2026 ICANN Global Fellowship Program

Location: Global

Program: Internet Governance and Policy Fellowship

Eligibility: All Nationalities

Duration: 17 to 22 October

Deadline: April 19, 2026

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The ICANN Fellowship Program is a fully supported fellowship offered by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), designed to strengthen the representation of the multistakeholder model by fostering opportunities for individuals from underserved and underrepresented communities to become active participants in the global Internet governance community. Fellows are exposed to the workings of the ICANN community, are assigned a dedicated mentor, and receive training across different areas of knowledge and skill building before, during, and after an ICANN Public Meeting, with travel assistance also provided to attend the meeting in person. The programme supports approximately 45 participants per ICANN Public Meeting, including newcomers, returning alumni, and mentors, and a successful candidate may receive fellowship support up to three times throughout their engagement with the ICANN community.

ICANN is a nonprofit public benefit corporation formed in 1998, whose mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet by coordinating and supporting the unique identifiers that allow computers to find one another across the world. The ICANN Fellowship Program draws participants from a wide variety of backgrounds including civil society, government, country code top-level domain operators, academia, business, technical, security, and end user groups, reflecting ICANN’s commitment to diversity and inclusivity across all regions and sectors. Through the fellowship, ICANN enables promising individuals to build the knowledge, skills, and connections needed to contribute meaningfully to global Internet policy development and the operation of the Domain Name System, with the ICANN87 Annual General Meeting fellowship application round currently open until April 19, 2026.

Benefits of the Scholarship

This scholarship will provide the following to its recipients:

Travel assistance to attend the ICANN Public Meeting in person
Hotel accommodation for the duration of the meeting
A stipend not to exceed USD $500 to offset reasonable individual expenses including meals, transport to and from the airport, and incidentals
Certificate of completion upon satisfactorily completing all aspects of the programme and submitting the post-meeting survey
Opportunity to apply for additional fellowship rounds, with a maximum of three fellowships available per individual
Other benefits

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Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for this fellowship, applicants must meet the following:

Be at least 21 years of age
Be interested in, or already engaged in, the various components of ‌ICANN‍’s work in policy building, the operation of the Domain Name System and the security and stability of the global Internet
Complete mandatory ‌ICANN‍ Learn course(s)
NOT be involved in or associated with other ICA‌NN supported travel programs at time of selection
Policy Forum applicants must have successfully completed an ICA‍NN Fellowship
Have previously received no more than two fellowships; second and third time fellows must prove their involvement and engagement in one of the ICANN communities

Note: Kindly check the official webpage for full and detailed requirements

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Selection Criteria

Applications are reviewed by a Selection Committee made up of representatives nominated by ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, who assess each application based on four criteria: diversity, experience, ICANN knowledge and engagement, and potential for future engagement, with priority given to candidates from underserved and underrepresented communities who demonstrate financial need, and with the Selection Committee also considering the need for regionally diverse candidates from a range of sectors including those that lack diverse representation within the ICANN multistakeholder community.