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Internet Society Fellowship Program Tracks
With the Internet Society Fellowship Program, we give fellows foundational learning about the Internet as well as specialized track options that allow them to focus on their unique areas of interest.
The program is divided into three main tracks: Internet Policy and Mobilization, Internet Connectivity, and Internet Safety and Security. Explore each track to find the best path for your fellowship.
Internet Society Fellowship Program > Internet Society Fellowship Program Tracks
Internet Society Fellowship Program Tracks
With the Internet Society Fellowship Program, we give fellows foundational learning about the Internet as well as specialized track options that allow them to focus on their unique areas of interest.
The program is divided into three main tracks: Internet Policy and Mobilization, Internet Connectivity, and Internet Safety and Security. Explore each track to find the best path for your fellowship.
Internet Policy and Mobilization
The Internet Policy and Mobilization track develops advocates who influence Internet policies and mobilize communities for local impact.
It contains two sub-tracks: Internet Policy and Community Mobilization. The applicants must be members of an Internet Society chapter, special interest group (SIG), or standing group (SG) to be eligible for the Community Mobilization sub-track.
Each fellowship applicant is required to take foundational Internet courses plus track-specific courses prior to their application.
Foundational Courses
- What the Internet Needs to Exist (microlearning) (25 minutes)
- What the Internet Needs to Thrive (microlearning) (20 minutes)
- Internet Governance (microlearning) (25 minutes)
- Introduction to Online Trust and Safety (35 minutes)
- Internet Impact Brief (Toolkit) (10 hours)
- Grant Application and Project Implementation (10 hours)
Sub-Track-Specific Courses: Internet Policy
- Encryption (20 hours)
- Disability Leadership in Internet Governance (1 hour)
Sub-Track-Specific Courses: Community Mobilization
- Chapter Management Essentials (15 hours)
- Disability Leadership in Internet Governance (1 hour)
In addition to the shared foundational modules, fellows in this track will participate in track-specific expert sessions covering topics relevant to their sub-track and project implementation.
Internet Policy
- Digital Diplomacy and Multistakeholder Engagement
- Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT)
- Cross-Border Data Flows and Digital Sovereignty
- Technical Community Engagement in Policy Development
- End-to-End Encryption and Public Policy
- Intermediary Liability and Platform Governance
Community Mobilization
- Mobilizing Communities for Internet Impact
- Understanding Power, Decision-Makers, and Systems Change
- Designing Community Campaigns for Impact
Applicants should select the project category that best aligns with their proposed project. Some projects may span multiple categories; in such cases, applicants should select the category that most closely aligns with the primary focus of their proposed work.
Internet Policy
- National and Regional Multistakeholder Internet Governance: Projects that aim to strengthen the multistakeholder approach to Internet policy and enhance participation by underrepresented groups in national or regional Internet Governance Forums (IGFs) and schools on Internet governance. These include organizing IGF events or workshops, facilitating multistakeholder consultations on proposed digital laws and regulations, delivering training modules on Internet governance, and building resources or outreach activities to promote greater participation of diverse voices in policy processes.
- Championing an Open Internet: Projects that promote and strengthen an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet by helping people understand the value it creates for individuals, communities, and societies. Activities may include organizing public awareness campaigns, convening community discussions, developing educational resources, and preparing policy briefs or position papers on issues that affect the openness and utility of the Internet, such as encryption, Internet shutdowns, network neutrality, and barriers to global connectivity.
- Policy Engagement for the Internet Way of Networking: Projects that safeguard the core architecture of the global Internet by assessing and shaping policy, regulatory, and technical decisions. Grounded in the Internet Way of Networking, these projects use tools such as the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit to evaluate digital laws and mitigate risks such as network fragmentation, data localization, and centralized state gateways. This involves organizing policy roundtables or dialogues with public- and private-sector actors, conducting Internet impact assessments, and preparing policy position papers for submission to the government or regulatory bodies.
Community Mobilization
- Mobilizing for Connectivity: Projects that aim to get communities involved in advocating for, planning, or supporting local solutions regarding Internet access. This involves organizing a community dialogue about their connectivity needs, launching a local campaign to improve Internet access, raising awareness on community-centered connectivity models, and helping a community interact with service providers or the government on connectivity issues.
