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<font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class=""><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class="">The Internet Society is hereby inviting applications for its latest Fellowship to the IETF. The Fellowship programme allows technologists, engineers and researchers from emerging and
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<font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class=""><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class="">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.</span><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">
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<font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class=""><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class="">Fellowships will be awarded through a competitive application process. The Internet Society is currently accepting fellowship applications for IETF 96 in Berlin, Germany:</span><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">
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<b class=""><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class="">* IETF 96, 17-22 July 2016, Berlin, Germany.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">
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<span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class="">Information about the programme and links to apply can be found at: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/fellows-ietf" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class="">http://www.internetsociety.org/fellows-ietf</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">
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<span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class="">Fellowship applications will close on 3 April 2016.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">
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<span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class="">Please complete the <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/ietf-92-fellowship-self-assessment" style="color: purple;" class="">self-assessment</a> and review the <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/node/9476" style="color: purple;" class="">selection
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<font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class=""><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class="">I also encourage you to pass the information about the program to colleagues, friends, and individuals involved in your network that have a keen interest in the Internet protocol development
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<font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class=""><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class="">The Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF are sponsored by Afilias, Google, NBCUniversal, Microsoft, and Verisign.</span><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">
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<font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class=""><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class="">If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Niel Harper <</span><a href="mailto:harper@isoc.org" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class="">harper@isoc.org</span></a><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class="">>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;">
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<span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue" size="3" class="">Regards,</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; text-align: justify;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>