The program supports international academic mobility to enable doctoral students and university faculty to access resources that enrich socially-engaged research and critical scholarship in their home country or region.  The link for further details, including guidelines and application is here:

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/civil-society-scholar-awards

Applicants must be enrolled in a PhD program at home or abroad, while faculty must be teaching and based in their home countries.   The academic projects should be between 2-12 months in length.  Grants are available for up to $15,000 for both doctoral students and faculty.

This year’s deadline is March 31, 2018.