€1,800 SALTO Editorial Board Fellowship

Organization: SALTO Participation & Information Resource Centre (SALTO PI)

Type: Fellowship

Location: Global

Deadline: November 8, 2026

Funding: Fully Funded

SALTO Participation and Information (SALTO PI), the European Commission resource centre for participation in Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps, hosted by Estonia's Education and Youth Board, is recruiting six young people as paid Editorial Fellows for its new Editorial Board. Each fellow is paired with an experienced Sector Mentor for one of six sectors (Higher Education, School Education, Vocational Education and Training, Adult Education, Youth, and Sport) and writes, curates and updates short pieces on democratic participation for the Participation Resource Pool, published under their own name. The fellowship is remote and part-time, about one to two working days a month from November 2026 to December 2027. **What you get:** - A stipend of EUR 1,800 for the full cycle, paid in two instalments of EUR 900 (mid-cycle, indicatively June to July 2027, and December 2027) - A mandatory three to four day in-person meeting in January or February 2027, with travel, accommodation and meals covered in full by SALTO PI - Bylines: your work is published on the Participation Resource Pool under your own name, Open Access - Onboarding in SALTO PI's house style, templates and design workflow, so no prior design experience is needed - A possible invitation, all expenses paid, to the Participation Forum in Tallinn at the end of 2027 - A fellowship agreement documenting the experience and skills gained **What you'll do:** - Co-write the Editorial Board's editorial strategy and agree your desk's priorities with your mentor - Propose and produce your own items: short analyses, case studies, interviews, opinion pieces, one-pagers and infographics - Scan your sector for useful publications and tools, write short assessments of them, and keep existing entries accurate - Lead, with the other fellows, three projects improving the platform: a plain-language documentation rewrite, a user review and a concept for the next cycle - Share at least a quarter of the Board's published materials in your own networks and run the dissemination campaign you propose in your application - Attend a monthly session with your mentor and a monthly online plenary **Key dates:** - Applications close 8 November 2026 at 23:59 Tallinn time - Evaluation and selection: 9 to 13 November 2026; if you have not heard by 22 November 2026, consider the application unsuccessful - Kick-off and fellowship agreements: second half of November 2026 - Online onboarding: late November 2026 to January 2027 - In-person meeting: January to February 2027, dates and location to be confirmed - Cycle ends: December 2027 **More information:** - Only one fellow is chosen per sector, six in total, with a reserve list for each sector - Applications are scored on sector experience, motivation and education (50%), proposed topics and dissemination campaign (25%) and a writing sample of up to 10 pages (25%) - You may apply for one or two sectors; each person may hold only one role on the Board - A separate call recruits experienced Sector Mentors for EUR 3,000; it is not for this audience - Questions go to christopher.radovici@harno.ee; the call gives the exact subject line to use

SALTO Participation & Information Resource Centre (SALTO PI)Fellowship

€1,800 SALTO Editorial Board Fellowship

Nov 08, 2026 23:59:00 Europe/Tallinn

Opportunity type

Fellowship

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Nov 08, 2026 23:59:00 Europe/Tallinn

About this opportunity

What you get:

A stipend of EUR 1,800 for the full cycle, paid in two instalments of EUR 900 (mid-cycle, indicatively June to July 2027, and December 2027)
A mandatory three to four day in-person meeting in January or February 2027, with travel, accommodation and meals covered in full by SALTO PI
Bylines: your work is published on the Participation Resource Pool under your own name, Open Access
Onboarding in SALTO PI's house style, templates and design workflow, so no prior design experience is needed
A possible invitation, all expenses paid, to the Participation Forum in Tallinn at the end of 2027
A fellowship agreement documenting the experience and skills gained

What you'll do:

Co-write the Editorial Board's editorial strategy and agree your desk's priorities with your mentor
Propose and produce your own items: short analyses, case studies, interviews, opinion pieces, one-pagers and infographics
Scan your sector for useful publications and tools, write short assessments of them, and keep existing entries accurate
Lead, with the other fellows, three projects improving the platform: a plain-language documentation rewrite, a user review and a concept for the next cycle
Share at least a quarter of the Board's published materials in your own networks and run the dissemination campaign you propose in your application
Attend a monthly session with your mentor and a monthly online plenary

Key dates:

Applications close 8 November 2026 at 23:59 Tallinn time
Evaluation and selection: 9 to 13 November 2026; if you have not heard by 22 November 2026, consider the application unsuccessful
Kick-off and fellowship agreements: second half of November 2026
Online onboarding: late November 2026 to January 2027
In-person meeting: January to February 2027, dates and location to be confirmed
Cycle ends: December 2027

More information:

Only one fellow is chosen per sector, six in total, with a reserve list for each sector
Applications are scored on sector experience, motivation and education (50%), proposed topics and dissemination campaign (25%) and a writing sample of up to 10 pages (25%)
You may apply for one or two sectors; each person may hold only one role on the Board
A separate call recruits experienced Sector Mentors for EUR 3,000; it is not for this audience
Questions go to christopher.radovici@harno.ee; the call gives the exact subject line to use

Who can apply

Aged at least 18 when you apply and still under 35 on 31 December 2027 (born on or after 1 January 1993)
Resident in an EU Member State; residents of countries neighbouring the EU may also be considered where it helps the balance of sectors
Experience of the sector, or each of the two sectors, you apply for, for example as a student, trainee, early-career teacher or researcher, youth worker, volunteer, athlete or coach, or member of a student, youth, sport or civil society organisation
English at C1 level or above, written and spoken; all work is in English
Available for the whole cycle, November 2026 to 31 December 2027, including the in-person meeting and monthly online meetings
Individual applications only, in English, through the online form with a writing sample of your own
Editorial experience, Erasmus+ or European Solidarity Corps experience and engagement with participation count as an advantage

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Good to know

+Run by an official European Commission SALTO resource centre hosted by HARNO, the Estonian Education and Youth Board
+Clear, detailed call with exact closing time, timeline, criteria and weighting
+Paid, remote, part-time and compatible with study or work
+Named authorship and Open Access publication

Worth checking yourself

!The stipend is EUR 1,800 for the whole 14-month cycle (about EUR 150 a month), paid in two instalments of EUR 900 only after outputs are delivered and accepted; any tax on it is the fellow's to pay
!Location is Global in the field, but applicants must be resident in an EU Member State; residents of countries neighbouring the EU may be considered only where it helps the sector balance. The call does not list the neighbouring countries
!The application form asks for citizens of, or residents in, EU or neighbouring countries, while the call PDF says resident; the call PDF states it holds the binding conditions
!Only six places, one per sector
!The in-person meeting is mandatory and its dates and location are not yet set
!Copyright of outputs passes to SALTO PI

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