Freie Universität Berlin Successful in Nominating Two Threatened Researchers for Fellowships

Support from Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. ' 195/2017 from Jul 12, 2017 Freie Universität was successful in its application for fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for two researchers who are politically at risk in their home countries. As the Humboldt Foundation announced in Bonn, two individuals will be supported through the Philipp Schwartz Initiative to do research at Freie Universität. Since the end of 2015, the foundation has invited German universities and research institutions to nominate candidates for fellowships. Freie Universität Berlin, the first German university to join the Scholars at Risk network, has been providing fellowships for scholars at risk in their home countries since 2013. Currently, two researchers are receiving this kind of funding, one from Syria and one from Iran. The Humboldt Foundation will fund two additional such fellowships at Freie Universität.