Grants, Scholarships, and fellowships
The Open Society Foundations award grants, scholarships, and fellowships throughout the year to organizations and individuals who share Open Society values. We look for grantees who have a vision and whose efforts will lead to lasting social change. The vast majority of our grants are awarded to organizations that we approach directly, but we do list some open opportunities below. Other funding opportunities are available through Open Society's network of national and regional foundations.
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Disability Rights Scholarship Program
ScholarshipThe Disability Rights Scholarship Program offers awards to individuals from Ethiopia, Lesotho, Sudan, South Sudan, Czech Republic, Georgia, and Ukraine for law degrees.
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Latin America Program
OrganizationalThe Latin America Program of the Open Society Foundations focuses its funding on accountability and transparency, drug policy, human rights, citizen security, and homicide reduction.
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Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa
OrganizationalThe Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa invites applications from pro-democracy organizations in the region.
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Building Social Base
OrganizationalOpen Society Initiative for Europe’s call for proposals is open to NGOs registered in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia to support their efforts strengthening their social support base.
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Call for Applications: Summer School in Human Rights Litigation
IndividualThe Open Society Justice Initiative and Central European University invite applicants for the 2018 Summer School in Human Rights Litigation.
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Challenging Dominant Narratives on Sex Work
OrganizationalThe Open Society Public Health Program calls for letters of intent from organizations, informal groups, and networks in select countries to apply for funding to change dominant narratives about sex workers.
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Challenging FOSTA-SESTA to Advance Sex Workers Health and Rights in the United States
OrganizationalThe Open Society Public Health Program invites concept notes from civil society organizations and coalitions to advocate for sex workers’ health and human rights in connection to litigation efforts to challenge FOSTA-SESTA.
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Civil Society Leadership Awards
IndividualThe Civil Society Leadership Awards (CSLA) provide fully-funded scholarships for master’s degree study to individuals who clearly demonstrate a deep commitment to leading positive social change in their communities.
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Civil Society Scholar Awards
ScholarshipThe Civil Society Scholar Awards support international academic mobility to enable doctoral students and university faculty to access resources that enrich socially engaged research and critical scholarship.