Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship
Forecasted
Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship supports early-career researchers and mentors in Internet measurement research, analysis, and tool development to advance an open, secure, and trustworthy Internet.
Funder: Internet Society
Due Dates (Anticipated): December 2026 (Application closes) | February 2027 (Shortlisted candidates’ detailed applications)
Funding Amounts: Fellows: USD 17,000; mentors: USD 10,000 over approximately six months, each including USD 2,000 for equipment/travel
Summary: Supports Internet measurement research, data-driven analysis, and tool development that advance an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet.
Key Information: Fellows must be early-career researchers affiliated with an academic or research institution and commit at least 25 hours weekly.
Description
The Internet Society’s Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship is an approximately six-month program supporting original Internet measurement research, data-driven analysis, and tool development. Fellows and mentors work remotely from anywhere in the world on research relevant to five Pulse focus areas: enabling technologies, Internet shutdowns, Internet resilience, market concentration, and keeping traffic local.
The program supports new techniques and existing methodologies that improve data gathering, analysis, and visualization on the Pulse platform, alongside interdisciplinary research into a resilient, robust, and open Internet. It aims to build a community connecting researchers, data specialists, network engineers, policymakers, and journalists; strengthen partnerships among organizations conducting data-driven research; and support publication at leading conferences such as ACM IMC, CoNEXT, SIGMETRICS, and SIGCOMM.
