CALL FOR PROPOSALS
CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL POLICY FELLOWSHIPS, 2005-2006
All applications must be submitted online by September 15, 2004
Download Terms of the International Policy Fellowship Award
- After carefully reading the application description and requirements, applicants should complete the online application form.
- Applicants will receive a unique application identification (ID) number, which must be used to log into the form again to make corrections/additions and in all correspondence with the IPF program.
- Following an initial application review and selection process, candidates short-listed as Finalists will be asked to submit further information to complete their applications (including budget, timeline, recommendation letters, etc).
- Finalists will participate in telephone interviews at the expense of IPF. Successful applicants will be notified no later than January 30, 2005. The term of the fellowship will approximate March 2005 through March 2006.
The International Policy Fellowships (IPF) program is calling for proposals for its year 2005-2006 program, which is affiliated with the Central European University Center for Policy Studies (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 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 Policy Fellowships are intended to support the analytical policy research of open society leaders and connect these Fellows with professional policy networks and opportunities. 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 policy seminars over the course of the fellowship year with leading experts in their respective fields. 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. In 2005-2006, the IPF program will select teams of experienced policy fellows focusing on topics of strategic importance to the Open Society Institute (OSI). Fellows will be expected to contribute to policy debates and help shape new ideas within the OSI network as an integral part of their individual policy projects.
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.