- Mobilizing for a Safer Internet: These projects help communities understand, address, and defend against online safety and security risks through collective action. Activities may include community safety awareness campaigns, train-the-trainer workshops for community leaders, targeted advocacy initiatives to defend strong encryption and protect intermediary liability, and the development or adaptation of safety education materials tailored to specific communities.
- Mobilizing for Internet Governance: Projects that aim to strengthen community involvement in Internet governance processes at national, regional, or global levels, such as organizing a preparatory workshop for a national or regional IGF, delivering a session or module on Internet Governance, and producing materials that help community members participate in governance processes.
- Mobilizing for an Open Internet: Projects that aim to bring communities together to defend the Internet, resist the Internet shutdowns, and advocate for an open and interoperable Internet, such as conducting a community awareness campaign on the principles of an open Internet and preparing a community position or brief on an open Internet issue.
Fellows will attend events throughout the year that relate to their fellowship track. The listed events are provided to give applicants an idea of the types of events they may have the opportunity to attend during the fellowship. This list is subject to change depending on program priorities, travel restrictions, event cancellations, or other unplanned changes.
Internet Policy
- Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
- A Regional IGF
- World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum
Community Mobilization
- Community Advocacy Workshops
Prerequisite Courses
Each fellowship applicant is required to take foundational Internet courses plus track-specific courses prior to their application.
Foundational Courses
What the Internet Needs to Exist (microlearning) (25 minutes)
What the Internet Needs to Thrive (microlearning) (20 minutes)
Internet Governance (microlearning) (25 minutes)
Introduction to Online Trust and Safety (35 minutes)
Internet Impact Brief (Toolkit) (10 hours)
Grant Application and Project Implementation (10 hours)
Sub-Track-Specific Courses: Internet Policy
Encryption (20 hours)
Disability Leadership in Internet Governance (1 hour)
Sub-Track-Specific Courses: Community Mobilization
Chapter Management Essentials (15 hours)
Disability Leadership in Internet Governance (1 hour)
Enroll for Pre-Fellowship Training
Track-Specific Expert Sessions
In addition to the shared foundational modules, fellows in this track will participate in track-specific expert sessions covering topics relevant to their sub-track and project implementation.
Internet Policy
Digital Diplomacy and Multistakeholder Engagement
Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT)
Cross-Border Data Flows and Digital Sovereignty
Technical Community Engagement in Policy Development
End-to-End Encryption and Public Policy
Intermediary Liability and Platform Governance
Community Mobilization
Mobilizing Communities for Internet Impact
Understanding Power, Decision-Makers, and Systems Change
Designing Community Campaigns for Impact
Project Categories
Applicants should select the project category that best aligns with their proposed project. Some projects may span multiple categories; in such cases, applicants should select the category that most closely aligns with the primary focus of their proposed work.
Internet Policy
National and Regional Multistakeholder Internet Governance: Projects that aim to strengthen the multistakeholder approach to Internet policy and enhance participation by underrepresented groups in national or regional Internet Governance Forums (IGFs) and schools on Internet governance. These include organizing IGF events or workshops, facilitating multistakeholder consultations on proposed digital laws and regulations, delivering training modules on Internet governance, and building resources or outreach activities to promote greater participation of diverse voices in policy processes.
Championing an Open Internet: Projects that promote and strengthen an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet by helping people understand the value it creates for individuals, communities, and societies. Activities may include organizing public awareness campaigns, convening community discussions, developing educational resources, and preparing policy briefs or position papers on issues that affect the openness and utility of the Internet, such as encryption, Internet shutdowns, network neutrality, and barriers to global connectivity.
Policy Engagement for the Internet Way of Networking: Projects that safeguard the core architecture of the global Internet by assessing and shaping policy, regulatory, and technical decisions. Grounded in the Internet Way of Networking, these projects use tools such as the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit to evaluate digital laws and mitigate risks such as network fragmentation, data localization, and centralized state gateways. This involves organizing policy roundtables or dialogues with public- and private-sector actors, conducting Internet impact assessments, and preparing policy position papers for submission to the government or regulatory bodies.
Community Mobilization
Mobilizing for Connectivity: Projects that aim to get communities involved in advocating for, planning, or supporting local solutions regarding Internet access. This involves organizing a community dialogue about their connectivity needs, launching a local campaign to improve Internet access, raising awareness on community-centered connectivity models, and helping a community interact with service providers or the government on connectivity issues.
