Fellowships for Threatened Academics, 03/08
Please find below a call for fellowship applications from the Scholar Rescue Fund. We
are actively seeking applications from scholars in Zimbabwe and other countries in the
region. We appreciate your help in disseminating this information.
Fellowships for Threatened Academics: Professors, Researchers and Lecturers
Application Deadline: March 5th, 2008
The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) 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. When conditions improve, these scholars will
return home to help rebuild universities and societies ravaged by fear, conflict and
repression. During the fellowship, conditions in a scholar's home country may improve,
permitting safe return; if safe return is not possible, the scholar may use the fellowship
period to identify a longer-term opportunity.
How the Scholar Rescue Fund Works:
- Professors, established researchers and other senior academics from any country,
field or discipline may qualify. Preference is given to scholars with a Ph.D. or other
highest degree in their field; who have extensive teaching or research experience at a
university, college or other institution of higher learning; who demonstrate superior
academic accomplishment or promise; and whose selection is likely to benefit the academic
community in the home and/or host country or region. Applications from female scholars and
under-represented groups are strongly encouraged.
- Fellowship recipients are expected to resume their teaching, lecturing, research,
writing and publishing at an academic institution outside the region of threat.
- Fellowships are awarded for visiting academic positions ranging from 3 months to one
calendar year. Awards are issued for up to US $25,000, plus health insurance with the
final amount dependent upon the location of the host institution, the cost of living, and
the value of any additional contributions from the host institution or other source.
- Fellowships are disbursed through host academic institutions for direct support of
scholar-grantees. In most cases, host campuses are asked to match the SRF fellowship award
through partial salary/stipend support, research materials, medical insurance, and other
in-kind assistance.
- Applications are accepted at any time. Emergency applications receive urgent
consideration. Non-emergency applications will be considered according to the following
schedule:
Spring 2008: Application received by March 5; decision by April 30.
Fall 2008: Applications received by October 1; decision by November 1.
Winter 2009: Applications received by January 15; decision by March 1.
To apply, please download the information and application materials from: http://www.iie.org/programs/srf/app.htm
For universities and colleges interested in hosting an SRF scholar: http://www.iie.org/programs/srf/host.htm
We welcome your questions and comments.
Please contact us at:
IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowships
809 U.N. Plaza
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (USA) +1-212-984-5486
Fax: (USA) +1-212-984-5353
Web: http://www.scholarrescuefund.org
mailto:SRF@iie.org
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.