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Institute of International Education
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 (IIE), an independent
nonprofit, has participated in the rescue of persecuted scholars since its
founding in 1919. In 2002, IIE launched the Scholar Rescue Fund
(SRF) 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.
In response to one
of the greatest academic crises of our time, the Institute of International
Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) launched the Iraq
Scholar Rescue Project. This new project aims to assist more than
150 of Iraq’s most senior and most threatened academics in any academic
discipline – through temporary academic positions at universities, colleges and
other institutions of higher learning in the Middle East and North African
regions. (Some exceptions may be considered for university positions in other
world regions.) In doing so, the Scholar Rescue Fund hopes to contribute to the
preservation of Iraq’s vital intellectual capital and ensure that, when
conditions permit, these scholars will be able to return home to rebuild their
once flourishing academic communities.
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