Since IIE-SRF's founding in 2002, the program has provided academic fellowships to nearly 500 scholars from 48 countries, placing them at over 250 host partner institutions in 40 countries.

Who can apply:

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. 

Students or professionals seeking funding to pursue academic studies or training are not eligible.  

Information on eligibility and criteria can be found here.  

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(at)iie.org for details.

To host a IIE-SRF scholar: Please visit: www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/for-hosts.php      

Contact SRF@iie.org for questions.