The Internet Society encourages innovation and fresh thinking. We provide grants and awards to efforts that support the Internet and the positive difference it can make to people everywhere.
Grants & Awards
Grants
Chapterthon 2021
We are the Internet Society. We advocate, educate, collaborate and mobilize for a healthy, thriving Internet for all. Chapterthon not only shines a light on your work, it also amplifies it, so that others around the world can change lives too. Because we are stronger together than we are apart.
Beyond the Net Programme
As of February 2019, the Beyond the Net Grant Programme is administered by the Internet Society Foundation.
Chapter Admin Funding
The Chapter Admin Funding program offers annual funding to support Internet Society Chapters and Special Interest Groups to manage their day-to-day activities and to maximize their effectiveness.
Awards
Jonathan B. Postel Service Award
The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award is presented annually to an individual or organization that has made outstanding and sustained contributions in service to the Internet community. The award is named after Dr. Jonathan B. Postel to recognize and commemorate the extraordinary stewardship he exercised throughout a 30-year career in networking.
Applied Networking Research Prize
The Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) recognizes the best new ideas in networking and brings them to the IETF and IRTF, especially in cases where they would not otherwise see much exposure or discussion. It is supported by the Internet Society, in coordination with the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF).
Past Programmes
In the News
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Connectivity problems in your area? The govt to help you solve them yourselves through community networks
In the News
19 May 2022
Connectivity problems in your area? The govt to help you solve them yourselves through community networks
TECHZIM
India bets on satellite broadband to bridge rural digital divide
In the News
30 March 2022
India bets on satellite broadband to bridge rural digital divide
Thomson Reuters FoundationAwards News
George Sadowsky Honored with the 2022 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award
Growing the Internet
9 November 2022
George Sadowsky Honored with the 2022 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award
Longtime Internet champion Dr. George Sadowsky is the 2022 Jonathan B. Postel Service Awardee. Selected for his leadership of the...
Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Nomination Committee Statement on 2021 Selection
Statements
23 November 2021
Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Nomination Committee Statement on 2021 Selection
Note that this statement was made by the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Nomination Committee. After careful review and...
Deadline of July 2 to Nominate People for Jonathan B. Postel Service Award
In the News
29 June 2021