Focus AreasThe International Policy Fellowships (IPF) program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network. The program strives to build local policymaking capacity and prevent "brain drain" by providing professional policy support and ensuring that fellows have substantial mobility and intellectual freedom while conducting research in their home countries. IPF is affiliated with the Center for Policy Studies at Central European University and cooperates with partners such as the Woodrow Wilson Center in the United States.
The Program's fellows have explored alternative ways to jumpstart needed reform in transition countries and prompt public discourse about open society issues. They have promoted emerging grassroots movements and secured outside funding for new and sustainable local initiatives. Policy fellows have had notable successes in influencing the policies of governments and institutions in transition countries, where independent researchers have tremendous opportunities to address gaps in social science research and analysis that must be filled in order to devise well-informed policies.
For more information, please see the IPF guidelines or www.ingeniosystems.com/ipf/.
