Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships Guidelines

The Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships fund outstanding individuals—including lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, researchers, and others with unique 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 the Open Society Foundations' U.S. criminal justice reform priorities. Projects may range from litigation to public education to coalition-building to grassroots mobilization to policy-driven research. Advocacy Fellowships are 18 months in duration, may be implemented in conjunction with a host organization, and can begin in the spring or fall of 2012.

Individuals with projects that propose, as their primary purpose, the completion of books, print or radio journalism, documentary film or video, or other similar media should apply for the Soros Justice Media Fellowships.

Note: Please be aware that the Soros Justice Fellowships Program is separate and distinct from the Open Society Fellowship, an Open Society Foundations program that supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. While both fellowship programs share a common interest in open society issues generally, the Soros Justice Fellowships have an express focus on U.S. criminal justice issues.

Deadline

Please note: The deadline for the Soros Justice Fellowships is now closed. Please check back with us in late-spring 2012 for information on the next application cycle.