Mobilizing for a Safer Internet: These projects help communities understand, address, and defend against online safety and security risks through collective action. Activities may include community safety awareness campaigns, train-the-trainer workshops for community leaders, targeted advocacy initiatives to defend strong encryption and protect intermediary liability, and the development or adaptation of safety education materials tailored to specific communities.
Mobilizing for Internet Governance: Projects that aim to strengthen community involvement in Internet governance processes at national, regional, or global levels, such as organizing a preparatory workshop for a national or regional IGF, delivering a session or module on Internet Governance, and producing materials that help community members participate in governance processes.
Mobilizing for an Open Internet: Projects that aim to bring communities together to defend the Internet, resist the Internet shutdowns, and advocate for an open and interoperable Internet, such as conducting a community awareness campaign on the principles of an open Internet and preparing a community position or brief on an open Internet issue.
Track-Specific Events
Fellows will attend events throughout the year that relate to their fellowship track. The listed events are provided to give applicants an idea of the types of events they may have the opportunity to attend during the fellowship. This list is subject to change depending on program priorities, travel restrictions, event cancellations, or other unplanned changes.
Internet Policy
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
A Regional IGF
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum
Community Mobilization
Community Advocacy Workshops
Internet Connectivity
The Internet Connectivity track builds technical champions in peering, community networks, and infrastructure planning.
It contains two sub-tracks: Peering and Community-Centered Connectivity.
Each fellowship applicant is required to take foundational Internet courses plus track-specific courses prior to their application.
Foundational Courses
- What the Internet Needs to Exist (microlearning) (25 minutes)
- What the Internet Needs to Thrive (microlearning) (20 minutes)
- Internet Governance (microlearning) (25 minutes)
- Introduction to Online Trust and Safety (35 minutes)
- Internet Impact Brief (Toolkit) (10 hours)
- Grant Application and Project Implementation (10 hours)
Sub-Track-Specific Courses: Peering
- Advanced Network Operations (30 hours)
- Internet Exchange Point (IXP) 2.0 (5 hours)
Sub-Track-Specific Courses: Community-Centered Connectivity
- Community Network Readiness Assessment (10 hours)
- Building Wireless Community Networks (15 hours)
In addition to the shared foundational modules, fellows in this track will participate in track-specific expert sessions covering topics relevant to their sub-track and project implementation.
Peering
- Technical Foundations of Peering and How It Works
- Economic Benefits and Business Case for Peering
- Policy and Regulatory Approaches that Enable Peering
- Building Digital Economies through Local Content and Infrastructure
Community-Centered Connectivity
- Creating an Enabling Policy Environment for Community-Centered Connectivity
- Spectrum, Licensing, Financing, and Advocacy
- Community Mobilization for Connectivity Initiatives
- Building Sustainable Community-Centered Connectivity Solutions
- Pricing Models and Long-Term Operational Sustainability
Applicants should select the project category that best aligns with their proposed project. Some projects may span multiple categories; in such cases, applicants should select the category that most closely aligns with the primary focus of their proposed work.
Peering
- Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Planning and Development: Projects which support the feasibility, planning, early-stage development, and operational revitalization of community-run IXPs, especially in areas that are poorly served, or where existing exchanges are dormant or underperforming. This involves preparing an IXP feasibility study or roadmap, conducting a campaign to recruit new networks into an existing IXP, diagnosing governance or technical bottlenecks in stalled exchanges, and drafting governance, re-engagement, or sustainability guidelines for an IXP.
- Enabling Environment for Peering and Interconnection: Projects that aim at promoting policies and practices that facilitate peering and the exchange of local traffic. This involves preparing a peering policy proposal for a regulatory body, organizing a peering day or a peering forum, and producing a research brief on the state of interconnection in a country or a region.
- Technical Training and Capacity Building: Projects that train local network operators and engineers in peering, Border Gateway Protocol, and IXP operations. This includes delivering a hands-on technical workshop, designing a train-the-trainers session so that local engineers can continue sharing skills, and creating a peering guide or educational resource for universities and technical colleges
Community-Centered Connectivity
- Planning and Readiness: Projects that lay the groundwork for future community network deployment by assessing community needs, technical feasibility, and readiness. This includes conducting a Community Network Readiness Assessment (CNRA) for a specific community, producing a technical site survey and network design, or facilitating community consultations to build local support and identify potential partners.
