We are happy to announce that Applications for Beyond the Net Medium and Large grants are open until Thursday, 23 March 2017.
Beyond the Net seeks to improve the quality of people’s lives in all parts of the world by providing them meaningful access to an open, trusted and global Internet.
Do you have a project that can promote the development of your community, but you don’t have the economic resources to implement it?
Beyond the Net provides funding up to $30,000 USD for one or two years’ projects.
Projects must focus in one or more of the following categories:
Starting at 9:00am US EST (UTC-5) today, January 23, the State of the Net 2017 conference will stream live out of Washington, DC. This annual event brings together politicians, U.S. Congressional staff and other policy makers to discuss the current state of Internet policy, particularly as it relates to U.S. positions and policies. Given the new U.S. President, this year's event should be of special interest. You can watch live at:
We will have two Internet Society staff participating: