Host a Threatened Scholar at Your Institution

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The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) is seeking academic positions at universities and colleges around the world for 13 threatened scholars from China, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen in order that they may continue their academic pursuits in safety.

The Scholar Rescue Fund provides one-year awards to academic institutions willing to host established scholars facing threats to their lives and careers in their home countries. These temporary academic visits are intended to allow the scholars to continue to teach, write, or research pending improvement in conditions that would permit their safe return home. SRF seeks matching funds or in-kind support from the host institution. Fellowship awards may be renewed for a second year.

Scholars from Iraq hold grants of up to $32,500 to resume their work in the fields below. Matching and/or in-kind support is encouraged:

Two (2) physicists focused on astronomy, remote sensing, solid state, and nanophysics
A marine biologist researching algology, oceanography, and marine ecology
An agriculturalist focused on irrigation, land reclamation, and the environmental impacts of agriculture
An education technology specialist with experience establishing continuing education centers.
Four (4) medical scientists specializing in: pediatrics, internal medicine, clinical biology, and veterinary medicine

The following scholars have been awarded grants up to $25,000 for a visiting position. SRF seeks matching support (financial and in-kind) from the hosting academic institution:

A Syrian specialist in human rights and democratization
A literature scholar from Yemen exploring gender and development

For more information about these scholars and how to become a host to an SRF scholar, please visit: www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/for-hosts.php. For questions, please contact SRF@iie.org or +1 (212) 205-6488.