Deadline: 27 April 2014
Open Society Foundations is accepting applications from doctoral students or full-time faculty members of eligible countries for Civil Society Scholar Awards 2014. The competition is merit-based and selection is made on the basis of proven academic excellence, clear and justifiable need for international travel to complete the research project, and relevance of the project to the development of open society in the applicant’s home country.
Supported Fields of Study –
- Law, Justice, and Governance
- Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Management
- Economic Rights and Empowerment of the Poor
- Public Health, Social Work, and Community Development
- New Media Law and Policy
- Inclusive Education
- Post-conflict Studies
- Human Rights
Eligibility Criteria –
- Eligible Countries are – Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kosovo, Laos, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Palestine, Serbia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
- Doctoral students of eligible fields studying at accredited universities inside or outside of their home country, and full-time faculty members (master’s degree required) teaching at universities in their home country are eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be currently affiliated with an academic institution, and projects must be clearly linked to current research and teaching responsibilities.
- Applicants with permanent resident status, dual citizenship, and/or asylum seekers in the country of the host academic institution are not eligible to apply.
- Students or faculty currently enrolled in master’s degree programs are also not eligible to apply.
For more information, please visit Civil Society Scholar Awards Page.
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