Call for Applications for the APTLD88 Fellowships

Application Deadline: 30 April 2025

The Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD) is pleased to call for applications for its APTLD Meeting Fellowships to APTLD88 in Serbia, Belgrade, on 08-11 September 2025. 

The Fellowships provide travel and accommodation, and daily subsistence (per diem) support for successful applicants for the whole period of the Meeting and its side events, if any. For details please refer to the Fellowship Package section of the respective policy.

Proposals should consider the following:

• How the Fellow intends to proactively contribute to the APTLD Meeting, whether by actively participating in individual sessions or through other means.
• The key benefits the Fellow expects to gain from the Meeting, including major takeaways and lessons learned, and how these would be implemented or applied in their domestic context.
• How the Fellow plans to promote the APTLD Meeting and How the Fellow would contribute to the broader promotion of APTLD and its objectives.

Fellowships are awarded to those candidates whose proposals show the greatest potential and eagerness to network and explore new opportunities for enhancement of their personal capacity and that of their organization. Please keep this in mind when preparing your application, and please be specific.

Eligibility

Typically, APTLD Fellowships are open to both Ordinary and Associate APTLD members, from developing economies and territories, and ccTLD registries with the number of registrations under 50,000; however, the APTLD Board makes its final decision basing on a broader consideration of some other factors and with consideration of travel and financial aspects, including, in the first place, the membership fee having been paid by or duly waived for the applicant’s organization by the opening date of the Call . For a complete list of eligibility criteria, the required documentation and the selection process, please refer to the respective policy. 

To ensure equal opportunities and representation for Members from the APTLD’s subregions the APTLD Board has determined that a total of 5 Fellowships to APTLD88 should be made available to the Membership, including:

• Middle East – 1(one);
• South and South-East Asia – 2(two)
• the Pacific – 1(one);
• Eurasia – 1(one)

Individuals who have been awarded APTLD Fellowships in or after September 2023, or those who have received a Fellowship within the past two years, are not eligible to apply for a Fellowship for APTLD88 in September 2025.

Expectations

In return for the acceptance of a Fellowship, APTLD expects the following from the successful applicants:

• Participation in at least two pre-Meeting on-site training sessions on 08 September 2025 and in APTLD88 on 09-10 September 2025;
• Presenting in or moderation of an APTLD88 session;
• Providing Program Feedback and Post-meeting, submission of a written testimonial (soft copy), including a special section detailing the relevance of the Meeting and major takeaways from it for the Fellow.
• Contributing to the broader promotion of APTLD and its objectives.

For the full information of the APTLD Fellowship policy and to familiarize yourself with previous APTLD Fellows’ testimonials, please visit https://aptld.org/documents/fellows-testimonials/

Timelines

This Call closes at 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2025

Applications should be forwarded by email to GM at: phavanhna@aptld.org, cc Secretariat at: sec@aptld.org.

Upon receipt of applications, the Board will review them in a due course and APTLD88 Fellows will be announced by 30 May 2025.

Force Majeure

As a condition of this Call for Fellowships, if an unforeseen force majeure event occurs which affects APTLD’s ability to proceed with the Fellowships, such as but not limited to lockdowns caused by the pandemic, APTLD may be forced to cancel Fellowships even after announcement of successful applicants. In which event APTLD will not be liable for any claims or loss which may arise.