The Internet Society encourages innovation and fresh thinking. We provide grants and awards to efforts that support the Internet and the positive difference it can make to people everywhere.
Grants & Awards
Grants
Beyond the Net Programme
As of February 2019, the Beyond the Net Grant Programme is administered by the Internet Society Foundation.
Chapter Admin Funding
The Chapter Admin Funding program offers annual funding to support Internet Society Chapters and Special Interest Groups to manage their day-to-day activities and to maximize their effectiveness.
Chapterthon 2020
As the year continues to be marked by disruption across the world, we’re dedicating Chapterthon to the people and the medium helping us through it.
Awards
Past Programmes
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LAC Chapterthon 2016
Chapterthon is a marathon of chapters, where all LAC chapters can participate by developing a project under a same timeline and budget to achieve a common goal for the development of the region. Once the event is finalized, the best project receives a prize. For 2016 the common goal is connectivity.
In the News
Visit the Internet Society Foundation to read stories about Beyond the Net.
Faced with limited resources, Indigenous communities built their own internet. Here’s how.
In the News
14 March 2021
Faced with limited resources, Indigenous communities built their own internet. Here’s how.
Mashable
Faced with limited resources, Indigenous communities built their own internet. Here’s how.
In the News
14 March 2021
Faced with limited resources, Indigenous communities built their own internet. Here’s how.
Info news
Connecting the Unconnected – Supporting community networks and other community-based connectivity initiatives
In the News
20 February 2021
Connecting the Unconnected – Supporting community networks and other community-based connectivity initiatives
The Good Men ProjectAwards News
Prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Presented to Onno W. Purbo
In the News
19 November 2020
Prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Presented to Onno W. Purbo
Benton Institute
‘Indonesia’s Internet Liberator’ Purbo bags Jonathan B. Postel Service Award
In the News
18 November 2020
‘Indonesia’s Internet Liberator’ Purbo bags Jonathan B. Postel Service Award
Bernama
Onno Purbo: 2020 Postel Award Winner Uses Human Touch to Bridge the Digital Divide
Community Networks
18 November 2020
Onno Purbo: 2020 Postel Award Winner Uses Human Touch to Bridge the Digital Divide
Onno Purbo is a people person. It’s not typically something you hear about an engineer. But it is through...