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INTERNET SOCIETY PEERING FELLOWSHIP

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Application Deadline: 2 May 2025

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The Peering Fellowship supports individuals making Internet access affordable, reliable, and resilient by improving local Internet interconnection infrastructure and advocating for an enabling policy environment that supports a thriving Internet ecosystem. 

ELIGIBILITY:

This engaging six-month program is designed to equip 15 peering and interconnection professionals with skills, knowledge, and tools to address interconnection and peering challenges while maximizing opportunities that grow the Internet and develop the community at peering events. This fellowship is one of the ways that the Internet Society is supporting affordable and reliable access efforts. 

Applicants should be individuals actively engaged in Internet policy, business, and/or technical development related to peering and transit. Interested individuals must complete an online application form.

Candidates who meet the following are welcome to apply:

Based or living in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Africa, or the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.*

Have a passport valid until June 2026 to be able to travel to the events.

LAC, valid until April 2026

APAC, valid until June 2026

Africa, valid until February 2026

Are able to attend sessions and travel to one of these events:

AfPIF, 19-21 August 2025

LACNOG, 6-10 October 2025

Peering Asia, 4-6 November 2025

Have at least 3 years of experience in the Internet industry.

Availability to fully participate in the six-month experience.

Be available for virtual meetings between 11:00-15:00 UTC.

Have reliable access to broadband Internet connection and relevant devices.

Have a working proficiency level in verbal and written English. (This fellowship will be delivered in English).

Be able to fully participate in the six-month experience which requires a commitment of approximately four hours a week.

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

BENEFIT:

Travel support for one peering event:

A round-trip air ticket to one peering event.

Hotel accommodation for the duration of the event.

A fixed stipend for additional needs.

Please note that the Internet Society does not offer financial support for visa-related costs, and travel arrangements are specifically fixed for the calendarized workshop dates only.

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PERNOD RICARD SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND THE ONE YOUNG WORLD SUMMIT IN GERMANY.

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Application Deadline: 31 March 2025

LOCATION: Germany

Pernod Ricard’s Bar World of Tomorrow initiative is at the forefront of this mission, empowering bartenders and hospitality professionals with the tools and knowledge to foster a culture of responsibility and sustainability. The scholarship will identify and connect an interdisciplinary team of 10 committed young leaders who are working to build positive social spaces and tackle harmful drinking and its wider impacts in their countries and communities. Scholars will receive full funding to participate in the One Young World Summit 2025 which takes place in Munich, Germany from 3 – 6 November.

ELIGIBILITY:

Successful applicants will share our ambition to encourage positive social occasions and tackle harmful drinking. They will be actively making an impact in support of these goals through their own projects, as emerging leaders in larger organisations, through their own work and experience, or by contributing to collective understanding through research. 

This can include people working in the hospitality sector (bartenders, bar managers, restaurant owners, etc) who are active on responsible drinking, moderation, or consumer information, or have initiatives fighting harmful or excessive drinking. It can also include those contributing to other fields, who are working on creating inclusive and safe spaces for people to come together.

Relevant activities include:

Prevention and education initiatives that aim to reduce excessive alcohol consumption.

Prevention initiatives that aim to reduce social harm. 

Projects that tackle the harmful impacts of excessive alcohol consumption.

Projects that encourage the bringing together of communities, the savoir être of being together and educational initiatives around social inclusion and fighting isolation. 

Projects that improve physical and psychological safety in social environments.

Research into habits and the behavioural patterns of Gen Z, trends in socializing, including the role of alcohol in this socializing.

In addition, candidates must:

Be of legal drinking age in their country of residence at the time of their application.

Available to commit to contribute to collective post-Summit thinking sessions alongside other scholarship recipients. See below for further details.

BENEFIT:

Participation in the One Young World Summit 2025 in Munich as a Pernod Ricard delegate.

Hotel accommodation in Munich between 2 – 6 November (inclusive) 2025.

The cost of travel to and from Munich (flights in economy)

Catering which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Transport between the Summit accommodation and the Summit venue.

Access to Pernod Ricard professionals in their field on the basis of needs & consultancy.

Collaborate with other scholars to influence Pernod Ricard’s thinking on socialising and efforts to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. Make your voice heard through the collective sessions with guest speakers.

Scholars will participate in the Summit as members of Pernod Ricard’s delegation, have opportunities to help shape our interventions at the event and receive expert mentorship to accelerate their initiatives. In addition, scholars will participate in post-summit collective thinking sessions to reflect on the future of socialising.

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