In partnership with the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), the Institute of International Education's Iran Emergency Student Fund will provide approximately 50 grants of $2,000 each to Iranian students on U.S. university and college campuses with urgent financial need due to the currency devaluation in their home country. Students must be nominated by their host university. Administrators and faculty from accredited U.S. campuses can nominate up to two Iranian students at their institutions who need financial assistance to complete the spring 2013 semester. Priority will be given to those with the most urgent financial need and those closest to graduation.
Applications are due by April 8, 2013. Please submit all applications by email to ESF@iie.org. Applications directly from students will not be accepted. Awards will be announced in mid-April 2013.
Download the Iran Emergency Student Fund Application(PDF, 178 KB)
U.S. host campuses nominating students for Iran-ESF awards are expected to provide some emergency assistance to the nominated students, through tuition waivers, full or partial scholarships, housing, stipends, loans, work study, or other forms of support.
IIE anticipates that the need will exceed funding currently available in its Emergency Student Fund, and is actively seeking donations from interested individuals and foundations. To support the Emergency Student Fund so that IIE can respond quickly to help international students when disasters and emergencies in their home countries threaten to jeopardize the completion of their studies, please donate to the Emergency Student Fund.