Internet Society 2025 Mid Career Fellowship

The Mid Career Fellowship provides today’s leaders with the know-how to navigate volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), knowing that their purpose, livelihood, and organizational goals are influenced or impacted by the Internet.

The Mid Career Fellowship is a unique opportunity that offers 15 Fellows unparalleled access to world-class educational institutions and experts in a seven-month program, from June through December. It equips global mid career Internet champions with the knowledge, skills, and tools to enable inclusive, innovative, holistic, and strategic leadership.

The fellows work throughout five modules which have live lectures and assessments, and culminate in a symposium to showcase the work they’ve completed. The program also includes seminars on trends, such as digital geopolitics, leadership in VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) environments, and advocacy and communications, practical case studies and cross-sector networking.

• Table of Content
• About Internet Society
• Mid Career Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of Mid Career Fellowship
• Requirements for Mid Career Fellowship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Mid Career Fellowship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Internet Society

The Internet is a place of possibility and opportunity. It is where we collaborate and innovate for a better world. Where we share our hopes and strengthen our bonds. It is where we work, learn, and make progress. We are a global nonprofit organization empowering people to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. We are the Internet Society.

Mid Career Fellowship

Application Deadline	17 Apr 2025
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	Internet Society
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Mid Career Fellowship

The Mid Career Fellowship provides today’s leaders with the know-how to navigate volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), knowing that their purpose, livelihood, and organizational goals are influenced or impacted by the Internet.

Requirements for Mid Career Fellowship Qualification

Candidates must be mid career professionals in leadership roles, working in the Internet ecosystem in a technical, policy, economic, or social capacity. They are welcome to apply if they:

• Have at least 10 years of relevant experience, including leading or managing teams and/or projects, in the Internet space in a technical, policy, economic, societal, or other capacity.
• Currently work in a position/organization that is addressing digital challenges or facing digital disruption and transformation.
• Want to solve problems, work in multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary teams, and acquire new knowledge and skills.
•  Want to ensure that the Internet remains open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy.

In addition, candidates must:

• Have reliable access to broadband Internet connection and relevant devices.
• Be able to fully participate in the seven-month experience which requires a commitment of approximately six hours a week.
• Have a proficiency level in verbal and written English.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Mid Career Fellowship

Application Timeline:

• 17 March 2025: Application submissions open
• 11 April 2025: Application submissions close
• April – May 2025: Fellows selection
• End of May 2025: Program kick-off
• December 2025: Symposium

Application Deadline

April 17, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Internet Society on app.smartsheet.com to apply

For more details, visit Internet Society Fellowship webpwge