Host a Threatened Scholar at Your Institution

IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF)® is seeking academic positions at colleges, universities and research centers around the world for 17 threatened scholars from Colombia, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, the Sudan and Syria in order that they may continue their academic work in safety.

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

The scholars from Iraq listed below have been awarded grants of up to $32,500 for a visiting position. Matching and in-kind support is encouraged.

A clinical biologist / biochemist
A medical scientist specializing in nephrology and internal medicine
A specialist in animal physiology
A mechanical engineer

The scholars below have been awarded grants of up to $25,000 for a visiting position. IIE-SRF seeks matching support (financial, direct and in-kind) from the hosting institution that is equal to or greater than the fellowship award.

A Colombian historian / sociologist researching armed conflict
Two (2) Ethiopian scholars specializing in: law and peace studies; and Ethiopian folklore and literature
Three (3) Iranians specializing in: sociology; gender-based discrimination and violence; and medieval history and historiography
A microbiologist / human virologist from Nigeria
A Sudanese sociolinguist also working on human trafficking and judicial reform
Three (3) Syrian scholars specializing in: developmental sociology; visual art; and theater and Middle East Studies
A Syrian engineer specializing in chemical process engineering
A Syrian chemist focusing on the use of electrochemical techniques to resolve environmental problems

For more information about these scholars and how to become a host to an IIE-SRF scholar, please visit: www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/for-hosts.php.