Application is now open for the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award 2022. The award is given each year to an individual or organization that has made outstanding and sustained contributions to the Internet community. As part of recognizing and commemorating Dr. Jonathan B. Postel’s extraordinary stewardship throughout a 30-year career in networking, the award is named after him. Jonathan Postel personified the Internet’s spirit as a place of opportunity and possibility, and worked selfishly to make it such.
WORTH
- The chosen candidate will be presented with a US$20,000 honorarium and the signature crystal engraved globe at a virtual global conference with Internet technical leaders later this year.
ELIGIBILITY
- The award is focused on sustained and substantial technical contributions, service to the community, and leadership. Concerning leadership, the nominating committee places particular emphasis on candidates who have supported and enabled others in their work.
- The nominator must include specific acts, works, contributions, and other criteria that exemplify how the nominee has been in service of the Internet and its communities along with two references to support the nomination.
DEADLINE: May 13 2022
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