LOOKING AHEAD: IIE’S SCHOLAR RESCUE CENTENNIAL
2019 Highlights
“The IIE-SRF fellowship has broadened my professional horizons. It has enabled me to carry out my research peacefully and present my work in multiple countries.”
Meeting A Growing NeedThe IIE Scholar Rescue Fund is the only global program that arranges and funds fellowships for threatened and displaced scholars at partnering higher education institutions worldwide.
Dr. Laura Margarita FebresLatin American Literature & HistoryCountry: Venezuela Host: University of Alcalá (Spain)
“After I lost everything overnight, the IIE-SRF fellowship provided me with hope. It was the first building block towards rebuilding my life and academic career.”
Dr. Uzeyir OgurluSpecial & Gifted Education Country: Turkey Host: Harvard University & University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (U.S.)
Mark A. Angelson Chairperson IIE Scholar Rescue Fund
Allan E. Goodman President & CEO, Institute of International Education
After years of living in difficult and insecure circumstances, IIE-SRF
enabled me to live safely and resume my research and connection
to the scientific community.
Dr. Hasan Maridi (cover photo) Theoretical PhysicsCountry: YemenHost: Philadelphia University (Jordan)
A cross the globe, scientists and professors are persecuted for their
research, activism, and identities. Many others face danger or displacement amidst the world’s most devastating conflicts. IIE is providing a critical lifeline for these vulnerable scholars, as it has since 1920. Over the past year, the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund assisted close to 200 scholars from 29 countries, in partnership with more than 120 higher education institutions
and other partners in 23 countries.
But more is needed. More higher education institutions to host threatened and displaced scholars. More partners to support their integration into new academic communities. More funding to make this work possible.
As IIE celebrates 100 years of scholar rescue, we enter this centennial year with the humble and very sobering
recognition that our efforts are needed now more than ever. We need your support. Join us in saving the lives, voices, and ideas of threatened scholars.
North America50%
Europe &Eurasia
41%
Middle East &North Africa
East Asia &The Paci�c
8%
1%
Hosting Regions
IIE-SRF supported nearly 200 scholars from 29 countries, in partnership with 88 institutions in 19 countries.
Scholar Fields of Expertise
Europe &Eurasia
Middle East & North Africa
Latin America & The Caribbean
East Asia &The Paci�c
South andCentral Asia
Sub-SaharanAfrica
41%
42%
3%
4%
4% 6%
Scholar Regions of Origin
Top Host Countries
United States
Finland
Canada
Germany
Jordan
IIE-SRF Would Like to Thank Our 2018 Host Partners for Their Support
Aalto University • Alliance for Public Health • Atilim University • Bennington College • Carleton University • Connecticut College • Cornell University • Dartmouth College • Denison University • Erasmus University Medical Center • Florida State University • Forum Transregionale Studien • Free University of Berlin • Harvard University • Hasselt University • Indiana University • Institute for Advanced Study • Institute of Arab Research and Studies • International Centre for Theoretical Physics • International Institute of Islamic Thought • The Institute of Research for Development • Jerash University • Jordan University of Science & Technology • Justus Liebig University Giessen • Karadeniz Technical University • Koç University • Lund University • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • McGill University • Memorial University of Newfoundland • National School of Electronics & its Applications • National University of Malaysia • The New School • Northeastern University • Norwich University • Oslo Metropolitan University • Padova University • Philadelphia University • Ruhr University Bochum • Rutgers University - Camden • Rutgers University - New Brunswick • School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London • Stanford University • Trinity College • University of Alabama • University of Alberta • University of Alcalá • University of Bern • University of Bordeaux • University of Calgary • University of California, Riverside • University of Chichester • University of Cologne • University of Connecticut • University of Duisburg-Essen • University of Hamburg • University of Helsinki • University of Jordan • University of Leicester • University of Lille • University of Mary Washington •University of Minnesota • University of Münster • University of Oklahoma • University of Oslo • University of Quebec at Rimouski • University of Saskatchewan • University of Southern California • University of Turku • University of Wisconsin - Madison • University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Institutions that Hosted Multiple IIE-SRF Fellows in 2018
Atilim University (Turkey)Carleton University (Canada)Florida State University (U.S.)
Harvard University (U.S.)Institute for Advanced Study (U.S.)
Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany)Northeastern University (U.S.)
Philadelphia University (Jordan)Rutgers University-New Brunswick (U.S.)
University of Alberta (Canada)University of Cologne (Germany)
University of Helsinki (Finland)University of Jordan (Jordan)University of Oklahoma (U.S.)
IIE Scholar Rescue Fund by the Numbers in 2019
Top Host Countries
United StatesCanada Jordan Germany Finland
Hosting Regions
10+ Scholars
5 - 9 Scholars
2 - 4 Scholars
1 Scholar
21 Host Countries
Scholar Fields of Expertise Scholar Regions of Origin
North America50%
Hosting Regions
IIE-SRF supported nearly 200 scholars from 29 countries,
in partnership with 88 institutions in 19 countries.
