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Details:
Amount of Scholarship:
Maximum funding requests: $15,000
Eligibility Criteria:
The applicant must be a citizen of one of the eligible countries: Yemen, Libya, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, and Syria.
The applicant must be a doctoral student in one of the eligible fields studying at accredited universities inside or outside of their home country or be one of the full-time faculty members (must have a minimum of a master’s degree) teaching at universities in their home country.
Scholarship Specialties:
The scholarship supports academic research in any field of social sciences and humanities, but it will prioritize research which specifically addresses pressing societal issues within the following themes:
Ineligibility Criteria:
Ineligible fields include business administration, management training, computer science, finance/banking, marketing, engineering, hard sciences (physics, biology, chemistry, etc.), mathematics, medical sciences, or teaching English as a foreign language/language instruction.
Important Notes:
Selection will be made on the basis of proven academic excellence and the relevance of the project to the development of open society in the applicant’s home country.
About the Open Society Foundation:
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant societies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people. They seek to strengthen the rule of law; respect for human rights, minorities, and a diversity of opinions; democratically elected governments; and a civil society that helps keep government power in check. They help to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. They believe in fundamental human rights, dignity, and the rule of law. Also, they believe in a society where all people are free to participate fully in civic, economic, and cultural life.
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