<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">This could be of interest.<div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ng-scope" style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; width: 400px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-position: 0% 0%; background-image: none !important; background-size: auto !important; background-repeat: repeat !important; background-attachment: scroll !important; background-origin: padding-box !important; background-clip: border-box !important;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 6px; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(23, 147, 206); width: 259px;"><span class="ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(40, 154, 71); font-weight: bold;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">'Gbenga Sesan</span><span ng-if="showField('title')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(135, 135, 135); font-size: 10pt;"><span ng-if="showField('title')" class="ng-binding ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Executive Director</span></span></td><td ng-if="showField('logo')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 6px; width: 141px; text-align: right;"><a ng-if="showField('logoURL')" href="https://paradigmhq.org/" target="_blank" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" alt="Logo" height="36" ng-src="https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PIN-Logo-320x132px-01.jpg" src="https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PIN-Logo-320x132px-01.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: 36px;"></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; width: 400px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(40, 154, 71);"> </td></tr><tr ng-if="showField('company')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); width: 400px;"><span class="ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(251, 174, 23);">Paradigm Initiative</span></td></tr><tr ng-if="showField('address1')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); width: 400px;"><span class="ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(251, 174, 23);">HQ: 374 Borno Way, Yaba</span></td></tr><tr ng-if="showField('address2')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); width: 400px;"><span class="ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(251, 174, 23);">102273, Lagos, Nigeria</span></td></tr><tr ng-if="showField('phone')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); width: 400px;"><span class="ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(251, 174, 23);">t: +234 1 342 62 45</span></td></tr><tr ng-if="showField('email')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); width: 400px;"><span class="ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(251, 174, 23);">e: gbenga.sesan@paradigmhq.org</span></td></tr><tr ng-if="showField('website')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"> </td></tr><tr ng-if="isAnyFieldEntered('website,facebookURL,linkedinURL,twitterURL,youtubeURL,instagramURL')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td width="200" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(23, 147, 206); width: 200px; height: 15px;"><span ng-if="showField('website')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 15px; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="http://www.paradigmhq.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><span class="ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(40, 154, 71);">www.paradigmhq.org</span></a></span></td><td width="200" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; width: 200px; text-align: right;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 15px;"><span ng-if="showField('facebookURL')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://web.facebook.com/ParadigmHQ" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Facebook icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" ng-src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/fb.png" src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/fb.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></a> </span><span ng-if="showField('linkedinURL')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ng.linkedin.com/company/paradigmhq" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><img alt="LinkedIn icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" ng-src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/ln.png" src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/ln.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></a> </span><span ng-if="showField('twitterURL')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ParadigmHQ" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Twitter icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" ng-src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/tt.png" src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/tt.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></a> </span><span ng-if="showField('youtubeURL')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/paradigmhq" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Youtube icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" ng-src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/yt.png" src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/yt.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></a> </span><span ng-if="showField('instagramURL')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/paradigmhq" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Instagram icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" ng-src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/it.png" src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/all-inclusive/it.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></a> </span></span></td></tr><tr ng-if="showField('banner')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"> </td></tr><tr ng-if="showField('banner')" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Madeleine Werbelow<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ICANN Grant Program Application Window Opening</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26 March 2024 at 22:17:25 WAT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@@@@paradigmhq.org><br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="">Dear Paradigm Initiative,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">I am delighted to share with you that the application window for the first cycle of the ICANN Grant Program is now open and will remain open until 24 May 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">The ICANN Grant Program will award millions of dollars in funding to develop projects that support ICANN’s mission of a single, open, and globally interoperable Internet. The program will fund projects across the world that are aligned with the program's objectives and themes outlined in the Applicant Guide which you can review<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://icann.org/grant-program" title="https://icann.org/grant-program" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">In this first cycle, up to $10 million will be awarded in grants ranging from $50,000 to $500,000. Grantees are expected to be announced in January of 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">For more information on the program, including eligibility and submission requirements, visit <a href="https://icann.org/grant-program" title="https://icann.org/grant-program" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">https://icann.org/grant-program</span></a></span><u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">.</span></u><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">The Grant Program is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in the Internet ecosystem. We would be grateful if you would share information on this new program in your networks so that we can reach as many potential applicants as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="">Madeleine Werbelow</span></b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">Grant Program Coordinator, Grant Program<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;"><u><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151);"><a href="http://www.icann.org/" title="http://www.icann.org/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(47, 85, 151);">www.icann.org</span></a></span></u></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>