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences
Applied Sciences
Humanities & the Arts
44%
24%
17%
15%
Scholar Fields of Expertise
Scholar Regions of Origin
Top Host Countries
United States
Finland
Canada
Germany
Jordan
IIE-SRF Would Like to Thank Our 2018 Host Partners for Their Support
Aalto University • Alliance for Public Health • Atilim University • Bennington College • Carleton
University • Connecticut College • Cornell University • Dartmouth College • Denison University
• Erasmus University Medical Center • Florida State University • Forum Transregionale Studien •
Free University of Berlin • Harvard University • Hasselt University • Indiana University • Institute for
Advanced Study • Institute of Arab Research and Studies • International Centre for Theoretical
Physics • International Institute of Islamic Thought • The Institute of Research for Development •
Jerash University • Jordan University of Science & Technology • Justus Liebig University
Giessen • Karadeniz Technical University • Koç University • Lund University • Massachusetts
Institute of Technology • McGill University • Memorial University of Newfoundland • National
School of Electronics & its Applications • National University of Malaysia • The New School •
Northeastern University • Norwich University • Oslo Metropolitan University • Padova University •
Philadelphia University • Ruhr University Bochum • Rutgers University - Camden • Rutgers
University - New Brunswick • School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London •
Stanford University • Trinity College • University of Alabama • University of Alberta • University of
Alcalá • University of Bern • University of Bordeaux • University of Calgary • University of
California, Riverside • University of Chichester • University of Cologne • University of Connecticut
• University of Duisburg-Essen • University of Hamburg • University of Helsinki • University of
Jordan • University of Leicester • University of Lille • University of Mary Washington •
University of Minnesota • University of Münster • University of Oklahoma • University of Oslo •
University of Quebec at Rimouski • University of Saskatchewan • University of Southern California
• University of Turku • University of Wisconsin - Madison • University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Institutions that Hosted Multiple IIE-SRF Fellows in 2018
Atilim University (Turkey)
Carleton University (Canada)
Florida State University (U.S.)
Harvard University (U.S.)
Institute for Advanced Study (U.S.)
Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany)
Northeastern University (U.S.)
Philadelphia University (Jordan)
Rutgers University-New Brunswick (U.S.)
University of Alberta (Canada)
University of Cologne (Germany)
University of Helsinki (Finland)
University of Jordan (Jordan)
University of Oklahoma (U.S.)
(unique fellowship appointments)
5%Sub-Saharan Africa
2%South and Central Asia
45%Middle East & North Africa
3%East Asia & The Pacific
38%Europe &
Eurasia
7%Latin America & The
Caribbean
IIE-SRF received more applications in 2019 than any year in its history.
A Historic Challenge
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Ko
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Oslo
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1%East Asia & The Pacific
38%Europe &
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44%North America
1%Sub-Saharan Africa
1%Latin America
A Lifeline for Threatened Scholars Since 1920
1920-1949 Russian Student and Scholar Fund: IIE began rescuing scholars in 1920. The Institute helped more than 600 scholars and university students caught in the crossfire of the Bolshevik Revolution and Stalinism to reach safety in Europe and the U.S.
1922-1924 Rescue of Scholars from Fascist Italy: As Mussolini’s Fascist rule threatened and displaced scholars, IIE found positions for them at U.S. universities.
1933-1941Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars: More than 330 scholars throughout Europe who were barred from teaching, persecuted, and threatened with imprisonment by the Nazis were brought to U.S. universities under the leadership of IIE’s Edward R. Murrow.
1936-1939Rescue of Scholars from the Spanish Civil War: IIE led a binational effort to find host campuses in the U.S. and Latin America for scholars on both sides of the conflict who were forced into exile.
1956-1958Emergency Program to Aid Hungarian University Students and Scholars: A joint committee of IIE and the World University Service arranged placements at U.S. universities for approximately 1,000 university students and scholars displaced by the violent suppression of a popular uprising.
1979-1992South Africa Education Program: Black South Africans denied access to higher education under apartheid were placed at nearly 200 U.S. universities and offered scholarships. Ninety-five percent of these aspiring scholars returned, helping to build the capacity of South Africa’s post-apartheid national academy.
1990-1992 Rescue of Burmese Students and Scholars: Exiled from Burma in 1988, hundreds of scholars and university students were living as refugees in Thailand. IIE helped place them at U.S. universities for education and training programs.
1998-2005ASIA-HELP: Thanks to a private grant, IIE offered interest-free loans to 1,000 students impacted by the Asian economic crisis to continue their education in the U.S. Repayments of these loans enabled IIE to help students and scholars affected by natural disasters and civil wars.
