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The Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship is a six-month program to support “researchers in conducting data-driven analysis or developing tools that contribute to an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet.”
The objectives of the program include:
- Supporting the development of top-tier, original internet measurement research.
- Promoting a community of researchers, data specialists, and network engineering experts, as well as journalists and policymakers, to help the growth of the internet.
- The program aims to strengthen partnerships among global organizations working on research that is data-driven in understanding internet trends.
- The program aims to develop new techniques or implement existing methodologies to strengthen data gathering, analysis, and visualization on the Pulse platform.
- The program is also designed to explore interdisciplinary research topics related to creating a resilient, robust, and open internet.
- Publication in high-profile conferences such as SIGMETRICS, ACM IMC, SIGCOMM, or CoNEXT.
Requirements for the Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship:
- It is open to students or researchers from every part of the globe who are interested in exploring the usage of state-of-the-art or novel internet.
- The applicant must be an early-career researcher (graduate student, postdoc, junior faculty, and others conducting research outside an academic institution within 10 years since graduation).
- The applicant must be affiliated with an academic or research institution.
- The applicant must not be a prior fellow of the Pulse Research program.
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Features of the program:
- It is a six-month program comprising two cohorts. The first cohort starts in February 2025 and the second in June 2025.
- Fellows can work remotely from any part of the globe.
- Fellows will get a USD 17,000 stipend (including USD 2,000 for equipment/travel support).
- Mentors will get USD 10,000 (including USD 2,000 in equipment/travel support).
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The criteria for selection include:
- The applicant’s proposal must be relevant to the Pulse focus areas.
- The applicant must know internet measurement, policy, or data analysis/visualization, alongside experience relevant to the accomplishment of the proposed research.
- The applicant must be willing to commit at least 25 hours weekly to the program.
- Letter of support from supervisors.
- The selection committee will comprise staff of Internet Society Pulse and alumni from the previous editions of the Pulse Research Fellow Program.
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