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Featured Grants

Call for Applications: Open Society Human Rights Internship
Deadline: July/September 2011 The Open Society Foundations offer an internship program designed to give recent graduates in the social sciences, law, and humanities first-hand research experience in a human rights organization in Central/Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union.

Call for Proposals: Using Data for Policy-Relevant Research and Evidence-Based Advocacy
Deadline: June 15, 2011 The Open Society Think Tank Fund and Information Program invite proposals from think tanks, policy research organizations or advocacy organizations with in-house research capacity for comprehensive projects focusing on using data for policy relevant research and evidence-based advocacy.

Call for Applications: Alumni Grant Program
Deadline: June 1, 2011 The Alumni Grant Program enables Scholarship Programs alumni to further expand the knowledge gained during their fellowship and to make a positive contribution to their home country.

Call for Proposals: Working Together for Tolerance in Europe
Deadline: Ongoing The Open Society Think Tank Fund offers support for joint initiatives of EU think tanks combining comparative research, advocacy, and communication efforts to tackle various forms of intolerance.

Call for Applications: Penal Reform and the Rights of Detainees
Deadline: June 1, 2011 The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program of the Open Society Foundations engages with organizations across Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to ensure that reforms dealing with incarcerated populations are launched or reinvigorated.

Call for Proposals: Central Eurasia Project
Deadline: Ongoing Funds are available in programmatic areas including human rights, labor migration, transparency and consumer protection, and transparency of Western military and security cooperation.

Call for Proposals: Open Society Fellowship
Deadline: ongoing The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.

Call for Proposals: Open Society New Response Projects
Deadline: ongoing The Open Society Think Tank Fund offers support to independent policy research centers in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to promote effective and accountable democratic governance.

Call for Applications: Global Supplementary Grants
Deadline April/May 2011 Open Society Scholarship Programs seeks applicants for the Global Supplementary Grant Program for humanities and social science doctoral students from select countries of Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle/Near East, and South Asia.

Call for Proposals: Documentary Photography Audience Engagement Grant
Deadline: May 23, 2011 The Open Society Documentary Photography Project offers a grant to support alternative models for presenting and disseminating documentary photography to the public.

Call for Applications: Supplementary Grant Program Asia
Deadline: March/May 2011 The Supplementary Grant Program Asia provides supplemental financial assistance to Burmese students to study at accredited university degree programs outside of Burma (Myanmar).

Call for Applications: HESP Mobility Program
Deadline: ongoing The International Higher Education Support Program is accepting applications for the HESP Mobility Program.

Call for Proposals: Core and Institutional Support to Policy Research Centers
Deadline: ongoing The Open Society Foundations request proposals from independent, nonpartisan multi-issue public policy centers working in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo, and Ukraine to promote inclusive policy change.

Call for Papers: Building Open Society in Central Asia & the South Caucasus
Deadline: ongoing The Central Eurasia Project seeks authors for a new series of papers exploring under-researched issues and trends related to democracy and accountability in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.

Call for Proposals: Central Eurasia Project
Deadline: ongoing The Central Eurasia Project invites letters of inquiry from organizations active in the areas of labor migration, electricity and hydropower governance, and social, economic, and human rights. Letters of inquiry for projects under $25,000 are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.

Call for Proposals: Middle East & North Africa Initiative
Deadline: ongoing The Open Society Institute Middle East & North Africa Initiative welcomes grant proposal outlines or concept notes on a rolling basis throughout the year.

Call for Proposals: Think Tank Fund Fellowships
Deadline: ongoing The Think Tank Fund of the Open Society Foundations invites talented young researchers to apply for a fellowship for up to three months at one of the leading think tanks in Central and Eastern Europe.

Call for Applications: Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa
Deadline: ongoing The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa invites applications from pro-democracy organizations and individuals in the region.

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