Deadline: December 23, 2024
Applications are open for the Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship 2025. The Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship is a six-month program that supports researchers in conducting data-driven analysis or developing tools that contribute to an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet. The fellowship has been running for three years, and they are introducing a mentor scheme in 2025.
The objectives of the program include:
- Support the development of original, top-tier Internet measurement research.
- Foster a community of researchers, data specialists, and network engineering experts alongside policymakers and journalists to help strengthen and grow the Internet.
- Strengthen partnerships among global organizations working on data-driven research to understand Internet trends.
- Develop new techniques or implement existing methodologies to improve data gathering, analysis, and visualization on the Pulse platform.
- Explore interdisciplinary research topics related to making the Internet resilient, robust, and open.
- Publish in top-tier conferences such as ACM IMC, CoNEXT, SIGMETRICS, or SIGCOMM.
Benefits
The Internet Society will pay the following compensation directly to the fellow/mentor or contribute to their institution’s finances.
- Fellow: USD $17,000 (including USD $2,000 equipment/travel support)
- Mentor: USD $10,000 (including USD $2,000 equipment/travel support)
Eligibility
Fellowship
- Open to students or researchers based anywhere in the world who are interested in using state-of-the-art and/or novel Internet measurement techniques to research a specific area that contributes to upholding an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet.
- Must be early-career researchers (graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, and others conducting research outside of an academic institution within 10 years of graduation).
- Must be affiliated with an academic or research institution.
- Have not been a previous Pulse Research Fellow.
Mentorship
- Expertise in Internet Measurements, Internet Policy and/or other related field (economics, social science, etc.)
- Prior mentorship experience.
- Can come from different sectors such as industry, non-profit organizations, research, or academic institutions.
- Mentors should have a Ph.D with a good record of publications.
Selection Criteria
Applicants will be selected according to their:
- Proposal’s relevance to the Pulse focus areas.
- Knowledge of Internet measurements, policy, or data analysis/visualization, and experience necessary to accomplish the proposed research goals.
- Ability to commit at least 25 hours per week to the fellowship.
- Letter of support from supervisors.
Application
For more information, visit Pulse Research Fellowship.
