Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship 2025

The Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship is a six-month program that supports researchers in conducting data-driven analysis or developing tools that contribute to an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet. The fellowship has been running for three years, and they are introducing a mentor scheme in 2025.

The objectives of the program include:

• Support the development of original, top-tier Internet measurement research.
• Foster a community of researchers, data specialists, and network engineering experts alongside policymakers and journalists to help strengthen and grow the Internet.
• Strengthen partnerships among global organizations working on data-driven research to understand Internet trends.
• Develop new techniques or implement existing methodologies to improve data gathering, analysis, and visualization on the Pulse platform.
• Explore interdisciplinary research topics related to making the Internet resilient, robust, and open.
• Publish in top-tier conferences such as ACM IMC, CoNEXT, SIGMETRICS, or SIGCOMM.

Benefits of Society Pulse Research

The Internet Society will pay the following compensation directly to the fellow/mentor or contribute to their institution’s finances.

• Fellow: USD $17,000 (including USD $2,000 equipment/travel support)
• Mentor: USD $10,000 (including USD $2,000 equipment/travel support)

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Eligibility for Society Pulse Research

Fellowship

• Open to students or researchers based anywhere in the world who are interested in using state-of-the-art and/or novel Internet measurement techniques to research a specific area that contributes to upholding an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet.
• Must be early-career researchers (graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, and others conducting research outside of an academic institution within 10 years of graduation).
• Must be affiliated with an academic or research institution.
• Have not been a previous Pulse Research Fellow.

Mentorship

• Expertise in Internet Measurements, Internet Policy and/or other related field (economics, social science, etc.)
• Prior mentorship experience.
• Can come from different sectors such as industry, non-profit organizations, research, or academic institutions.
• Mentors should have a Ph.D with a good record of publications.

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Selection Criteria

Applicants will be selected according to their:

• Proposal’s relevance to the Pulse focus areas.
• Knowledge of Internet measurements, policy, or data analysis/visualization, and experience necessary to accomplish the proposed research goals.
• Ability to commit at least 25 hours per week to the fellowship.
• Letter of support from supervisors.

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