The Internet Society Peering Fellowship Program 2025 for peering and interconnection professionals (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline: 2 May 2025

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 Internet Society Peering Fellowship Program. The Peering Fellowship helps people making Internet entry inexpensive, dependable, and resilient by enhancing native Internet interconnection infrastructure and advocating for an enabling coverage atmosphere that helps a thriving Internet ecosystem. This partaking six-month program is designed to equip 15 peering and interconnection professionals with abilities, data, and instruments to deal with interconnection and peering challenges whereas maximizing Opportunities that develop the Internet and develop the neighborhood at peering occasions. This fellowship is among the ways in which the Internet Society is supporting inexpensive and dependable entry efforts. 

Program Details

• Virtual content material protection: Participate in on-line periods and collaborative boards.
• Attend an in-person peering occasion: Engage firsthand with the worldwide peering neighborhood.
• Technical and advocacy based mostly coaching: Grow experience in routing, IXPs, and Internet coverage.
• Engagement with trade professionals: Forge connections that broaden your regional and world influence.
• Drive native influence: Deliver work that helps peering and interconnection developments in your nation or area.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants ought to be people actively engaged in Internet coverage, enterprise, and/or technical improvement associated to peering and transit. Interested people should full an online application form.

Candidates who meet the next are welcome to apply:

• Based or residing in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Africa, or the Asia-Pacific (APAC) area.*
• Have a passport legitimate till June 2026 to have the ability to journey to the occasions.
  • LAC, legitimate till April 2026
  • APAC, legitimate till June 2026
  • Africa, legitimate till February 2026
• Are in a position to attend periods and journey to one in every of these occasions:
  • AfPIF, 19-21 August 2025
  • LACNOG, 6-10 October 2025
  • Peering Asia, 4-6 November 2025
• Have a minimum of 3 years of expertise within the Internet trade.
• Availability to completely take part within the six-month expertise.
• Be obtainable for digital conferences between 11:00-15:00 UTC.
• Have dependable entry to broadband Internet connection and related gadgets.
• Have a working proficiency degree in verbal and written English. (This fellowship will likely be delivered in English).
• Be in a position to absolutely take part within the six-month expertise which requires a dedication of roughly 4 hours per week.

* Participants from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States are inspired to apply.

Benefits

Each fellow attends one assigned regionally related occasion over the course of the fellowship.

Travel assist for one peering occasion:

• A round-trip air ticket to at least one peering occasion.
• Hotel lodging for the period of the occasion.
• A set stipend for further wants.
• Please observe that the Internet Society doesn’t supply monetary assist for visa-related prices, and journey preparations are particularly mounted for the calendarized workshop dates solely.

Application Timeline:

• 14 April 2025: Application submissions open
• 2 May 2025: Application submissions shut
• 5-31 May 2025: Review of submissions
• June 2025: Selection notification
• June-November 2025: Content protection
• August-November 2025

Peering occasions:
• AfPIF, 19-21 August, Nigeria
• LACNIC/LACNOG, 6-10 October, TBC
• Peering Asia, 4-6 November, Philippines

November 2025 : Closing

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Internet Society Peering Fellowship Program