According to an official blog post, the EtherFoundation has announced the formation of the EPF (Ethereum Protocol Fellowship) Fellowship, a programme aimed at lowering the barrier to entry for developers interested in the core protocol.The EPF Fellowship is a 10-week (19 February-29 April) educational series designed to serve as the EtherFoundation's EPF's predecessor (with a fifth cohort coming soon), the EPF Groups are designed to mentor and develop the next generation of EtherCore developers and provide insight into EtherCore's internal mechanisms.