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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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Application Deadline: Thursday 13 February 2025, 23:59 (UK time)

LOCATION: England

The Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute is one of the world’s leading schemes for practising, mid-career journalists to take some time out from their day jobs to explore journalism in depth. The majority of our Journalist Fellows are fully-funded and they also receive a stipend to cover living and travel costs.

ELIGIBILITY:

They accept around 30 Journalist Fellows from around the world each year, each of whom bring fascinating insights and a wealth of experience to the institute. Here’s what is unique about our programme:

You will be embedded in a cutting-edge institution that is shaping key media debates. The Reuters Institute produces world-class research on the main challenges of the industry.

You will be part of an institution with a global outlook. Our Journalist Fellows come from all over the world. They share ideas and experiences of working in different countries and different mediums.

You will be part of one of the world’s greatest universities. Oxford offers unrivalled study facilities, leading research centres, extensive learning support and a global reputation.

You will be just one hour from London by train, providing convenient access to some of the world’s leading news publishers like The Guardian, the Financial Times and the BBC.

BENEFIT:

The majority of our Journalist Fellows are fully-funded and they also receive a stipend to cover living and travel costs.

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