1. IIE Scholar Rescue Fund
Since 2002, IIE-SRF has assisted 726 scholars from 58 countries, placing them at more than 375 host partners in 43 countries around the world.

2. IIE’s History of Scholar Rescue
Protecting threatened scholars and students has long been at the core of IIE’s mission since its founding in From the Bolshevik Revolution to the Hungarian Uprising, IIE has demonstrated a commitment to defending the right to freedom of thought and the pursuit of knowledge.
The Russian Student Fund, 1921 – 1949
The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German (later Foreign) Scholars,
Rescue of Scholars from the Spanish Civil War, 1936 – 1939
Emergency Program to Aid Hungarian University Students, 1956 – 1958
South African Education Program (SAEP), 1979 – 2001
Scholar Rescue Fund, 2002-Present
Iraq Project,

3. Who do we help? Censorship Wrongful dismissal
IIE-SRF supports scholars suffering threats to their
personal security or abuse of their fundamental human rights:
Censorship
Wrongful dismissal
Denial of right to travel
Surveillance / harassment
Death threats
Interrogations / detention
Imprisonment
Physical harm / risk of violence

4. The IIE-SRF fellowship package
How do we help?
The IIE-SRF fellowship package
IIE-SRF Fellow
- Teaching / advising students
- Scientific research
- Presentations and guest lectures
- Academic expertise, global perspective,
unique experience, and diversity
IIE-SRF
Host Institution
- Relocation assistance
- $25,000 grant (renewable)
- Health insurance
- Professional development
assistance
- Staff expertise and
logistical support
- Post-fellowship support
- Temporary academic position
- Financial support
- Visa sponsorship
- Academic and professional
development assistance
- Family support

5. Host Countries 2002-Present 2016 2017-Date U.S. 42.4% U.S. 40.5% U.S.
U.S.
40.5%
U.S.
42.0%
Jordan
19.9%
Jordan
13.5%
Jordan
11.6% UK
8.1% UK
10.8% UK
8.7%
Canada
2.8%
Germany
7.2%
Canada
7.2%
Germany
2.5%
France
5.4%
France
5.8%

6. Host Partner Institutions in Jordan
Thirty-six (36) institutions across Jordan have hosted 115 IIE-SRF scholars since 2004:
Al al-Bayt University
Al-Ahliyya Amman Private University
Al-Balqa University
Al-Isra University
Al-Zaytoonah Private University
American Center of Oriental Research
American University of Madaba
Amman Center for Peace and Development
Applied Science Private University
Arab Community College
Arab Thought Forum
British Institute
Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan
Columbia University Middle East Research Center (CUMERC)
Foundation for the Future
French Institute of the Near East
International Institute of Islamic Thought
International Moderation Forum
Jadara University
Jerash University
Jordan Ministry of Agriculture
Jordan Museum
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Jordan University of Science and Technology
King Hussain Cancer Center
Middle East University
Petra University
Philadelphia University
Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Regional Human Security Centre
Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies
Royal Scientific Society
TAARII
The Khalid Shoman Foundation – Darat al Funun
University of Jordan
Yarmouk University

7. Iraq Scholar Rescue Project: 2007-2014
By the Iraq Scholar Rescue Project’s completion in September 2014, more than 280 Iraqi scholars received IIE-SRF fellowships to resume their teaching & research activities in safety, including over 100 in Jordan alone.

8. Governmental Support
IIE-SRF is offering its expertise and networks to facilitate the participation of governments in the enterprise of scholar rescue and the integration of refugee academics into their universities.
In January 2016, IIE-SRF and the Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) entered into an agreement to provide safe havens in Finland for threatened scholars from war-torn countries. (EDUFI Director Samu Seitsalo and IIE President & CEO Allan Goodman).

9. Global Partners
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Council for Assisting at-Risk Academics (CARA)
Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA)
Philipp Schwartz Initiative – Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Programme national d’aide à l’Accueil en Urgence des Scientifiques en Exil (PAUSE)
Scholars at Risk Network (SAR)
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

10. Please contact srf@iie.org or visit www.ScholarRescueFund.org
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