<div id="doctitle">
<p class="title">Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN International Public Meeting 42 in Dakar, Senegal</p>
<p class="subtitle">Program Ensures Global Representation at ICANN's Public Meetings</p>
<p class="docdate">27 May 2011</p>
</div>
<p><strong>MARINA DEL REY, California</strong>: The Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers is now accepting online applications for
the 14th round of the Fellowship program. Successful candidates will
participate in the ICANN meeting to be held in Dakar, Senegal 23-28
October 2011.</p>
<p>The Fellowship program is open to applicants who are current
residents of developing and least developed nations and interested in
participating in ICANN and its supporting organizations, constituencies
and stakeholder groups. Priority is given to individuals new to the
ICANN environment from government and the ccTLD community, as well as
those from academic, civil, business and non-profit entities, which are
NOT involved in or associated with other ICANN supported travel
programs. The program provides the support and opportunity for these
participants to gain knowledge on how to have their voices heard in the
Internet community and ICANN. More information regarding terms and
conditions, as well as eligibility is available online at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/">http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/</a> or email at <a href="mailto:fellowships@icann.org">fellowships@icann.org</a> regarding any questions about this process or program.</p>
<p>The Fellowship program arranges the airfare, hotel and a stipend for
those individuals selected to participate in this ICANN meeting.
Recipients are expected to actively participate in and contribute to
ICANN processes, both at the meeting and in the future. As always,
registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.</p>
<p>Applications for the meeting in Dakar will be accepted from 00:00 UTC on 27 May 2011 until 00:00 UTC on 9 July 2011.</p>
<h3>What Is ICANN?</h3>
<p>To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address
into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique
so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these
unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we
wouldn't have one global Internet.</p>
<p>ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit
corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to
keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes
competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers.</p>
<p>ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam
and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its
coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an
important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet.</p>