Adding new participants to eduroam Support Organizations 2024 Cohort - Call for applications!
Internet2 will open a call for applicants for the 2024 eduroam Support Organization cohort on March 27, 2024 from 1pm-2pm ET.
Proposals will be accepted until April 30th, 2024.
A webinar will be held where the program participants report out on their progress over 2023 and prospective participants could learn more about joining the 2024 cohort. Please note that we expect the 2024 cohort will have limited spaces, identifying two top candidates to join the On-Ramp this year.
The 2024 cohort proposals will be submitted in the form of a presentation delivered to Internet2's staff as well as representatives from the current program participants. All applicants must use this template deck for their presentations. You can review the Planning Tool below to learn more about the information you'll need to complete your proposal.
View and download the template deck here
Sign sheet for presentations
If you you have additional questions about the eduroam Support Organization and how to join, contact the program manager Mike Zawacki (mzawacki@internet2.edu).
Statement of purpose
The true value of eduroam increases with its ubiquity. eduroam in every primary and secondary educational institution, library, and public space boosts the value proposition of the service immensely and regional networks and community anchor institutions present a unique and powerful partner to address this scaling issue. At the same time, this helps make community services, and the community that provides them, more sticky. K12s, as well as libraries and museums that are part of the K12 ecosystem, have thus far been underserved by eduroam in the US. eduroam Support Organizations (eSOs) leverage their existing relationships with K12s, libraries, and museums to address this need.
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For an idea of what statewide deployments might look like for a eduroam Support Organization, we encourage you to read the annual reports generated by the program participants and Internet2:
On-Ramp - positioning organizations for success
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How To Join - Planning Tool for your presentation
Those During the annual proposal window (typically held during the month of April) those interested in joining upcoming eduroam Support Organization Cohorts are expected to provide a presentation outlining plans for the deployment of eduroam K12 organizations within their state. The plans are to include what percentage of the total K12 organizations the plan supports, who would be deploying the required supporting infrastructure, a description of their infrastructure and how a candidate intends to create a sustainable support model. The plans will be proposals are judged by the below criteria. Your presentation will be Presentations are given to our Internet2's staff, as well as current program participants, members of the eduroam Advisory Committee, and other volunteers from the community. Part fof the presentation
We ask that eduroam Support Organization candidates respond to each requirement and describe their organization's positioning for each. The top row shows how each High/Medium/Low readiness level is defined. These requirements will also be weighted. For example, a candidate’s response for “Serve K12s, libraries, museums” will carry a higher value than their response to “Using eduroam internally”.
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