"An Effort to Protect Iraq’s Intellectual Capital"

An article by Scholar Rescue Fund Executive Director Jim Miller for the American Academic Research Institute of Iraq (TAARII) newsletter explores the impact of the Fund’s Iraq Project, which was launched in 2007 with generous funding from both the private and public sectors. 

The Scholar Rescue Fund has since awarded fellowships to more than 265 Iraqi scholars, allowing them to resume their teaching and research in safety. While partnering universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning all over the world — including many of TAARII’s institutional members — have generously opened their institutions to Scholar Rescue Fund Iraqi scholars, there has been a particular focus on engaging partners in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region. Celeste Riendeau, Program Officer for the Iraq Scholar Rescue Project also contributed to the article. 

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