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Open Society Youth Fellowship for International Applicants 2015

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Overview

The Open Society Youth Fellowship supports young activists and organizers as thought leaders and allies in crafting solutions and new youth-focused approaches to open society challenges.

Criteria

Applicant must meet all the below requirements


  • All applicants should be under the age of 30. While they will consider applicants who are currently employed by a civil society organization or university, they will request additional information to confirm that the individual is acting on their own in regards to their proposed project, and that their current employer is flexible with their independent role as a Youth Fellow.

  • The Youth Exchange accepts proposals from anywhere in the world, with a particular interest in proposals from the global south. 

  • Applicants should possess a deep understanding of their particular field and a record of successful movement-building initiatives, innovative project management experience, and/or experience in research/tools development. 

  • Applicants must be proficient in spoken English.

Preferred Discipline

Fellowship applications should relate to at least one of the following areas of work:



  • youth mobilization and innovation in traditional human rights movements (i.e., the LGBTQ rights movement, disability rights, women’s rights, drug policy reform, etc.)

  • youth participation and civic engagement particularly around elections

  • youth-led movements

  • youth-led work in the field of justice (for example, policing, pretrial detention, incarcerated youth, or alternative sentencing)

  • youth tactics in advocacy and awareness raising (for example new media, arts activism, peer-to-peer networks, etc.) around human rights issues

  • youth in closed or transitional societies

Amount Info

Fellows will receive a stipend of $35,000–50,000 depending on experience and current income. The fellowship will also cover some travel and project costs related to the fellows’ work to be discussed.

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