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The New York City-based Open Society Institute has announced the launch of a new fellowship program to enable individuals from around the world to pursue projects that inspire meaningful debate and help shape public policy. The Open Society Fellowship program will award a total of $2 million during 2008 to scholars, journalists, activists, and others working in four areas:national security; citizenship, membership, and marginalization; authoritarianism; and new strategies and tools for advocacy and citizen engagement. Projects funded by the fellowships may include books, articles, documentary films, online media, and efforts to seed new campaigns and organizations. OSI will provide fellows with stipends and communications assistance and will integrate them into its networks of partners and grantees. Most fellowships will be awarded for a period of a year. "The Open Society Fellows will be idea entrepreneurs," said OSI founder and chairman George Soros. "The fellowship will generate new thinking to tackle some of the most pressing questions of our day." Open Society Institute Invites Innovative Thinkers to Confront Global Challenges. More info: http://soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/news/launch_20080325 |