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<p>Dear all,</p>
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<p>For those who might be interested in participating.</p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
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<p>Maritza</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">The Internet Society is inviting applications for its Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The Fellowship programme allows technologists, engineers
and researchers from emerging and developing economies to attend an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">As you know, the IETF is the Internet's premier standards-making body, responsible for the development of protocols used in IP-based networks. IETF participants represent
an international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers involved in the technical operation of the Internet and the continuing evolution of Internet architecture.<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">Fellowships will be awarded through a competitive application process. The current selection round is for the following:</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">* IETF 101, March 17-23, 2018, London, United Kingdom</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">Information of the IETF fellowship programme (including expectations, selection criteria, etc.) can be found at: <b><a href="http://bit.ly/2xtyGSE" id="LPlnk644292" previewremoved="true">http://bit.ly/2xtyGSE</a></b></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">The application links for the Fellowship are as follows:</span></p>
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><a href="https://zoomgrants.com/gprop.asp?donorid=2107&limited=1351">First-Time Fellows (individuals who have never been awarded an Internet
Society Fellowship to the IETF)</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><a href="https://zoomgrants.com/gprop.asp?donorid=2107&limited=1353">Returning Fellows (individuals who have previously been awarded an
Internet Society Fellowship to the IETF)</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">Before applying for the Internet Society Fellowship to the IETF 101 Meeting in London, please <a href="http://bit.ly/2zSr5iT">read the self-assessment guide</a> and
ensure that you are able to satisfy the requirements of the checklist.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Applications will close on 3 December, 2017 and successful candidates will be notified on 22 December, 2017.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">We encourage you to apply for this opportunity or pass this information about the programme to individuals in your network that have a keen interest in the open standards
development activities of the IETF.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Niel Harper at <a href="mailto:harper@isoc.org">harper@isoc.org</a>.</span></p>
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