INTERNET SOCIETY MID CAREER FELLOWSHIP 2024 FOR MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS.

Applications are now open for the 2024 Internet Society 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.

Application Deadline: 27 March 2024:

The Mid Career Fellowship is a special chance that provides 15 Fellows with unrivaled access to specialists and top-notch academic institutions during the course of a seven-month program that runs from June to December. It gives international mid-career Internet champions the know-how, abilities, and resources they need to facilitate inclusive, creative, all-encompassing, 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.

The Internet Critical Properties and Enablers, Digital Transformation and Key Internet Issues, Digital Futures and Strategic Foresight, Systems and Design Thinking, Leadership and Decision-Making are the main content areas that are covered.

Eligibility Requirements for the INTERNET SOCIETY MID CAREER FELLOWSHIP 2024

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.

How to Become a Fellow

Candidates must complete the Online Application Form.

Candidates are reviewed confidentially through a multi-step evaluation process by the selection committee. The committee attempts to achieve professional, geographical, and gender diversity in the overall selection.

Timeline:

  • 6 March 2024: Application submissions open
  • 27 March 2024: Application submissions close
  • April – May 2024: Fellows selection
  • Early June 2024: Cohort kick-off
  • Mid-December 2024: Symposium

For More Information and to apply for the Internet Society Mid Career Fellowship. visit the INTERNET SOCIETY MID CAREER FELLOWSHIP 2024 FOR MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS’ official website.

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