- Business Models and Sustainability: Projects that explore existing or potential business models for community-centered connectivity solutions, including the financial sustainability, value chain, and capacity communities need to operate their networks. This includes facilitating the formation of social enterprises, community governance groups, or cooperatives. It also involves research work, proposing business models, sustainability plans, or even delivering a training workshop for a local community on these subjects.
- Policy and Regulatory Environment: Projects that advance policies and regulations supporting community-centered connectivity. This includes advocacy efforts on licensing, spectrum, and financing. It also includes carrying out research on existing policy environments for community-centered connectivity and convening policy dialogues with regulators and relevant stakeholders.
Fellows will attend events throughout the year that relate to their fellowship track. The listed events are provided to give applicants an idea of the types of events they may have the opportunity to attend during the fellowship. This list is subject to change depending on program priorities, travel restrictions, event cancellations, or other unplanned changes.
Peering
- Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)
- Peering Asia
- LACNIC/LACNOG
- MENOG (Middle East Network Operators Group)
Community-Centered Connectivity
- Community-Centered Connectivity Bootcamps (Africa, LAC, and APAC regions)
Prerequisite Courses
Each fellowship applicant is required to take foundational Internet courses plus track-specific courses prior to their application.
Foundational Courses
What the Internet Needs to Exist (microlearning) (25 minutes)
What the Internet Needs to Thrive (microlearning) (20 minutes)
Internet Governance (microlearning) (25 minutes)
Introduction to Online Trust and Safety (35 minutes)
Internet Impact Brief (Toolkit) (10 hours)
Grant Application and Project Implementation (10 hours)
Sub-Track-Specific Courses: Peering
Advanced Network Operations (30 hours)
Internet Exchange Point (IXP) 2.0 (5 hours)
Sub-Track-Specific Courses: Community-Centered Connectivity
Community Network Readiness Assessment (10 hours)
Building Wireless Community Networks (15 hours)
Enroll for Pre-Fellowship Training
Track-Specific Expert Sessions
In addition to the shared foundational modules, fellows in this track will participate in track-specific expert sessions covering topics relevant to their sub-track and project implementation.
Peering
Technical Foundations of Peering and How It Works
Economic Benefits and Business Case for Peering
Policy and Regulatory Approaches that Enable Peering
Building Digital Economies through Local Content and Infrastructure
Community-Centered Connectivity
Creating an Enabling Policy Environment for Community-Centered Connectivity
Spectrum, Licensing, Financing, and Advocacy
Community Mobilization for Connectivity Initiatives
Building Sustainable Community-Centered Connectivity Solutions
Pricing Models and Long-Term Operational Sustainability
Project Categories
Applicants should select the project category that best aligns with their proposed project. Some projects may span multiple categories; in such cases, applicants should select the category that most closely aligns with the primary focus of their proposed work.
Peering
Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Planning and Development: Projects which support the feasibility, planning, early-stage development, and operational revitalization of community-run IXPs, especially in areas that are poorly served, or where existing exchanges are dormant or underperforming. This involves preparing an IXP feasibility study or roadmap, conducting a campaign to recruit new networks into an existing IXP, diagnosing governance or technical bottlenecks in stalled exchanges, and drafting governance, re-engagement, or sustainability guidelines for an IXP.
Enabling Environment for Peering and Interconnection: Projects that aim at promoting policies and practices that facilitate peering and the exchange of local traffic. This involves preparing a peering policy proposal for a regulatory body, organizing a peering day or a peering forum, and producing a research brief on the state of interconnection in a country or a region.
Technical Training and Capacity Building: Projects that train local network operators and engineers in peering, Border Gateway Protocol, and IXP operations. This includes delivering a hands-on technical workshop, designing a train-the-trainers session so that local engineers can continue sharing skills, and creating a peering guide or educational resource for universities and technical colleges
Community-Centered Connectivity
Planning and Readiness: Projects that lay the groundwork for future community network deployment by assessing community needs, technical feasibility, and readiness. This includes conducting a Community Network Readiness Assessment (CNRA) for a specific community, producing a technical site survey and network design, or facilitating community consultations to build local support and identify potential partners.
