Soros Justice Fellowship Applications Available

Greeting! Please circulate to folks in your network who may be interested in applying for a Soros Justice Fellowship. Any questions on the application process please contact Adam Culbreath (info below). Thanks!



I am writing to enlist your help in spreading the word about the Soros Justice Fellowships, a program that funds outstanding individuals to implement innovative projects that advance the Open Society Institute’s criminal justice reform priorities in the Unites States. This year, fellowship applications are due on Wednesday, October 14. Whether you forward this information to particular individuals whom you think would be promising candidates or circulate it more generally, we trust that there are advocates, activists, journalists, researchers, and others with distinctive and important voices within your networks who would benefit from this opportunity.



Fellows receive funding through the following two categories:



Advocacy

Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships fund outstanding individuals—including lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, activist academics, and others with important perspectives—to initiate innovative policy advocacy projects at the local, state, and national levels that will have a measurable impact on one or more of OSI’s U.S. criminal justice priorities. Advocacy Fellowships, which have application tracks for both emerging leaders as well as for those with more established records of achievement, are 18 months in duration and come with a stipend ranging from $75,000 - $105,000.



Media

Soros Justice Media Fellowships support writers, print and broadcast journalists, bloggers, filmmakers, and other individuals with distinctive voices proposing to complete media projects for local, regional, and national markets that will engage the public and provoke policy responses to one or more of OSI’s U.S. criminal justice priorities. Media Fellowships are 12 months in duration and come with a stipend of $45,000.



As noted above, the application deadline for both fellowship categories is October 14, 2009. Further information and a link to our guidelines and online application can be found at: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/programs/justice_fellows.



Adam Culbreath, Program Officer

Soros Justice Fellowships

Open Society Institute

aculbreath@sorosny.org

(212) 548-0170