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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Everyone, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">T</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">he 2025 Sustainable Peering Infrastructure Funding Program is</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
<span lang="EN-US">still </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">open for applications. Funding will specifically support:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Existing IXPs that need additional funding to grow or become sustainable<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Organizations that hope to build a new IXP<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Entities that work with local communities to improve peering and infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Entities that provide a positive contribution to the entire IXP ecosystem<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Grant funds up to USD $70,000 are open to all regions and are available to assist in equipment purchases (switches, optic modules, servers, and routers), training, capacity building, and community
development. Applications are accepted from January 28 to March 27, 2025. Details about eligibility, selection criteria, and more are available here:
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/" target="_blank">
https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">All applications for funding must be submitted online in English, French, or Spanish through the Internet Society Foundation’s grants management system. This round of applications closes on
27 March 2025.</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For further inquiries about this grant program or the application process, email
<a href="mailto:foundation@isocfoundation.org" target="_blank">foundation@isocfoundation.org</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jean Baptiste Millogo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jean Baptiste Millogo <millogo@isoc.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 11 February 2025 at 15:18<br>
<b>To: </b>safnog@lists.safnog.org <safnog@lists.safnog.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[safnog] Applications Open for the 2025 Sustainable Peering Infrastructure Funding Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <span style="color:black">Dear everyone,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Internet is for everyone. It gives people opportunities and boosts economic development. But for everyone to leverage the Internet's full potential, it needs to be affordable and reliable.
This is why we need to keep building and improving infrastructure, like Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), working with local and regional communities to create a thriving Internet ecosystem that keeps traffic local, reduces costs, sparks development, and improves
the quality of Internet services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Today, we’re excited to announce that the 2025 Sustainable Peering Infrastructure Funding Program is now open for applications. Funding will specifically support:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Existing IXPs that need additional funding to grow or become sustainable<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Organizations that hope to build a new IXP<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Entities that work with local communities to improve peering and infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Entities that provide a positive contribution to the entire IXP ecosystem<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Grant funds up to USD $70,000 are open to all regions and are available to assist in equipment purchases (switches, optic modules, servers, and routers), training, capacity building, and community
development. Applications are accepted from January 28 to March 27, 2025. Details about eligibility, selection criteria, and more are available here:
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/">
https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/sustainable-peering-ixp/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">All applications for funding must be submitted online in English, French, or Spanish through the Internet Society Foundation’s grants management system. This round of applications closes on
27 March 2025.</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:foundation@isocfoundation.org">foundation@isocfoundation.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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