Business Models and Sustainability: Projects that explore existing or potential business models for community-centered connectivity solutions, including the financial sustainability, value chain, and capacity communities need to operate their networks. This includes facilitating the formation of social enterprises, community governance groups, or cooperatives. It also involves research work, proposing business models, sustainability plans, or even delivering a training workshop for a local community on these subjects.
Policy and Regulatory Environment: Projects that advance policies and regulations supporting community-centered connectivity. This includes advocacy efforts on licensing, spectrum, and financing. It also includes carrying out research on existing policy environments for community-centered connectivity and convening policy dialogues with regulators and relevant stakeholders.
Track-Specific Events
Fellows will attend events throughout the year that relate to their fellowship track. The listed events are provided to give applicants an idea of the types of events they may have the opportunity to attend during the fellowship. This list is subject to change depending on program priorities, travel restrictions, event cancellations, or other unplanned changes.
Peering
Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)
Peering Asia
LACNIC/LACNOG
MENOG (Middle East Network Operators Group)
Community-Centered Connectivity
Community-Centered Connectivity Bootcamps (Africa, LAC, and APAC regions)
Internet Safety and Security
The Internet Safety and Security track develops cybersecurity researchers and online safety champions.
It contains two sub-tracks: Online Trust and Safety and Systems Security.
Each fellowship applicant is required to take foundational Internet courses plus track-specific courses prior to their application.
Foundational Courses
- What the Internet Needs to Exist (microlearning) (25 minutes)
- What the Internet Needs to Thrive (microlearning) (20 minutes)
- Internet Governance (microlearning) (25 minutes)
- Introduction to Online Trust and Safety (35 minutes)
- Internet Impact Brief (Toolkit) (10 hours)
Online Trust and Safety
- Internet Security (20 hours)
- Grant Application and Project Implementation (10 hours)
Systems Security
- Internet Impact Brief (Toolkit) (10 hours)*
- Grant Application and Project Implementation (10 hours)*
* Systems Security sub-track applicants only need to take one of the two courses marked with an asterisk
In addition to the shared foundational modules, fellows in this track will participate in track-specific expert sessions covering topics relevant to their sub-track and project implementation.
Systems Security
- Responsible Research and Innovation
- Value-Based Security Design
- Security and Privacy in Community Networks
Online Trust and Safety
- Teaching Online Trust and Safety: From Awareness to Behaviour Change
- Emerging Technologies and the Future of Online Trust and Safety
- The Policy Ecosystem Shaping Online Trust and Safety
Applicants should select the project category that best aligns with their proposed project. Some projects may span multiple categories; in such cases, applicants should select the category that most closely aligns with the primary focus of their proposed work.
Online Trust and Safety
- Online Safety Awareness and Training: Projects that help individuals and communities recognize, prevent, and respond to online harms and risks. Activities may include awareness campaigns, safety workshops, digital literacy initiatives, and the creation of accessible educational materials that support safer online experiences.
- Online Safety for Communities Facing Heightened Risks: Projects that address the online safety needs of communities that may face elevated exposure to digital harms or barriers to effective protection. Activities may include developing tailored safety resources, delivering specialized training programs, conducting community consultations, and adapting online safety materials for specific local contexts and audiences.
- Promoting Privacy and Data Protection: Projects that help individuals and communities understand and exercise their privacy rights online. This includes running a community awareness campaign on data protection and privacy, delivering a workshop on privacy tools and practices for civil society or small businesses, and producing a guide to privacy settings and data rights in a specific country or region.
Systems Security
- Cybersecurity Research Translation: Projects that translate existing security research into accessible, actionable guidance for policymakers, civil society, or industry. This includes developing a policy brief or white paper, producing a practical security guide for a non-technical audience such as journalists or human rights defenders, and publishing an op-ed or delivering a briefing on a cybersecurity issue using research as the evidence base.
- Cybersecurity Awareness and Capacity Building: Projects that strengthen the security and resilience of organizations, networks, and digital infrastructure through cybersecurity knowledge and practice. Activities may include security training workshops, cybersecurity readiness assessments, incident response exercises, and the development of practical security resources for technical and institutional audiences.
