Call for Nominations and Applications1999-2000
Kosovar Candidates
Application Deadline 10 August 1999
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IPF OverviewIn response to the crisis in Kosovo, the Open Society Institute-Budapest is accepting nominations of present Kosovo residents or those formerly resident in Kosovo who have fled as a result of the crisis and may wish to participate in the 1999-2000 International OSI Policy Fellowships (IPF) program. The fellowships are intended to support activism, writing or research, and to encourage the development of program strategies for the Soros foundations network. Nominations are sought for Kosovar individuals who wish to undertake practical/policy-oriented projects in the following subject areas:
Fellowship Issue Areas
1) Pre-school, primary and secondary education,
2) Higher education
3) Culture and cultural institutions
4) Law and human rights
5) Public administration
6) Civil society and institution-building
7) Media
8) Roma and other minority rights issues
9) Economic reform and management education
10) Publishing, libraries and electronic communications
11) Public medicine and health
12) Gender issues
In addition to completing full-time projects, fellows will be invited to attend at least three meetings in Budapest over the course of the fellowship year, assist the Soros foundations network in developing strategies and policies, and write a brief policy paper on their project. The fellows will be assigned mentors with whom they will be able to discuss their work. Mentors will come from leading members of the professional staff of the Soros foundations network and from the Central European University.
Terms of Award
Fellows will be provided with a one-year stipend, expenses and needed communications equipment to work full-time on a project 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.
Fellows can choose to be based in their countries of residence, in another appropriate country in the target region, or to spend all or part of the year in Budapest in order to work more closely with the Soros foundations network.
To Apply: Application Requirements and Procedures
- Age
The Fellowship is open to persons aged 35 and younger, as of July 20, 1999. - Residency
Applicants must be permanent residents of Kosovo or permanent residents who have fled Kosovo in the last year as a result of the crisis. - Language of Application
All applications must be in English and applicants must have fluent English-language skills. However, it is not necessary that the project proposed by the applicant be one in which English is the language used. Thus, an applicant may propose a research and writing project in Polish, as long as the applicant is readily able to discuss the project and related topics in English. - Application Contents
Applicants should send a proposal of no more than 1500 words outlining a project in one of the twelve areas. This proposal should briefly explain the following:
- Application cover sheet with basic data (please find this cover sheet attached below);
- Project objective and procedures for fulfilling the project;
- Time schedule;
- Resources available (in particular, if other funding sources have been approached or provided);
- Resources needed, including a detailed budget; (please see sample budget categories provided below)
- If possible, the proposal should indicate which Soros foundation network program(s) the applicant finds most interesting (please refer to our web sites for www.soros.org and www.osi.hu for details);
- If appropriate, the proposal should explain how the results of the project might be applied broadly to the region as a whole
In addition to this proposal, applicants should include:
- A one- or two-page CV that describes relevant educational, employment or other experience;
- Application Deadlines
Completed applications must be received by 10 August 1999. - Application Address
Completed applications should be mailed, e-mailed, or faxed to:
Open Society Institute Policy Fellowships
Attention: Pamela Kilpadi
Oktober 6 utca 12
H-1051 Budapest, HungaryFor further information, please connect to the web site in Budapest at http://www.osi.hu/ipf/ or in New York at http://www.soros.org/ipf/, write an e-mail to fellows@osi.hu or telephone at (36-1) 327-3863.
Open Society Fellowship Sample Budget Categories
The fellowship has no formal budgetary limitations, but budget proposals must realistically reflect the financial requirements of individual, one-year projects. Budgets will vary depending on the fellow's country of residence and budgetary needs. This is a full-time fellowship. If you plan to be involved in separate activities during the year 2000 period, please indicate along with your budget the nature of this activity, time commitment needed, compensation, and any organization with which you will be affiliated.Please consider the following potential expenses when drafting a budget. Do Not include living expense/stipend costs, which are estimated by the International OSI Policy Fellowships program on a country-by-country basis.
Costs
- Communications equipment (laptop computer, e-mail)
- Travel costs not including trips to Budapest, which are paid for by IPF (i.e., airfare, land transport, visas, travel health insurance, accommodation)
- Purchase of books, research materials
- Photocopying
- Other costs associated with the proposal (please provide details)
- Monthly stipend amount (you may include relevant information such as number of dependents, living expenses, etc)
Other Grants/Funds (if possible)
- Funding body
- Amount of funding
- Documentation regarding funding
- Any previous grants, scholarships or fellowships received (indicate when awarded and by whom)
- Details of any Soros foundations or Open Society Institute grants received including date