About the Fellowship
The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.

Fellowship Guidelines
Complete information and application instructions for the Open Society Fellowship. Proposals are accepted year round, but those received by September 15, 2009, will be evaluated by November 30, 2009.

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After Mandela and Mbeki—The Future of South Africa
OSI-New York
May 27, 2009
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The Open Society Institute, together with The Nation magazine, hosted a conversation on the politics of South Africa following that country’s presidential elections.

How to Reduce Crime and Improve Race Relations
OSI-New York
May 18, 2009
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Professor Tracey Meares discussed her efforts in Chicago's violence-ridden West Side, which helped slash homicide and recidivism rates by about a third while avoiding police–community antagonism.

Mark Hertsgaard
Mark Hertsgaard is a journalist and author whose work focuses on new ways of understanding and combating climate change.

Zack Exley
Zack Exley is writing a series of articles about the evolution of the organizing model used by the Obama campaign.

Richard Horsey
Richard Horsey is writing the first comprehensive account of the International Labor Organization’s efforts to address forced labor abuses in Burma.

Rebecca Hamilton
Rebecca Hamilton is an Australian human rights activist, writer, and lawyer.

Rebecca MacKinnon
Rebecca MacKinnon is cofounder of Global Voices, a global citizen media network, and an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre.

The Green Dam Phenomenon
Rebecca Mackinnon
June 18, 2009
The Chinese government may be backing down from its plan to install new "filtering" software, Green Dam, on all Chinese computers. But it would be naïve to think that scrapping the Green Dam mandate means the end of headaches for computer- and device-makers world-wide.