<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div>Just to remind that only 1 week is left before the closure of ICANN55 fellowship submissions. If you haven't applied yet then do it now.</div><div><br></div>The 55th ICANN meeting in Marrakech, Morocco to be held 6-11 March 2016<br>Application Round opens: 4 September 2015 at 23:59 UTC<br>Application Round closes: 16 October 2015 at 23:59 UTC<br>Selected Fellows announced: 11 December 2015<br><br><br>------------------<div><br><div><span><div lang="EN-US"><p class="MsoNormal">News Alert<span><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><br></a></span></p><p><span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-09-04-en">https://www.<span class="lG">icann</span>.org/news/announcement-2015-09-04-en</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div></div><h2><span><span class="lG">Fellowship</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and NextGen Application Rounds Open for ICANN55<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p><span>4 September 2015<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span><span class="lG">ICANN</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>launches the application rounds for both the NextGen and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="lG">Fellowship</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Programs to participate in ICANN55 in Marrakech, Morocco in March 2016. This round remains open until 16 October 2015 and successful candidates will be announced on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="lG">ICANN</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>website, 11 December 2015.<u></u><u></u></span></p><h3><span>The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="lG">Fellowship</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Program<u></u><u></u></span></h3><p><span>The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships"><span class="lG">ICANN</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="lG">Fellowship</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>program seeks participants from developing countries of the world in order to help create a broader base of knowledgeable constituents to engage in the Multistakeholder process and become the new voice of experience in their regions and beyond. Since its creation in 2007, the<span class="lG">Fellowship</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Program has built a strong group of individuals who are actively participating in all of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="lG">ICANN</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>communities as well as various Internet Governance entities within the Internet Ecosystem. Their engagement ranges from writing articles and blogs, providing online or in-person public comment in regard to bottom up policy building, engaging in Internet conferences and panel discussions, lifting a pen in working groups, mentoring newcomers, assisting our regional leaders and becoming leaders themselves.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span>Interested in getting to know the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="lG">Fellowship</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Selection Committee and how the process works? Go to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/committee-2012-02-25-en">https://www.<span class="lG">icann</span>.org/resources/pages/committee-2012-02-25-en</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><strong><span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships">Find out more about applying to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="lG">Fellowship</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>»</a></span></strong><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><h3><span>The NextGen Program<u></u><u></u></span></h3><p><span>The NextGen@<span class="lG">ICANN</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>program is education and awareness based experience, designed for a smaller, younger, and more region-specific group of participants. Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 30, live in the region of the meeting, and be engaged in some level of higher education. Each selected member will deliver a 5-10 minute presentation on a topic relevant to the community. Recent presentation topics include Internet governance, DNS, and the future of the Internet.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><strong><span><a href="https://www.icann.org/development-and-public-responsibility/nextgen">Find out more about applying to the NextGen@<span class="lG">ICANN</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Program »</a></span></strong><span><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span>______________________________</span><span>_________________</span></span><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr">Best Wishes,<div><br></div><div>Aftab A. Siddiqui</div></div>