Subject: [CivilSoc] Grants: OSI Policy Fellowships
From: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Date: Sun Jul 09 2000 - 14:18:59 EDT
Reposted from Serguei Oushakine
2001 International OSI Policy Fellowships
Applications are available online at: www.osi.hu/ipf/apply.html
Dear Colleagues,
The Central European University Center for Policy Studies (CPS) is
calling for proposals for its year 2001 International OSI Policy
Fellowships (IPF) program. The deadline for the first stage of the
application process is 1 August. Please note that we have lifted the age
restriction for these fellowships; applicants of all ages are welcome to
apply.
Please find the brief description of this opportunity in the text of this
message and the full announcement attached. We would greatly appreciate
your help in distributing this call for proposals widely to ensure that
as many candidates as possible are aware of this unique opportunity.
Thank you for your cooperation.
All the best,
Pamela Kilpadi
Olena Sydorenko
International OSI Policy Fellowships
Center for Policy Studies
Nador u. 11, Room 511
1051 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: (36 1) 327-3863
Fax: (36 1) 327-3809
E-mail: fellows@osi.hu
Website: www.osi.hu/ipf
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL OSI POLICY FELLOWSHIPS, 2001
All applications must be submitted online at
http://www.osi.hu/ipf/apply.html by August 1, 2000
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The Central European University Center for Policy Studies (CPS) is
calling for proposals for its year 2001 International OSI Policy
Fellowships (IPF) program, which is affiliated with the CPS and the Open
Society Institute-Budapest. Broadly speaking, an open society is
characterized by a reliance on the rule of law, the existence of a
democratically elected government, a diverse and vigorous civil society,
and respect for minorities and minority opinions. Launched in late 1999,
the CPS works with a broadening circle of policy analysts and
institutions to promote the development of policy center networks
throughout Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and
Mongolia, as well as countries in South and Southeast Asia, the Middle
East, and North Africa. The Center undertakes policy research and
advocacy that furthers the open society mission and disseminates quality
analyses in accessible formats.
The CPS International OSI Policy Fellowships are intended to support the
analytical policy research of open society leaders and to provide these
Fellows with professional policy training. The program aims to improve
the quality of analysis in countries where the Soros foundations work by
ensuring that these leaders are able to conduct research in their home
region while maintaining local affiliations and a high degree of mobility
and intellectual freedom. Fellows participate in four training seminars
in Budapest over the course of the fellowship year conducted by
professors of public policy from around the world and gain vital skills
including how to write professional policy documents, identify
appropriate policy instruments, and effectively advocate policies--skills
that are underdeveloped in countries where the Soros foundations work.
Good policy analysis is characterized by elements including a reliance on
well-researched data; comprehensive, non-ideological assessment of
relevant factors and options; explicitly stated criteria for assessing
options; consideration of the interests and groups affected; and the
clear presentation of feasible recommendations for action as well as how
these recommendations should be communicated and implemented.
Outstanding Fellows from Eastern Europe may be nominated to participate
in additional training and research opportunities including a three-month
International Junior Public Policy Scholar Fellowship in Washington, D.C.
in affiliation with the Woodrow Wilson Center's East European Studies
program. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the
United States' official memorial to President Wilson, was established by
congressional legislation in 1968. Meant to reflect and continue Woodrow
Wilson's commitment to a deeper understanding of issues crucial to global
peace and stability, the Center serves as an international,
interdisciplinary, non-partisan scholarly institute which fosters
scholarship in the humanities and social sciences and encourages dialogue
between the academic and policy communities. East European Studies,
housed at the Woodrow Wilson Center, provides a non-partisan forum for
bringing historical and contemporary understanding of the former
communist states of Eastern Europe and the Baltics to the nation's
capital and throughout the country. For more details on the Wilson Center
and its East European Studies program, please see further details at the
end of this announcement and visit the Center's website at
www.wilsoncenter.org.
Applicants are encouraged to submit individual, practical and
policy-oriented research proposals in the following subject areas. The
product of each fellowship will be a detailed analysis of a major issue
to be published in English and translated into other languages:
Fellowship Issue Areas
The Impact of European Union Expansion on Non-Accession Countries
Modernization, Globalization and Islam
The Future of the Caucasus
The Future of Southeast Europe
Media and Information Policy
Education Finance Policy
Gender Policy
The Public Policy Environment
Terms of the International OSI Policy Fellowship Award
Fellows will be provided with a one-year stipend, expenses including
travel, and needed communications equipment to work full-time on research
of their design in one of the above areas. The amount of the award will
vary depending on standards in the Fellow's country of residence and the
budgetary needs of the proposal.
To Apply: Application Requirements and Procedures
All initial queries must be entered online via the internet directly into
the IPF application database found at http://www.osi.hu/ipf/apply.html.
Those who have no possibility to access the internet (including from
public libraries, Internet centers, or national Soros foundations) should
send an e-mail to fellows@osi.hu or call the IPF offices at (36 1)
327-3863 to discuss the best alternate application solution. Finalists
will be invited to Budapest for interviews at the expense of IPF.
Successful applicants will be notified in November or December 2000 and
no later than January 15, 2001. Applications sent by mail, fax or e-mail
will not be considered unless you received prior approval from IPF staff
to use an alternative method of application.
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Merrill Oates -- Technology and Training Consultant
OSI International Policy Fellowships (IPF)
Oates@c3.hu (36-1) 331-8156
(36-30) 912-1770 mobile (36-1) 312-0775 fax
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