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The '''ICANN Fellowship Program''' provides financial grant to 25 eligible individuals to attend ICANN meetings and to actively contribute to ICANN processes to become part of the future leaders of the internet governing body. The grant covers the economy class airfare, hotel accomodation and a stipend after successfully completing a program to cover some of the basic expenses spent by the ICANN fellow.<ref>
The '''ICANN Fellowship Program''' provides financial grant to 25 eligible individuals to attend ICANN meetings and to actively contribute to ICANN processes to become part of the future leaders of the internet governing body. The grant covers the economy class airfare, hotel accomodation and a stipend after successfully completing a program to cover some of the basic expenses spent by the ICANN fellow.<ref>
[http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/ ICANN fellowship Program]</ref>
[http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/ ICANN fellowship Program]</ref>
==Background==
[[Theresa Swinehart]], ICANN Counsel for International Affairs proposed the implementation of the ICANN Fellowship Program during the Special Meeting of the [[ICANN Board]] on April 25, 2007. Swinehart informed the Board that the fellowship program had been under development from the ICANN Operational Plan Project 4F for a significant period of time and it is ready to invite applications for participants in the next [[ICANN Meeting]] which will be held in San Juan Purto Rico. The ICANN Board unanimously approved the implementation of the ICANN Fellowship Program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-25apr07.htm]</ref> The first batch of the ICANN Fellowship program is composed of thirty three fellows who were selected out of 125 applications.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/san-juan-attendees-jun07.htm SAN Juan ICANN Fellowship Program]</ref>
==Mission==
==Mission==