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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-JO link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Friends and Colleagues,</p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is opening the application round for the ICANN Fellowship Program for the ICANN81 Annual General Meeting, which will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye, from 9-14 November 2024. The application deadline is <b><span style='color:#C00000'>19 April 2024, 23:59 UTC</span></b>. If ICANN81 is held virtually, the Fellowship Program will also be held virtually.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Successful candidates will be announced on 2 July 2024 on the ICANN <a href="https://www.icann.org/">website</a>.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>More at <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann81-fellowship-application-round-now-open-19-03-2024-en">https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann81-fellowship-application-round-now-open-19-03-2024-en</a>.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Thank you,</p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>ICANN</p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>