Open Society Foundation Leadership in Government Fellowship 2025 ($160,000 stipend) – YOA

Deadline: July 24, 2025

Applications are open for the Open Society Foundation Leadership in Government Fellowship 2025. The Leadership in Government Fellowship program helps excellent people who’ve performed a major position in advancing social change from inside authorities in the United States and its territories on the metropolis, county, tribal, state, and federal ranges. The fellowships will enable latest authorities leaders to mirror on their public service, develop their community and information, and insert their distinctive views and experience into the general public dialogue.

Stipend

• Fellows will obtain a stipend in a normal vary of $115,000 to $160,000 relying on proportion of time dedicated to the challenge. Projects are both 12 or 18 months in length. 

Eligibility

• The Leadership in Government Fellowship program seeks fellowship candidates who’ve served in senior-degree, full-time authorities positions in the United States and its territories.
• The ideally suited candidates are public servants who’ve lately accomplished their time in authorities (throughout the final two years) or may have accomplished their time period previous to the start of their fellowship and have served in the chief government position or senior administration of their company or workplace. Ideally, candidates see themselves serving as change brokers inside authorities in the longer term or need to apply their public service expertise to an advocacy profession. People of all political events or ideologies are inspired to apply, particularly those that develop concepts and approaches to social change.
• Successful candidates will show the next qualities: a eager curiosity in reflecting on their authorities service; a ardour for fixing issues and implementing coverage; a want to advance concepts past their former jurisdictions; and a want to inject their work into the general public dialogue.

Application

Applicants who’re unsure whether or not their authorities expertise or proposed challenge suits throughout the parameters of the fellowships pointers might submit an e-mail inquiry earlier than continuing with the complete application. The e-mail ought to present a short (not more than 200 phrases) description of the proposed challenge, in addition to some background info on the applicant, and needs to be despatched to: [email protected]

Applicants should present fundamental contact info and reply questions on their authorities expertise. Applicants may also submit a proposal of eight questions together with their resume. Once registered with the system, candidates can save their progress earlier than submitting a ultimate application.

Applications are due on July 24 at 11:59 p.m. (EDT) and should be submitted on-line through the Leadership in Government Portal.

For extra info, go to Leadership in Government Fellowship.