2002-PresentIIE Scholar Rescue Fund: IIE established IIE-SRF to ensure that immediate assistance and academic support will always be available to scholars whenever and wherever they may be threatened. The launch of this unique program proved timely, as the need to support endangered scholars has grown dramatically over the past two decades. IIE-SRF remains the only global program that arranges and funds fellowships for threatened and displaced scholars at higher education institutions worldwide.
Since 2002, IIE-SRF has assisted more than 800 professors, researchers, and public intellectuals from 59 countries in partnership with over 400 host institutions in 46 countries.
Protecting scholars and scholarship has always been at the core of IIE’s mission.
Support IIE-SRFGrowing conflicts around the world – fueled by economic injustice, political repression, and other widening divisions – are placing unprecedented numbers of scholars in jeopardy of persecution and violence. IIE is needed more than ever. Keeping threatened scholars safe and thriving academically enables them to advance their research, contribute to their host communities, and help rebuild higher education systems and restore stability in their home countries and regions. Ultimately, it creates a better future for all of us.
Make a Gift to IIE-SRF • Visit www.iie.org/donateSRF
Centennial Year PlansAs IIE marks the 100th anniversary of its first scholar rescue effort, it remains dedicated to saving the lives and careers of scholars from any country or field and to preserving national academies threatened by conflict. In 2020, IIE-SRF will launch several new initiatives to expand and enhance its response to the growing needs of threatened and displaced academics worldwide. These include:
• Establishing the IIE-SRF Alliance, a global network of individuals and institutions committed to working with IIE-SRF to offer practical support to threatened and displaced scholars.
• Opening a project office in Brussels, Belgium to expand IIE-SRF’s outreach and programmatic activities across Europe.
• Convening an IIE-SRF Forum in Brussels to launch IIE-SRF’s Europe office and bring together IIE-SRF fellows and alumni, program partners, and other stakeholders.
• Organizing a “100 Years of Rescue” Gala to celebrate the scholars aided by IIE since 1920 and the supporters who have made this work possible.
• Producing a centennial publication that will celebrate IIE’s century of scholar rescue and the courageous and talented scholars whom IIE has supported.
100Y E A R S
IIE-SRF Would Like to Thank Our 2019 Host Partners for Their SupportARMENIA American University of Armenia BELGIUM Hasselt University CANADA Carleton University • McGill University • University of Alberta • University of Calgary • University of Guelph • University of Ontario Institute of Technology • University of Québec at Rimouski • University of Saskatchewan • University of Waterloo COLOMBIA University of the Andes EGYPT Ain Shams University • Cairo University FINLAND Aalto University • University of Helsinki • University of Turku FRANCE The Institute of Research for Development • University of Lille • University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne GERMANY Forum Transregionale Studien • Friedrich Schiller University Jena • Humboldt University of Berlin • Justus Liebig University Giessen • RheinMain University of Applied Sciences • University of Cologne • University of Duisburg-Essen • University of Hamburg • University of Kassel GHANA The Development Institute IRAQ Cihan University • University of Zakho ITALY International Centre for Theoretical Physics JORDAN Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management • International Institute of Islamic Thought • Jerash University • Philadelphia University • University of Jordan MALAYSIA MARA University of Technology THE NETHERLANDS Erasmus University Medical Center NORWAY Oslo Metropolitan University • University of Oslo SPAIN Polytechnic University of Catalonia • University of Alcalá SWEDEN Lund University SWITZERLAND University of Bern TURKEY Atılım University • Karadeniz Technical University • Koç University UNITED KINGDOM London School of Economics and Political Science • SOAS University of London • University of Aberdeen • University of Manchester • University of Reading UNITED STATES Amherst College • Arizona State University • Bennington College • Boston College • Connecticut College • Cornell University • Duke University • Florida State University • George Mason University • Harvard University • Indiana University • National Humanities Center • The New School • Northwestern University • Norwich University • Rutgers University-New Brunswick • Stanford University • Trinity College • University of Alabama • University of California, Berkeley • University of California, Irvine • University of California, Riverside • University of California, San Diego • University of Notre Dame • University of Southern California • University of Texas Medical Branch • University of Wisconsin-Madison • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater • Vassar College
Hosting IIE-SRF scholars has been an extremely rewarding and unifying endeavor
for Cornell University. They are talented researchers whose expertise and
perspective adds to the vibrancy of our scholarly community.
Dr. Jason HechtCornell University (U.S.)
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Institute of International Education • iie.org/giveEstablished in 1919, IIE is a global not-for-profit that creates and implements international education programs, conducts research, and provides life-changing opportunities for students and scholars worldwide.
Host an IIE-SRF Scholar on Your Campus • Learn more at www.scholarrescuefund.org • Email: [email protected]
Institutions that hosted multiple IIE-SRF fellows in 2019