Preselected projects 2026

Relevant data

In this cycle, the FRIDA Call for Proposals focused on the thematic categories of Internet Stability and Security (including the subcategory of Use and Application of Blockchain) and Artificial Intelligence applied to the Internet and Networks.

The FRIDA 2026 Call for Proposals was structured exclusively as a grant program, with the possibility of providing financial support of up to USD 20,000, as well as technical assistance to projects with a maximum duration of 12 months.

Applications

Total applications: 57 

Internet Stability and Security: 27 (47.4% of the total) 

  •  Subcategory in the Use and Application of Blockchain: 7

Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Internet and Networks: 30 (52.6% of the total)

Applicant organizations by sector

Technical community: 3.5%

Academic sector: 49,1%

Civil society: 31,6%

Private sector: 15,8%

Government: 0%

Countries of applicant organizations

Within LACNIC’s area of coverage

Argentina 

Bolivia 

Brazil 

Chile 

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Honduras

Mexico 

Nicaragua 

Paraguay 

Peru 

Uruguay

46% of the proposing organizations applied jointly with other institutions as partners, creating strategic alliances.

Preselected projects

The preselected projects are shortlisted below. We thank all applicants for their interest in the program, as well as to the 2026 jury of this edition for their dedication. We would like to highlight the high technical standard of all the proposals received.

Internet Stability and Security

Thematic area: Network architecture and operations

  • Between the Direct and the Protocol: Measuring the Collateral Impact and Improving the Visibility of Internet Blocks in Brazil and Latin America – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG (Brazil)
  • PRTR: secure and prompt BGP rotation for post-quantum on open and accessible hardware for ISPs in the LACNIC region – NLINK SERVIÇOS E TECNOLOGIA DE INTERNET LTDA (Brazil)
  • Validating BGP Filters with Active BGP Advertisement Manipulation – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)

Thematic area: Cryptography, security, and resilience

  • BGP-TI LAC: an automated regional observatory that detects, classifies, and notifies of BGP route hijacks in Latin America and the Caribbean, driving RPKI adoption – CERTUNLP (CSIRT Académico de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata) (Argentina)
  • Detection of DDoS and ransomware attacks on real enterprise networks and servers using Artificial Intelligence models – Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico)
  • Ransomware detection in network traffic and servers using Generative Artificial Intelligence models – Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ (Ecuador)
  • Open tool for evaluating post-quantum signatures in BGPsec and inter-domain routing security – Universidad del Norte (Colombia)
  • NetSecOps-LAC: GitOps framework for the secure and auditable management of BGP/RPKI routing security infrastructure for LAC networks – Universidad del Norte (Colombia)

Thematic Area: Traffic Engineering and Interconnection

  • Development of an open low latency and intelligent Wi-Fi access equipment – Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
  • Inference of Internet topology using tomography based on open data – Universidad de Montevideo – Facultad de Ingeniería (Uruguay)
Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Internet and Networks
  • BGPWATCH-LAC: Open System for BGP Anomaly Detection and Explanation for Latin America and the Caribbean – Universidad del Norte (Colombia)
  • Intent-Based Autonomous WAN Management Using a Local Large Action Model for Latin American Operators – Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia)
  • OpenAI-EdgeRouter: Routers with Federated Learning – Fundação Coppetec (Brazil)
  • OpenQoE-AI: Open AI-Based Framework for Intelligent Quality of Experience Management in SDN Networks – Fundación Universidad del Norte (Colombia)
  • ResiAI: Intelligent Adaptive Resilience System for Cloud-Native Microservices in Latin America – Universidad Autónoma de Occidente (Colombia)