The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals who are developing innovative solutions to pressing open society challenges. The fellowship program seeks applicants eager to communicate original and provocative ideas to a broad audience, as well as to shape policy and inspire critical debate among activists, intellectuals, decision makers, and the public. The program also aims to sharpen OSI's thinking, question its assumptions, and broaden its understanding of pivotal problems.
A fellow's contribution may take several forms. A fellowship project might identify a problem that has not previously been recognized, develop new policy ideas to address familiar problems, or offer a new advocacy strategy. Fellows are invited to join the diverse OSI community and bring new people and fresh ideas to the organization. Most fellows sit in residence in OSI offices. They are encouraged to organize and participate in conferences and program events and may be asked to run seminars involving OSI staff and outside colleagues. The Open Society Fellowship is open to journalists, activists, academics, and public policy practitioners from around the world.
Recent fellows have explored topics such as the role of new media in authoritarian societies, the international response to genocide in Darfur, and the Liberian diaspora community in the United States. Fellows have also examined online activism in China, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Central Asia, investigative journalism in Colombia, and the AIDS crisis in Russia and Africa.
More details are available on the fellowship guidelines page.
Once you have read the fellowship guidelines and the FAQs, you may click here to apply:
