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
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LAC Chapterthon 2016
Chapterthon is a marathon of chapters, where all LAC chapters can participate by developing a project under a same timeline and budget to achieve a common goal for the development of the region. Once the event is finalized, the best project receives a prize. For 2016 the common goal is connectivity.
In the News
Visit the Internet Society Foundation to read stories about Beyond the Net.
Faced with limited resources, Indigenous communities built their own internet. Here’s how.
In the News
14 March 2021
Faced with limited resources, Indigenous communities built their own internet. Here’s how.
Mashable
Faced with limited resources, Indigenous communities built their own internet. Here’s how.
In the News
14 March 2021
Faced with limited resources, Indigenous communities built their own internet. Here’s how.
Info news
Connecting the Unconnected – Supporting community networks and other community-based connectivity initiatives
In the News
20 February 2021
Connecting the Unconnected – Supporting community networks and other community-based connectivity initiatives
The Good Men ProjectAwards News
Nominations Open! Jonathan B. Postel Service Award 2021
About Internet Society
25 May 2021
Nominations Open! Jonathan B. Postel Service Award 2021
Do you know someone who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution in service to the Internet community? Nominate...
Prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Presented to Onno W. Purbo
In the News
19 November 2020
Prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Presented to Onno W. Purbo
Benton Institute
‘Indonesia’s Internet Liberator’ Purbo bags Jonathan B. Postel Service Award
In the News
18 November 2020