The Think Tank Fund of the Open Society Institute seeks up to ten young, talented researchers employed by one of the fund's grantees for a fellowship to spend up to three months in one of the leading think tanks in Central and Eastern Europe in order to gain practical experience.

In accordance with the Think Tank Fund's mission, this fellowship program has the following goals:

• to enhance the professional capacity of junior researchers in organizing policy processes and developing innovative and quality policy products on current issues.
• to contribute to institutional development of think tanks - sponsoring organizations by enhancing the junior employee’s skills and motivation; and by generating new ideas and broadening professional networks.
• to enrich portfolios and networks of think tanks - hosting organizations by bringing researchers with a different background and strengthening the host organizations’ mentoring capacity.

Fellows can select any fund-supported policy center outside their country of origin as a potential host organization. Applicants should contact the organization(s) directly to develop ideas for the fellowships that can be of benefit to both parties.

Fellows are expected to engage in ongoing policy research projects at the hosting organization under the guidance of a senior policy analyst and develop a concrete policy product. "Policy product" refers to:

• Research study / survey (fellows are expected to define clear tangible outcomes at the end of the study/ survey)
• Drafting a policy paper / briefs / newsletters
• Organization of an event/conference (thematic/content inputs on the event organized within the fellowship term)
• Any other policy related product / activity that benefits both the visiting fellow and the hosting organization (e.g. designing and hosting policy blogs etc.)

For more information, see the Think Tank Fund Fellowships guidelines.