Impact Funding Resources
The Foundation manages a variety of funding mechanisms available to organizations and initiatives that support Internet development in the Asia Pacific.
These are:
1) Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) (Currently open for applications until 4 April)
2) Foundation Community Assistance
3) Trust Discretionary Funding
ISIF Asia is the Foundation’s grant and awards fund. Applications for funding can be made by organizations legally registered in the Asia Pacific region, based on funding available from our funding partners.
These are:
1) Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) (Currently open for applications until 4 April)
2) Foundation Community Assistance
3) Trust Discretionary Funding
ISIF Asia is the Foundation’s grant and awards fund. Applications for funding can be made by organizations legally registered in the Asia Pacific region, based on funding available from our funding partners.
End Date04 Apr 2025 Funding AmountUSD 30k to150k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderAPNIC Foundation
Grant
APNIC Foundation
These are:
1) Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) (Currently open for applications until 4 April)
2) Foundation Community Assistance
3) Trust Discretionary Funding
ISIF Asia is the Foundation’s grant and awards fund. Applications for funding can be made by organizations legally registered in the Asia Pacific region, based on funding available from our funding partners.
Small Grants: USD 30k, Scale-up Grants: USD 85k, Impact Grants: USD 150k
1) Internet Infrastructure
Our focus on Internet Infrastructure refers to efforts to increase Internet speed, reduce maintenance and operational costs, improve reliability and/or security from a technical and operational perspective, and in support of the Internet industry in the Asia Pacific region.
The grants will be open to all industry types and stakeholder groups and will prioritize support to proposals that maximize community benefit, in particular those seeking funding to deploy IPv6 in unserved or underserved communities, in rural or remote areas.
Organizations holding an IPv6 block will be eligible for the grants.
2) Online Inclusion
Our focus on online Inclusion refers to efforts to ensure that everyone has meaningful and efficient access to the Internet, online applications and services, from a technical and operational perspective, and in support of the Internet industry in the Asia Pacific region.
These grants will support innovative solutions to one or more of the following focus areas:
• Support for Indigenous and grassroots organizations working on environmental issues to enhance their work through increased Internet availability
• Hardware and software development, and/or deployment to understand and address the environmental impact of Internet infrastructure
• Technical research that supports policy development around Internet technologies and climate change
3) Technical Knowledge
Our focus on Knowledge refers to efforts to develop technical capacity and/or research around Internet network operations, from a technical and operational perspective, and in support of the Internet industry in the Asia Pacific region.
