Deadline Approaching for IIE’s Emergency Student Fund for U.S.-Based Students from Syria and Yemen

The Emergency Student Fund (ESF) of the Institute of International Education (IIE) is issuing a call for U.S. colleges and universities that currently have students from Syria and Yemen enrolled on their campuses to nominate those students who have emergency needs for funds to continue their studies so that their academic careers are not interrupted as a result of the crises in their home countries.

 

Syria-ESF and Yemen-ESF will provide grants of $2,000 – 5,000 each to selected students nominated by their U.S. host colleges and universities who are unable to continue or complete their degree program in the United States due to serious financial difficulties precipitated by the situation in the region.

 

Accredited U. S. campuses are invited to nominate up to five students in total, including students from one or both countries, at their institutions for whom help is needed to complete the spring 2016 semester. International Student Advisers or other campus officials should complete the attached nomination form and e-mail it to ESF@iie.org by February 19th, 2016, at 5pm EST. Awards will be announced by March 7th. Applications directly from students will NOT be accepted. U.S. host campuses nominating students for Syria-ESF and Yemen-ESF awards are expected to provide some emergency assistance to the nominated students, through tuition waivers, full or partial scholarships, housing, stipends, loans, work study, or other forms of support.

IIE’s Emergency Student Fund provides grants to post-secondary students matriculated at accredited educational institutions in the U.S. whose sources of support have been impacted by natural disaster or other crises. Since 2010, IIE's ESF has provided $2 million in emergency grants to over 700 students from Japan, Haiti, Libya, Thailand, the Philippines, Syria, Iran, and Nepal whose home sources of financial support were impacted by crisis or natural disaster. The Institute seeks to have a fund in place so that IIE can respond quickly to help students when disasters and emergencies arise.