Internet Society Early Career Fellowship 2024

The Early Career Fellowship offers unparalleled access to world-class experts, including American University’s Professor Dr. Laura DeNardis and eminent scholars from the Oxford Internet Institute. It also offers project management, advocacy, and diplomacy know-how, providing the foundation for fellows to become future champions of the Internet.

A cohort of 15 fellows is selected once a year to participate in the 5-month program. Fellows can develop their knowledge and skills through seminars, events, courses, discussion sessions, and project work. They will also have networking, mentoring, and collaboration opportunities. The program culminates in a final project presentation by each fellow at a closing symposium.

• Table of Content
• About Internet Society
• Early Career Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of Early Career Fellowship
• Requirements for Early Career Fellowship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Early 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.

Early Career Fellowship

Application Deadline	07 Feb 2024
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	Internet Society
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Early Career Fellowship

• Fellows will have access to Internet luminaries—today’s leading thinkers and organizations—while getting direct support to nurture their professional growth.
• Fellows will learn leadership, communications, and advocacy and project management skills, empowering you to bring your ideas to life.

Requirements for Early Career Fellowship Qualification

Candidates must be early career professionals working in the Internet ecosystem in a technical, policy, economic, or social capacity who have initiated or are interested in projects designed to grow or strengthen the Internet.

Candidates with the following are welcome to apply:

• An undergraduate/vocational degree or at least three years of work experience in an Internet-related field
• Less than ten years of working experience in an Internet-related field
• An innovative and impactful project proposal for growing and/or strengthening the Internet
• Reliable access to broadband Internet connection and relevant device
• Availability to fully participate in the 5-month experience
• Proficiency in verbal and written English

To apply, applicants must:

• Commit a minimum of six hours per week for coursework, seminars, individual project work, and other program activities
• Complete the required 5 months
• Attend all required seminars or sessions and manage time zone differences

Interview date, Process and Venue for Early Career Fellowship

Timeline:

• 17 January 2024: Application submissions open
• 7 February 2024: Application submissions close
• End of March 2024: Fellows selection
• Beginning of April 2024: Cohort kick-off

Application Deadline

February 7, 2024

How to Apply

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

For more details,visit Internet Society website