Deadline
January 22nd, 2018
For more informations:
The U.S. Programs’ Equality team, in collaboration with the Documentary Photography Project, seeks applicants for its Soros Equality Fellowship, which aims to support emerging mid-career professionals who will become long-term innovative leaders impacting the racial justice field. The fellowship award provides individuals with a grant of $100,000 to support production of an innovative racial justice project over the course of 18 months.
We seek a diverse cohort of applicants, including activists, artists, journalists, and organizers, to produce projects with meaningful impact. This approach recognizes the power of individuals to use a variety of tools, from traditional advocacy to the arts, to impact change and uplift the mission and values of an open society.
We are looking to fund projects that align with the U.S Programs’ Equality team’s approach to racial justice. This approach:
- rejects the 21st century postracial myth, which claims that by acknowledging race and ethnicity, we promote racism and xenophobia; it instead embraces the value of acknowledging the discriminatory impact that certain seemingly race-neutral policies can have on immigrants and communities of color;
- believes that documenting this disparate impact and the ongoing role of discrimination provides a platform for others to question the legitimacy of structures that limit access to democracy, justice, education, and the economy;
- recognizes the enduring power of language, image, media, the arts, and public opinion to combat or perpetuate discrimination against immigrants and people of color in the United States and across the globe; and
- prioritizes the dismantling of structures that perpetuate discrimination and limit access over the targeting of individual actors who engage in discrimination.
The program does not fund the following:
- enrollment for degree or nondegree study at academic institutions, including dissertation research
- projects that address racial justice issues outside the United States (applicants themselves, however, can be based outside the United States, as long as their work directly relates to a U.S. issue)
- lobbying activities
Those interested in the fellowship should first download and review the complete fellowship guidelines. All interested applicants must first submit a CV or resume along with a one-to-two-page, single-spaced letter of inquiry, which outlines the topic of the project, proposed work product, and relevance to the fellowship guidelines.
Letters of inquiry are due December 20, 2017 (11:59 p.m. EST), and may be submitted online.
We will invite approved applicants to submit full proposals on or by January 22, 2018. Please note, we will not consider any uninvited applications for the fellowship. Invited full proposals are due by February 19, 2018 (11:59 p.m. EST), and must be submitted online.
Applicants who are uncertain about the parameters of the fellowships guidelines may submit a brief email inquiry to: equality.fellowships@opensocietyfoundations.org. Please do not submit an email inquiry before reviewing the appropriate documents.