IIE’s Emergency Student Fund Assists Nepalese Students Enrolled in U.S. Universities

The Emergency Student Fund of IIE has awarded 165 grants to Nepalese students at 122 U.S. college and university campuses who face urgent financial need due to the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal in April. IIE awarded approximately $330,000 in funding with grants up to $2,000 each. These grants are made possible with generous funding from the Freeman Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York, as well as anonymous U.S. citizens who share IIE’s commitment to help Nepalese students complete their U.S. studies.

"Our goal is to help relieve the financial burden that was compounding these students' personal distress, and to encourage them to complete their U.S. studies so they could return home with the skills and new knowledge to help rebuild their shattered communities," said IIE President Allan E. Goodman.

This effort is part of IIE’s Emergency Student Fund, for which IIE is currently raising funds to provide emergency grants to post-secondary students matriculated at accredited educational institutions outside their home countries whose sources of support have been impacted by natural disaster or crisis.