Introducing the New Scholar Rescue Fund Tab in IIE.Interactive

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We are pleased to announce a new tab on the IIE.Interactive that will showcase IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF). Appearing bimonthly, the Scholar Rescue Fund tab will include information, scholar profiles, and other resources for scholars and host institutions.

About IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund
Around the world, scholars have long suffered harassment, torture, and persecution as a result of their work. In the worst cases, scholars pay with their lives for their dedication to scholarship and freedom of thought. The Institute of International Education has participated in the rescue of persecuted scholars since its founding in 1919. In 2002, IIE launched the Scholar Rescue Fund as a formalized response to this ongoing international dilemma.

The Scholar Rescue Fund provides fellowships for established scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. These fellowships permit professors, researchers, and other senior academics to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large. During the fellowship, conditions in a scholar’s home country may improve, permitting safe return to help rebuild universities and societies ravaged by fear, conflict, and repression. If safe return is not possible, the scholar may use the fellowship period to identify a longer-term opportunity.

For more information, please visit: www.scholarrescuefund.org.

To support the Scholar Rescue Fund, please go to www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/donate.php or contact Margot Steinberg at msteinberg@iie.org.