Health Funding Opportunities at the Open Society Institute (OSI)
The Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private foundation established by George Soros and is associated with the Soros Foundations Network. The OSI seeks “to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating corruption and rights abuses.”
OSI has provided funding to health activists in the past through its Fellowship Programs.
One of these programs, Medicine as a Profession, began at OSI and subsequently moved to the Institute on Medicine as a Profession at Columbia University. Medicine as a Profession provided physicians with the opportunity to get fellowship training in advocacy and operated from 1999 to 2007. A list of the 44 funded fellows is on the Columbia website.
OSI also funds particular Initiatives in Health. When we checked their website (in June of 2008) this was the list of current initiatives.
- Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap
- Global Drug Policy
- International Policy Fellowships
- Open Society Mental Health Initiative
- OSI-Baltimore
- Public Health Program
In addition to these initiatives there are standing health-related programs:
0 Responses to “Health Funding Opportunities at the Open Society Institute (OSI)”