Fellowships for Threatened Scholars

The Institute of International Education's (IIE) Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) is pleased to announce a call for applications from scholars facing threats to their lives or academic work. Fellowships support temporary academic positions at colleges, universities and other research institutions outside their home countries anywhere in the world.  

Since IIE-SRF's founding in 2002, the program has provided academic fellowships to over 500 scholars from 50 countries, placing them at nearly 300 host partner institutions in 40 countries.       

 

Professors, researchers and public intellectuals from any country, field or discipline may apply. Please refer eligible candidates and forward this announcement to any academic colleagues who may be interested.  

• Qualifying applicants are currently facing or have recently fled from direct and immediate threats. 
• Preference is given to scholars with a Ph.D. or other terminal degree in their field and who have extensive teaching or research experience at a university, college or other institution of higher learning. 
• We strongly encourage applications from female scholars and under-represented groups. 

 

To apply:   

Please download the application materials from: www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/for-scholars.php (outreach messages are available in Arabic, French, Persian and Spanish)     

 

To nominate a threatened scholar:    

IIE-SRF accepts referrals and applications from third-party nominators who know of a threatened scholar's need for assistance. Please contact SRF@iie.org for details.

Please visit: www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/for-hosts.php     

 

A list of scholars who are seeking hosts for their IIE-SRF fellowships can be found here. Please contact SRF@iie.org for more details.