<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">[<font face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Version Française]</font></div><font face="Arial" class=""><div style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear Colleagues,</span><br class=""></font><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">We are proudly announcing the call for applications for the 2016 FIRE Grants.</span><br class=""><div class=""><p class="western" data-kwik="7" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE Africa) is a venture between AFRINIC, The Internet Society (ISOC) and the International Development Research Center (IDRC) that supports projects that use ICT to develop innovative solutions to Africa's unique education, access, information, infrastructure and communication needs.</p><p class="western" data-kwik="8" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This year, the available types of Grants are:</p><p class="western" data-kwik="9" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong data-kwik="10" class="">-The FIRE Africa Grants </strong>will provide four Grants of up to US$25,000 each for projects aligned with one of the following categories:</p><ul data-kwik="11" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><li class="western" data-kwik="12">Technical Innovation</li><li class="western" data-kwik="13">Community Development</li><li class="western" data-kwik="14">Governance Enhancement</li><li class="western" data-kwik="15">Education</li></ul><p class="western" data-kwik="16" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong data-kwik="17" class="">-The Internet Society Africa Grant</strong><span data-kwik="18" class=""> will provide </span>two <span data-kwik="19" class="">Grants of </span>US$ 25,000 <span data-kwik="20" class="">each for two projects that focus on one of the two categories:</span></p><ul data-kwik="21" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><li class="western" data-kwik="22"><span data-kwik="23" class=""> </span>Internet Security (including collaborative security)</li><li class="western" data-kwik="24">Access Provision</li></ul><p class="western" data-kwik="25" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong data-kwik="26" class="">-The FIRE Africa Scale-Up Grants </strong>will provide three Grants of up to US$ 30,000 each for three existing projects to scale up activities and move to the next level of their cycle.Projects must be aligned with one of the following categories:</p><ul data-kwik="27" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><li data-kwik="28" class="">Technical Innovation</li><li data-kwik="29" class="">Community Development</li><li data-kwik="30" class="">Governance Enhancement</li><li data-kwik="31" class="">Education</li></ul><p class="western" data-kwik="32" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The application deadline for the 2016 Awards has been set for 31 May 2016, 23:59 UTC.</p><p class="western" data-kwik="33" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For detailed information about competition categories, conditions of entry, and submission procedures, please visit <u data-kwik="34" class=""><a href="http://www.fireafrica.org/" data-kwik="35" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(59, 115, 175); text-decoration: none;">www.fireafrica.org</a> </u>or send us an email at: <u data-kwik="36" class=""><a href="mailto:fireprogram@afrinic.net" data-kwik="37" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(59, 115, 175); text-decoration: none;">fireprogram@afrinic.net</a></u>.</p><p class="western" data-kwik="38" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please follow us @FIREAfrica</p><p class="western" data-kwik="39" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a class="createlink" href="http://confluence.mu.afrinic.net/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=WEB&title=Versio%C2%A0Fran%C3%A7aise&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=24382192" style="color: rgb(109, 24, 6);">VersionFrançaise</a></p><p class="western" data-kwik="45" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Chers </span><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="">Collègues</font></span></p><p class="western" data-kwik="47" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Nous avons l'honneur d'annoncer l'appel à candidatures pour les subventions FIRE 2016.</p><p class="western" data-kwik="48" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Le Fond pour la recherche sur Internet et l'éducation (FIRE) est une collaboration entre AFRINIC, ISOC et IDRC pour soutenir les projets qui utilisent les TIC pour développer des solutions innovantes aux besoins uniques de l'éducation, l'accès, l'information, des infrastructures et de la communication en Afrique.</p><p class="western" data-kwik="49" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Cette année, les types de subventions disponibles sont:</p><p class="western" data-kwik="50" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong data-kwik="51" class="">-Les Subventions Afrique FIRE</strong> fournira quatre subventions allant jusqu'à 25.000 $ chacun pour les projets alignés sur l'une des catégories suivantes:</p><ul data-kwik="52" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><li class="western" data-kwik="53">Innovation technique</li><li class="western" data-kwik="54">Développement communautaire</li><li class="western" data-kwik="55">Appui a la Gouvernance</li><li class="western" data-kwik="56">Éducation</li></ul><p class="western" data-kwik="57" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-<strong data-kwik="58" class="">Les subventions Internet Society Afrique </strong>fournira deux subventions de 25.000 $ chacun pour deux projets qui mettent l'accent sur l'une des deux catégories:</p><ul data-kwik="59" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><li class="western" data-kwik="60"> Internet Security (y compris la sécurité collaborative)</li><li class="western" data-kwik="61">Innovation en matière d'accès</li></ul><p class="western" data-kwik="62" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong data-kwik="63" class="">-Les Subventions Scale-up FIRE</strong> fournira trois subventions allant jusqu'à 30.000 $ chacun pour trois projets existants pour intensifier les activités et passer à la prochaine étape de leurs cycle.Projects doit être aligné avec l'une des catégories suivantes:</p><ul data-kwik="64" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><li class="western" data-kwik="65">Innovation technique</li><li class="western" data-kwik="66">Développement communautaire</li><li class="western" data-kwik="67">Appui a la gouvernance</li><li class="western" data-kwik="68">Éducation</li></ul><p class="western" data-kwik="69" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">La date limite d'inscription pour les 2016 prix a été fixée au 31 mai 2016, 23:59 UTC.</p><p class="western" data-kwik="70" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Pour plus d'informations sur les catégories de la concurrence, les conditions d'entrée et les procédures de soumission, s'il vous plaît visitez <a href="http://www.fireafrica.org/" data-kwik="71" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(59, 115, 175); text-decoration: none;">www.fireafrica.org</a> ou envoyez-nous un courriel à: <a href="mailto:fireprogram@afrinic.net" data-kwik="72" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(59, 115, 175); text-decoration: none;">fireprogram@afrinic.net</a>.</p><p class="western" data-kwik="73" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Veuillez nous suivre sur Twitter @FIREAfrica</p></div></div></body></html>