Study in the U.S.
Democracy Fellowships
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications to its Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Established in 2001 to enable democracy practitioners and scholars from around the world to deepen their understand¬ing of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the program is based at NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Wash¬ington, D.C.
Program: The program offers five-month fellowships for practitioners to improve strategies and techniques for building democ¬racy abroad and five- to ten-month fellowships for scholars to conduct original re¬search for publica¬tion. Practitioners may include activists, lawyers, journalists, and other civil society professionals; scholars may include professors, research analysts, and other writers. Projects may focus on the political, social, economic, legal, and cultural aspects of democratic development and may include a range of methodologies and approaches.
Eligibility: The fellows program is intended primarily to support practitio¬ners and scholars from new and aspiring democracies. Distinguished scholars from the United States and other established democracies are also eligible to apply. Practi¬tioners are expected to have substantial experience working to promote democracy. Schol¬ars are expected to have a doctorate, or academic equiva¬lent, at the time of application. The program is not designed to pay for professional training or to sup¬port stu¬dents working toward a degree. A working knowledge of English is an im¬portant prerequisite for participation in the program.
Support: The fellowship year begins October 1 and runs through July 31, with major entry dates in October and March. All fellows receive a monthly stipend, health insur-ance, travel assistance, and research support through the Forum’s Democracy Resource Center and the Reagan-Fascell Research Associates Program.
Application: For further details and to download our application materials, please visit us online at www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html. All application materi¬als must be type-written and in English.
Extended Deadline: Applications for fellowships in 2009–2010 must be received no later than November 10, 2008. Notification of the competition outcome is in April 2009.