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 sponosrships and 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 and send it to the Euro-IX Secretariat at least 4 weeks before the forum.
Participating in the Fellowship Program
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If you're an IXP wanting to engage with other IXPs, but don't have the resources, apply for a Euro-IX Fellowship!
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As a fellow you will receive one years remote membership, which gives you access to the mailing lists, working groups, workshops and one forum, for the year.
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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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Applicants may also apply for the Mentor-IX program at the same time.
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.
