Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA)
Based in Europe, with 135 universities in the CARA-SAR Network, Cara (the Council for At-Risk Academics) helps those who are still in immediate danger with practical and financial help, including help for scholar’s families.
Cara is a rescue mission for academics around the world who need urgent help to escape from discrimination, persecution, violence or conflict.
Cara also supports academics who choose to work on in their home countries despite serious dangers, and higher education institutions whose work is threatened or compromised.
Fellowships help academics in danger to escape to a safe place where they can continue their work. Most intend to return home when they can; but they need support in the meantime to maintain and develop the skills and to build the networks that they will need when that day comes. Some Cara Fellows need to get postgraduate qualifications such as a PhD to continue their careers; others already hold doctorates and are looking for a postdoctoral placement to carry out research, possibly with the goal of moving later into a full-time teaching or research post.
Website
Host Country
UK and other CARA associate institutions/countries
Duration
2 or 3 year award packages
Applicants
Scholar must still hold or have held a paid post as a lecturer and/or researcher in a higher education institution or equivalent in their home country and must be or have been at risk of discrimination, persecution, suffering, or violence and have left their home country less than 10 years ago.
Contact
Phone: (Mondays and Fridays 09.00 – 17.00: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 09.30 – 17.30)
07933 036535
Email: info@cara.ngo
How To Apply:
A scholar must submit a request for assistance including all supporting documents (legal documents, passport, academic qualifications, CV, references, research abstract or PhD proposal, evidence of academic employment, and a detailed risk statement).
Find an online form here.