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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 understand­ing of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the program is based at NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Wash­ington, D.C.

Program
The program offers five-month fellowships for practitioners to improve strategies and techniques for building democ­racy abroad and five- to ten-month fellowships for scholars to conduct original re­search for publica­tion. 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 practitio­ners and scholars from new and aspiring democracies. Distinguished scholars from the United States and other established democracies are also eligible to apply. Practi­tioners are expected to have substantial experience working to promote democracy. Schol­ars are expected to have a doctorate, or academic equiva­lent, at the time of application. The program is not designed to pay for professional training or to sup­port stu­dents working toward a degree. A working knowledge of English is an im­portant 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 insur­ance, travel assistance, and research support through the Forum’s Democracy Resource Center and the Reagan-Fascell Research Associates Program.

Application
For further details, please visit us online at www.ned.org. For instructions on how to apply, please download our most recent Information and Application Forms Booklet, available at www.ned.org/forum/R-FApplication.pdf or visit us online at www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html. All application materi­als must be type-written and in English. 

Deadline
Applications for fellowships in 2008–2009 must be received no later than November 1, 2007. Notification of the competition outcome is in April 2008.

For more information please contact:

Program Assistant, Fellowship Programs
International Forum for Democratic Studies
National Endowment for Democracy                
1025 F Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20004
E-mail: fellowships@ned.org
Internet: www.ned.org

Materials

Flyer in English and Russian (168 kb)

Previous year's competition

Reagan-Fascell stipendija iz područja demokracije (2006)
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program (2005)