical capacity!

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