- Security Research Governance and Public Interest Practice: Projects that strengthen the governance frameworks, institutional practices, and community processes that help cybersecurity research deliver positive outcomes for society. Activities may include developing guidance on ethical research practices, examining governance approaches for emerging security challenges, facilitating dialogue among researchers, policymakers, industry, and affected communities, and producing resources that help organizations understand the societal implications of cybersecurity research.
Fellows will attend events throughout the year that relate to their fellowship track. The listed events are provided to give applicants an idea of the types of events they may have the opportunity to attend during the fellowship. This list is subject to change depending on program priorities, travel restrictions, event cancellations, or other unplanned changes.
Online Trust and Safety
- A Regional/National IGF
Systems Security
- Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium
Prerequisite Courses
Each fellowship applicant is required to take foundational Internet courses plus track-specific courses prior to their application.
Foundational Courses
What the Internet Needs to Exist (microlearning) (25 minutes)
What the Internet Needs to Thrive (microlearning) (20 minutes)
Internet Governance (microlearning) (25 minutes)
Introduction to Online Trust and Safety (35 minutes)
Internet Impact Brief (Toolkit) (10 hours)
Online Trust and Safety
Internet Security (20 hours)
Grant Application and Project Implementation (10 hours)
Systems Security
Internet Impact Brief (Toolkit) (10 hours)*
Grant Application and Project Implementation (10 hours)*
*Systems Security sub-track applicants only need to take one of the two courses marked with an asterisk
Enroll for Pre-Fellowship Training
Track-Specific Expert Sessions
In addition to the shared foundational modules, fellows in this track will participate in track-specific expert sessions covering topics relevant to their sub-track and project implementation.
Systems Security
Responsible Research and Innovation
Value-Based Security Design
Security and Privacy in Community Networks
Online Trust and Safety
Teaching Online Trust and Safety: From Awareness to Behaviour Change
Emerging Technologies and the Future of Online Trust and Safety
The Policy Ecosystem Shaping Online Trust and Safety
Project Categories
Applicants should select the project category that best aligns with their proposed project. Some projects may span multiple categories; in such cases, applicants should select the category that most closely aligns with the primary focus of their proposed work.
Online Trust and Safety
Online Safety Awareness and Training: Projects that help individuals and communities recognize, prevent, and respond to online harms and risks. Activities may include awareness campaigns, safety workshops, digital literacy initiatives, and the creation of accessible educational materials that support safer online experiences.
Online Safety for Communities Facing Heightened Risks: Projects that address the online safety needs of communities that may face elevated exposure to digital harms or barriers to effective protection. Activities may include developing tailored safety resources, delivering specialized training programs, conducting community consultations, and adapting online safety materials for specific local contexts and audiences.
Promoting Privacy and Data Protection: Projects that help individuals and communities understand and exercise their privacy rights online. This includes running a community awareness campaign on data protection and privacy, delivering a workshop on privacy tools and practices for civil society or small businesses, and producing a guide to privacy settings and data rights in a specific country or region.
Systems Security
Cybersecurity Research Translation: Projects that translate existing security research into accessible, actionable guidance for policymakers, civil society, or industry. This includes developing a policy brief or white paper, producing a practical security guide for a non-technical audience such as journalists or human rights defenders, and publishing an op-ed or delivering a briefing on a cybersecurity issue using research as the evidence base.
Cybersecurity Awareness and Capacity Building: Projects that strengthen the security and resilience of organizations, networks, and digital infrastructure through cybersecurity knowledge and practice. Activities may include security training workshops, cybersecurity readiness assessments, incident response exercises, and the development of practical security resources for technical and institutional audiences.
Security Research Governance and Public Interest Practice: Projects that strengthen the governance frameworks, institutional practices, and community processes that help cybersecurity research deliver positive outcomes for society. Activities may include developing guidance on ethical research practices, examining governance approaches for emerging security challenges, facilitating dialogue among researchers, policymakers, industry, and affected communities, and producing resources that help organizations understand the societal implications of cybersecurity research.
Track-Specific Events
Fellows will attend events throughout the year that relate to their fellowship track. The listed events are provided to give applicants an idea of the types of events they may have the opportunity to attend during the fellowship. This list is subject to change depending on program priorities, travel restrictions, event cancellations, or other unplanned changes.
Online Trust and Safety
A Regional/National IGF
Systems Security
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium
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