Guidelines

Soros Justice Fellowships: Guidelines

The application deadline is September 15, 2008 (5:00pm EST). Fellowship applications must be submitted online (with the exception of certain specified items that must be mailed in). To submit an online application, go to http://oas.soros.org/oas/, where you will have to "Register an Individual Account," select a user name and password, and provide basic personal information.

Note: The online system will begin accepting applications on July 14, 2008.

Soros Justice Fellows receive funding through two programs: the Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships and the Soros Justice Media Fellowships.

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. Projects must identify a clear policy goal and may range from litigation to public education to coalition building to grassroots mobilization to action research. Advocacy Fellowships, which have two tracks—one for emerging leaders and one for more seasoned advocates—may be implemented in conjunction with nonprofit organizations.

For more information, please see the Advocacy Fellowship Guidelines.

Soros Justice Media Fellowships support writers, print and broadcast journalists, filmmakers, and other individuals with distinctive voices proposing to complete media projects for local, regional, and national markets. The program intends to mitigate the time, space, and market constraints that often discourage individuals from pursuing important but marginalized, controversial, or unpopular issues in a comprehensive manner. Media Fellowships should seek to engage the public and provoke policy responses to the issues at the core of OSI's U.S. criminal justice priorities.

For more information, please see the Media Fellowship Guidelines.

For program inquiries, please contact Christina Voight at cvoight@sorosny.org.