LOS ANGELES - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) invites its Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) to nominate volunteers to serve as mentors in its Fellowship Program and to serve on the Fellowship Program Selection Committee. Each group is welcome to nominate one individual for each role, according to the official website of ICANN.
Interested SOs/ACs should select their respective Fellowship Program mentor and Selection Committee representative and notify ICANN Fellowship Program Manager Siranush Vardanyan at siranush.vardanyan@icann.org no later than 31 January 2025. Self-nominations will not be considered.
Eligibility Criteria for Mentors:
• Mentors must plan on a time commitment of approximately 30–40 hours before, during, and immediately after each ICANN Public Meeting. This includes extensive pre-meeting preparation, on-site support for their assigned fellows, and post-meeting support, where applicable.
• Each mentor will serve a term that includes three consecutive ICANN Public Meetings, beginning with ICANN84 (ICANN84–ICANN86).
• Mentors are expected to adhere to the Fellowship Program guidelines to help ensure consistency in capacity development opportunities for fellows and to help fellows actively participate in ICANN's work.
• Mentors will receive travel funding support (if applicable).
• Mentors cannot serve on the Selection Committee while serving their mentor terms.
Selection Committee:
• Members should plan on a time commitment of approximately 30–40 hours over four to five weeks for each Public Meeting.
• Selection Committee members will typically serve for two years, which encompasses six Public Meetings.
• Work for this role will begin in April 2025 with the selection of fellows for ICANN84.
• The ICANN Fellowship Selection Committee is responsible for assessing all applications for the ICANN Fellowship received through the online application system. Selection Committee members will then determine which applicants have best met the posted Applicant Selection Criteria.
• Selection Committee members will not receive travel funding support.