[LACNIC/Anuncios] FRIDA Launches New Website, Awards and Grants for Regional Projects

[Alexandra Dans]

The Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America and the 
Caribbean (FRIDA) announces that its 2012 call for proposals is now 
open. Both nominations for the FRIDA awards and applications for the 
grants for projects and initiatives that have significantly contributed 
to the use and development of the Internet in Latin America and the 
Caribbean are being accepted. This call for proposals is being launched 
together with the FRIDA Program's new website (www.programafrida.net), 
through which the organizations and entities aspiring to receive an 
award or a grant may submit their projects before 15 June.

Since 2004, more than 1000 research teams and organizations from around 
the region have participated in the calls for proposals and nominations 
launched by the FRIDA Program, an initiative of the Latin American and 
Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) that for the past seven 
years has received the support of the International Development Research 
Center (IDRC).
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Research Projects and Awards.*

This year there are two calls for proposals. On one hand, grants will be 
awarded to research projects in four categories: a) efforts to enhance, 
expand and promote Internet standards development; b) political, 
economic and social effects of anti-piracy bills; c) implementing 
strategies for reliable and effective Internet infrastructure, human 
capacity and skills development; and d) accelerating access and the 
social benefits of the Internet in vulnerable and underserved 
communities. Each selected project will receive a grant of 15 000 
dollars. Details on how to apply can be found at 
http://programafrida.net/grants

On the other hand, the 2012 FRIDA award will recognize the four most 
outstanding contributions in the field of ICTs under the following 
topics: access (initiatives that have allowed expanding fixed and mobile 
Internet access through new technical and organization formats); 
freedoms (projects relating to the freedom of expression, freedom of 
association, privacy, security, consumer rights, etc.); development 
(initiatives that use the Internet to contribute directly to the 
resolution of environmental and socio-economic challenges); and 
innovation (initiatives that have introduced technical innovations in 
any aspect relating to Internet development, either at physical or 
conceptual level). Each winning project will receive a cash prize of US$ 
3000 (http://programafrida.net/awards), plus travel and accommodation 
for one representative of each project to attend the Pre-IGF meeting in 
Latin America and the Caribbean and, later, the IGF meeting that will 
take place in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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