We are currently accepting requests for fellowship consideration at our next selection meeting. Download the call for applications flyer here.

On July 29th, the law offices of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP hosted a luncheon to raise awareness and support for SRF’s activities.

Deputy Executive Director, Sarah Willcox, traveled to Vilnius, Lithuania to participate in the Scholars-at-Risk network meeting and symposium, “Defending the University: Academic Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe” held at the European Humanities University.

I appreciate very much the invitation to address this World Congress. The schools represented here make education accessible at a time when in many countries around the world it is becoming less so.

SRF and the New School for Social Science Research announced the creation of the annual SRF/New School fellowship to assist one distinguished scholar per year. The partnership was announced on February 7^th at a New School panel discussion entitled “Endangered Scholars Worldwide” SRF fellows IRAN004 (Law/Human Rights), IRAQ087 (Archaeology) and ETHI024 (Economics) participated in the panel and spoke about their experiences under threat in their home countries and their grateful returns to academic activity.