Application Guidelines

Applicants are requested to provide complete project information according to the enclosed outline.

Deadlines

The East East Program coordinator in the Soros foundation in the country in which a project is to take place evaluates project proposals. Deadlines for this evaluation are determined by the East East Program coordinator in country. After this evaluation, proposals are submitted to the East East Program management in the Open Society Institute-Budapest for review. Proposals must be received by the program management at least six weeks before a project is planned to begin.

Financial Support

The East East Program should not be the only source of financial support for a project. Sources of financial support and/or in-kind contributions must be stated in the project application.

For seminars, roundtables and exchange visits, financial support may be requested for
accommodation; meals; in-country travel; translation; printing/publication of project results; and, reasonable administrative expenses to prepare the project. If other expenses are requested, the organizer must provide complete budget detail and explanation.

For other types of cooperative projects, the organizer must provide complete budget details and explanation of requested expenses.

nb. Reasonable administrative expenses may include communication (telephone, fax, postage) and preparation of project materials. The program does not support purchase or rental of equipment or office supplies to maintain equipment; fees for services provided by the organizer; organizer's staff salaries; general overhead costs.

Participation

If this project is accepted for East East Program support, travel expenses of participants will be requested through the East East Program in the foundations of the Soros foundation network.

Decisions about supporting participants to projects are made by the foundations. Fundamental to the East East Program is that network of national foundations have opportunities to identify and select participants to projects supported in the East East Program.

A project organizer may suggest participants to a project. A participant suggested by an organizer may apply to the East East Program coordinator in the foundation in his/her country. The organizer is responsible to inform suggested participants to apply to the foundations for consideration of East East Program support. East East Program support is not guaranteed for participants suggested by an organizer; there is no guarantee that a foundation will support participants suggested by an organizer. Organizers are asked to provide complete and detailed information about suggested participants, including name and title, professional responsibilities and reasons suggested to attend a project.

The East East Program does not support

• world congresses and international or annual conferences 
• individual research projects
• hard science or scientific conferences, training or research
• arts and culture events, festivals, competitions, exhibitions or performances
• highly specialized and individualized training courses
• translation or publishing