Suguru Yamaguchi Fellowship Program

  • 2024 2024

    First Fellowship 2023

    Fellows at the 2024 FIRST Annual Conference in Fukuoka, Japan.

  • 2023 2023

    First Fellowship 2023

    Fellows at the 2023 FIRST Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada.

  • 2022 2022

    First Fellowship 2022

    Fellows at the 2022 FIRST Annual Conference in Dublin, Ireland.

  • 2019 2019

    First Fellowship 2019

    Fellows at the 2019 FIRST Annual Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.

  • 2018 2018

    First Fellowship 2018

    Fellows at the 2018 FIRST Annual Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • 2017 2017

    First Fellowship 2017

    Fellows at the 2017 FIRST Annual Conference in San Juan, Porto Rico.

  • 2016 2016

    First Fellowship 2016

    Fellows at the 2017 FIRST Annual Conference in Seoul, South Korea.

  • 2015 2015

    First Fellowship 2015

    Fellows at the 2017 FIRST Annual Conference in Berlin, Germany.

Effective digital resilience and incident response is dependent on a strong network of capable partners and practitioners across local, regional, and the global communities. Recognizing this need, FIRST launched the Suguru Yamaguchi (SY) Fellowship Program to assist teams from underrepresented regions and with national responsibility to engage with and join the global FIRST community.

Named to honor the late Dr. Suguru Yamaguchi, a founding member of JPCERT/CC, former FIRST Board member, and initiator of the Fellowship Program, the program reflects his dedication to supporting Internet development and outreach, partnership, and education across the incident response community.

The SY Fellowship Program

The SY fellowship program is a four-year opportunity for CSIRTs with national coordination responsibility, including national teams and teams with national-level sector responsibility.

Participating teams will have the opportunity to:

The opportunity to join the FIRST Conference is at the core of the SY Fellowship Program. SY Fellowship support includes:

How to Apply:

Each year FIRST selects one to two teams to join the SY Fellowship for the four year duration of the program. To be considered for the Fellowship, teams must formally apply and will be selected based on their maturity and ability to grow into a successful incident response team, able to participate in the FIRST programs and community.

Deadlines:

Eligibility:

How to Apply:

If you have questions about the fellowship program, please contact fellowship@first.org.

Current SY Fellowship Teams

SY Fellowship Alumni