Fellowship Program Scope and Goals
This program is designed to support IXPs in financial difficulty, with a goal to maintain and increase the Euro-IX membership. The program aims to support any IXP who cannot afford all the expenses to attend a Euro-IX forum or to pay for membership. All Euro-IX forums will run a Fellowship Program, as long as there is sufficient funding available.
Resources
Resources needed to fulfill the goals will come from donations to the IXP Support Grant.
This is done on a voluntary basis and will be managed by Euro-IX.
Request for participation in the program
Any IXP interested in applying for the fellowship should complete the Fellowship Program Funding Request Form. The request should be sent to the Euro-IX Secretariat, and should be submitted at least 4 weeks before the forum.
Participating in the Fellowship Program
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Any IXP interested in applying for the fellowship, should fill in the Fellowship Program Funding Request Form (below).
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The request should be sent to the Euro-IX Secretariat (secretariat@euro-ix.net), and should be submitted at least 4 weeks before the forum.
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Applicants may also apply for the Mentor-IX program at the same time.
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Any IXP who was the beneficiary of a fellowship program is expected to maintain its membership for at least one full calendar year following its fellowship grant.
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Any IXP who was the beneficiary of a fellowship program may only apply again after a two-year interval.
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Any Euro-IX member may apply for the fellowship only once for every calendar year.
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Fellowship applicants may also take part in the Mentor-IX program, which offers various consultancy programs that may be of interest.
Call for donations
The secretariat will make the Donation Application available to members and to other organisations at least 2 months before each Euro-IX forum.
Funding List
The Euro-IX Secretariat, will maintain a Yearly Funding List stating detailed information about members who were granted a fellowship, the amount of the funds distributed to those members along with the reasons for selection of those members.
Paperwork
The Euro-IX secretariat will keep a record of all donations and fellowship applicants. This document will be maintained by the Euro-IX secretariat and shared with the Euro-IX Board, donor members and other donor organisations during the next month following a Euro-IX forum, for full feedback information concerning the program operation.
