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Announcing $4.5 Million in Funding to Support Research on the Future of the Internet 

We are proud to announce the opening of our 2024 application cycle for the Research Grant Program. This program offers…

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Announcing our 2023 Research Grantee Cohort: 14 projects examining the future of the Internet 

We are delighted to announce the outstanding group of researchers who joined the Internet Society Foundation’s Research Program in 2023….

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Four Lessons Learned about Grantmaking from our Research Grant Partners

By the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Team (MEL), Internet Society Foundation From a blooming Linden tree, a radio frequency circuit,…

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What is digital equity?  

Two-thirds of the world’s population uses the Internet, but 2.7 billion people remain offline. This means that one in three…

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Building, expanding and securing the Internet: two funding programs now open for applications

Over the past few months, our Internet Society and Internet Society Foundation teams have been collaborating closely to launch our…

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Announcing our 2022 Research Grantee Cohort

Announcing our 2022 Research Grantee Cohort – 18 projects examining the future of the Internet.

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The future of e-waste in Africa

Driven by the vision on an Internet for Everyone, The Internet Society (ISOC) Zimbabwe Chapter runs programs aimed at making a difference locally, informing policy, and educating the public about Internet-related issues. In collaboration with the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, they are a 2021 awardee of our Research Grant Programme that examines the impact of the Internet on the environment. We spoke with Dr Vusumuzi Maphosa, lead Researcher and Jasper Mangwana, ISOC Zimbabwe President to learn more about this project and what it hopes to achieve.

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Five questions with Dr. Chomora Mikeka, Greening the Internet Research Programme Grantee

Associate Professor Chomora Mikeka is the Director of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) in the Ministry of Education of Malawi…