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Think Tank Young Professional Development Program for MA and PhD Graduates, Hungary

Deadline: 01.10.2013.

Scholarship administrator: Open Society Foundations
Level: short course, stucni studij
Field of study: Social Sciences, Humanities
Place of study: Hungary

 

Think Tank Young Professional Development Program for MA and PhD Graduates
Budapest, Hungary

 

The Think Tank Fund (TTF) of the Open Society Foundations announces the

Think Tank Young Professional Development Program
for MA and PhD Graduates

Deadline for submissions: October 1, 2013

The Think Tank Fund announces the Think Tank Young Professional Development Program for MA and PhD graduates who graduated with a PhD, LLM or MA degree in the social sciences and humanities from high-quality universities in the OECD countries in the past three years.

Applicants must be residents of the following countries:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia,
Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan or Ukraine.

What is the Think Tank Young Professional Development Program?
Human capital is the biggest asset of each and every think tank. In securing reliable and high-quality researchers, think tanks compete with much more powerful competitors, i.e. governments, state agencies, private companies, banks, and consulting companies. The region’s think tanks, therefore, have to devise special motivation strategies to retain existing staff and attract new talented individuals to opt for this career. Despite being present in the public life, think tanks constitute a small part of civil society and are often not the first choice to fresh graduates who are interested in embarking on research/policy careers.
With this initiative, Think Tank Fund aims at supporting up to fifteen ‘returnees’ per year to assume posts in think tanks interested in attracting young staff. With these activities, we hope to help young and talented people enter the region’s think tanks, provide additional capacity building with talented returnees getting engaged in policy-relevant research, analysis and advocacy under the guidance of experienced staff, and assist think tanks in recruiting new talent into their ranks.

The Think Tank Young Professional Development Program intends to attract recent graduates of MA and PhD programs in the social sciences and humanities to selected think tanks in Central and Eastern Europe, South Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, giving them an opportunity to gain first-hand policy research and advocacy experience at a renowned think tank in the region. The program is designed to benefit both young returning professionals and their host organizations. It enables participating think tanks to recruit young researchers originally from the region who recently graduated from universities in the OECD countries, including the Central European University in Hungary.

Depending on a research topic, individual programs at hosting organizations will last up to 6 months and start from December 2013.

Eligibility Criteria for Young Professionals
Eligible candidates must fulfill ALL of the following four requirements:

  • Have graduated in the past three years with a PhD, LLM or MA degree in the social sciences and humanities from universities in the OECD countries
  •  Be a citizen or permanent resident of the selected countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans, South Caucasus and Central Asia listed above.
  • Applicants should be between 23 and 35 years of age at the time of application.
  • Applicants must be fluent in written and spoken English and the working language of the host organization.


Award Terms for the Think Tank Young Professional Development Program
With this new initiative, the Think Tank Fund aims to support up to fifteen individuals per year to assume
posts in think tanks that are interested in such a possibility. The award cannot exceed 7,000 USD per paid
position. The Think Tank Fund will cover a gross compensation/salary for the paid position (at the level
of the hosting organization’s pay for junior research staff), and other reasonable expenses that are essential for carrying out the work engagement. The award will not cover any administrative and mentorship costs incurred by the hosting think tank as these costs will be the contribution of the hosting organization to the program.

Website: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/think-tank-young-professional-call-graduates-20130807.pdf
Email: ttf.fellowships@opensocietyfoundations.org

 

 

 

 

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