Marion Dönhoff Fellowship: Michael Succow Foundation 924 views

The Marion Dönhoff Foundation funds a fellowship programme of the Michael Succow Foundation: The Marion Dönhoff Grant supports open and critical debates in the areas of environmental journalism, political ecology and sustainable development.

About the Programme:

• Promoting the critical analysis and debate about issues relevant for sustainability and the environment.
• Supporting a critical East-Western dialogue on environment and sustainability.
• Fostering the media debate on these issues.
• Supporting regional and international networks.
• Integrating human rights issues in the environmental dialogue is an explicit goal.
• The fellows are supposed to work on a subject of their own choice according to the programme goals, supported by the Michael Succow Foundation.
• The results of the stay and the analysis of a subject are to be published. The publication is part of the conditions for the grant.
• The Michael Succow Foundation will provide suitable contacts to individuals and organisations on the spot.
• The applicants may name other relevant organisations in their application.

Selection Criteria:

• The programme is a fellowship for post-graduates with professional experience and activists of civil society networks and groups in the fields of political ecology, environmental journalism or sustainable development.
• The fellowship can ONLY be awarded to suitable candidates who come from post-soviet states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia).
• The applicants should be between 25 and 38 years old.
• Good language skills in English or German (written and spoken) are required.
• In exceptional cases and given outstanding qualifications, applications in Russian language can be accepted.

Duration: up to five months

Number of Grants: Up to four persons a year are eligible to receive the grant.

Applications:

Application should comprise the following documents:

• Letter of motivation (one page)
• Project description of issue to be analysed (up to three pages)
• CV
• Proof of language skills
• Copy/scan of passport